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Peppermint larry worm1/14/2024 ![]() ![]() Sometimes the body of an acoustic guitar, for example, is out of level and throwing off the tuning which I correct. If the found guitar is unplayable I have to explore the problems and correct them as much as possible so to make it a tunable and functioning instrument. ![]() I begin the artistic process of creating my guitars by first addressing the technical issues. This is now a decades long series in the making. Many of my pieces include sight gags and visual puns. Another aspect that I have added to the mix is finding discarded guitars, and guitars made from found objects. From there I moved on to making shapes that resembled known icons like an electric guitar in the shape of the USA, covered with faux diamond plate chrome and a polished metal fretboard. My first was an acoustic guitar with a landscape painting on the body. I got to thinking afterward that why not make pieces that were sculptural and functional. The piece apparently was conceptual in nature and non functional although it looked as though it could. My question to her about her floatation device was if she could actually climb into it and float along on a like or river. Much of her work looked like functional buildings in miniature and had the characteristic of the possibility of small portable housing units. The next inspiration was from a lecture from an artist that created sculptures in an architectural form. There the band tightened up and we were gigging at places in NYC like CBGBs, A1, RT Firefles, Peppermint Lounge and the like. While Bill and Ellen were in their masters program the Court Tavern became our main gig location as Mason Gross was their school. We added a drummer (Franc Palaia and a bass player (Ellen LaForge) and rhythm guitars (Steve Davison) after a party gig at City Without Walls Gallery on Halsey St. From there we moved on to writing songs and performing at New York and New Jersey Clubs with myself on electric guitar and Bio singing while playing a toy electric organ backed up by a drum machine. We started performing at Montlclair State College in the on campus coffee house/open mike nights. I played guitar and Bill would sing weather reports and matchbook advertisements. Jon’ Waine was formed around 1976 by myself and artist William Pope L. A large part of the inspiration of the creation of this series was my involvement in the musical group known as Jon’ Waine. ![]()
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