{"id":38574,"date":"2013-08-10T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=38574"},"modified":"2024-06-08T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T01:22:20","slug":"ever-heard-of-an-art-sax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/ever-heard-of-an-art-sax\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Heard Of An Art Sax?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us have heard of an art car\u2014a car that has had its appearance modified as an act of personal expression.1<\/sup>  But how many of us have heard of an art sax?<\/p>\n

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Photography by H. Kahlke Copyright 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In April, I started this project at my friend’s shop. For the last 18 years, Lisa has owned Strung Out On Beads<\/a> in downtown Abbotsford.<\/p>\n

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Photography by H. Kahlke Copyright 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I started beading this POS Chinese alto sax in April, neither Lisa nor I had any idea what this might look like when it was done. No one has ever beaded a musical instrument like this before\u2014at least, not in Lisa’s shop, and not that anyone has written about on the Net either.<\/p>\n

My art sax project started with the stripped-down, Century alto<\/a> that had been hanging on my garden shed for nearly a year. Since I had never done any beading before, Lisa helped me get going by showing me how to fasten some wire with beads on the posts.<\/p>\n

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For an indecisive person like me, the hardest part during this entire art sax project was picking out the beads I wanted to use. Lisa’s inventory is so enormous, that there was no shortage of beads, glass, and crystal to pick from. In the end I opted for mostly clear glass or acrylic, because I wanted to put lighting in the inside of the horn.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

Photography by H. Kahlke Copyright 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

BTW, do you notice the uneven tone holes? (All the light coming out underneath the coloured glass discs and rings is a dead giveaway.)  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

For lighting, I used 3M’s, 3 metre LED ribbon light<\/a>. I bought mine at Home Hardware for way too much money. I found a longer one with programmable colour options, and a remote control, at Costco for about half the price.   :bang:    Needless to say, I picked one up there for my next project.<\/p>\n

Yes, I do have more projects on the horizon. I have two more alto saxophones, a Bundy II and a King Cleveland, as well as a Amati bell and bow. Both of the horns are still mostly intact, so I’ll have more mechanics to work with than I did on this Century.<\/p>\n

As for what these three projects will look like, stay tuned. I have broad-stroke concepts already, and have started to research where I might get the non-beading materials I need.<\/p>\n

The tricked out, Century art sax is currently on display at Lisa’s shop. If you’d like to see it, you can find it at Strung Out On Beads, which is located at 33735 Essendene St. in downtown Abbotsford.<\/del><\/p>\n

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Getting back to the art car concept for a minute, check out this interesting VW Beetle. It is covered in over 2.5 million beads…<\/p>\n

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The “Vochol” decorated with over 2.5 million beads in Huichol style from the center-west of Mexico. Source: Museo de Arte Popular on Wikipedia. org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll have to show this to Lisa. I think she’d find this very interesting. Now that would be one very interesting project to supply beads for.<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup> Source: Wikipedia page<\/a> on art cars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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