Talk:Mark Lindquist

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Paul Jaruszewski (talk) 20:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)Paul Jaruszewski
 * Thanks Paul! -- Neil N   talk  ♦  contribs  20:27, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion for resources/references
I hope you and Dr. J will endeavor to fill in the details of Mark Lindquist's career, his introduction of texture as an important component to woodturning, (http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=14791), (http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/whc/whc-noframe.html?/exhibitions/online/whc/lind1object.html), his pursuit of creating sculpture within the confines of the vessel, his large scale sculptures / turnings, etc. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has a wealth of information on Lindquist. Please see: The White House Collection of American Craft: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/whc/whc-noframe.html?/collections/exhibits/whc/whcmain.html, and the respective pages on Mark: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/whc/whc-intro.html and Melvin: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/whc/whc-intro.html. The Luce Foundation Center (SAAM) has additional information: (http://americanart2.si.edu/luce/artist.cfm?key=344&artistmedia=0&subkey=2947&object=123). Mvtandis --Mvtandis (talk) 17:26, 7 February 2009 (UTC) Selected quote from a note originally posted at User talk:Nancy moved here by Nancy talk  12:04, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Name change proposal
As I have become more familiar with the article and the subject I have been wondering whether Mark Lindquist (woodturner) would be a more accurate article name (with Mark Lindquist (sculptor) remaining as a redirect), any thoughts? Nancy talk  12:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Nancy, Lindquist is more than a woodturner - in fact his involvements with wooturning are more related to sculpture than woodturning - perhaps his most important contributions are firmly in the realm of sculpture. Woodturning involves spinning the wood rapidly and shaping according to the momentum delivered by the speed. For the most part Lindquist uses the lathe, atypically, merely as an easel to hold and position the wood, and in fact uses chainsaws and robotics in some cases to create his works independent of the lathe. His Ichiboku series pieces, one of which is included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Akikonomu) is chainsawed and carved predominently. I think the category (sculptor) is correct and you nailed it the first time around. Lindquist is more "full-featured" as an artist than to be called simply a woodturner and his works apply specifically to sculpture in the context of art rather than craft epistemology. If anything he has transcended the roots of that genre, even though his early work which was early on highly documented was turned wood. Bearing in mind that his career spans 40 years and his work has evolved, so no, I would leave as is. --Mvtandis (talk) 17:00, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Reject name change proposal.
Nancy, being familiar with Mr Lindquist's work, I would reject the suggestion to change the name of the entry. Thanks for all of your help, you have been fantastic.

Paul Jaruszewski Paul Jaruszewski (talk) 15:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, let's shelve that one then! Cheers,  Nancy  talk  15:37, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Expanding Article
Dr. Paul, Nancy,

As you will see I have expanded the article using sources from libraries, etc. Nancy, thank you for your instructions about footnotes, the generator works nicely, and using your suggestions, I looked at the way it was done in the text to get a clue. I am a klutz, and haven't yet figured out how to make links - I think Brancusi and some others should be linked internally. Dr. Paul, perhaps you could help in this regard. This will expand the article to include Lindqust's developments and status of "craftsman turned sculptor" Hopefully these changes will meet with your approvals. --Mvtandis (talk) 18:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice work! I've done a bit of minor tidying including modifying the second and subsequent instances of any one reference - whilst it's is fine to repeat the whole bit, there is a shortcut whereby when you want to repeat a reference all you need to type is    where XXX is the name given in the first instance & not forgetting the closing forward-slash. It makes no odds to the display of the finished page but it does help to make the editing screen (slightly) more manageable. I've also added a few "wikilinks". If the word in the text is the same as the article you want to link to you just need to enclose the word in double square brackets. Thus typing  woodturning  will produce woodturning. If the words in the text are different from the article you want to link to you need to use a "piped link" for example:  spalted  will produce spalted. Also don't worry about creating redlinks - i.e. links to articles that don't yet exist -  particularly when dealing with notable people as redlinks serve as a prompt that the destination needs creating e.g Melvin Lindquist and Raoul Hague. Kind regards,  Nancy  talk  09:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again Nancy, for the ongoing encouragement and instruction. I'm continuing to add sources. I'm wondering if there should be a new section to keep the article from becoming too long in places. Unquestionably, there should be potential for developing the relevant series and evolution of this artist. Any suggestions as how to go about this? Also: It would be nice to have photos - is it possible Paul, you might have some? Failing that, what is the best method to request images from the artist? Sorry Nancy, I am slow in learning the code - I think I have cluttered things up again somewhat with the references - I will endeavor to insert them correctly as you have kindly indicated above. Every time I try it I get a red error message so I must be doing something wrong. I will persist, however...-Best --Mvtandis (talk) 23:16, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Page is looking good!
Mvtandis, the changes you made look great! Glad to see another adding such pertinent information.

Paul Paul Jaruszewski (talk) 14:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Paul - thanks - glad you approve. Any chance you might be able to come up with some photos? --Mvtandis (talk) 22:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

CarloMartinelli edits reworked by Mvtandis (minor changes)
CarloMartinelli has made changes in three edits dated February 15, 2013 @ 6:37.

It appears that the editor is attempting to avoid the unnecessarily repeated use of the artist's surname. While agreeing that this is a good idea, I have made some further changes to correct an incomplete sentence and to avoid possible misinterpretation.

Following are his edits and the reason for my changes:

1) Reason for my change: The second sentence (His edit: "A major figure in the redirection and resurgence of woodturning in the United States beginning in the early 1970s.[2]") was an incomplete sentence.

My edit: "Lindquist is a major figure in the redirection and resurgence of woodturning in the United States beginning in the early 1970s.[2]"

2) He said "The communication of his ideas...."

Reason for my change: Could be interpreted to mean someone else's communication of Lindquist's ideas, when it is intended to mean "Lindquist's communication...." I have changed it to: "His communication of his ideas...." Understand the idea of not repeating Lindquist in most sentences, so changed to "His"

3)"His own work is characterized by an empathy with the natural aesthetics of wood, technical innovation, and art historical connections.[2][6]"

Reason for my change: He said "His own work" instead of "Mark Lindquist's work" immediately after mentioning Mel Lindquist. Reference could be misunderstood. Changed to "Mark's work".

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvtandis (talk • contribs) 02:38, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Mvtandis (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2013 (UTC) MvtandisMvtandis (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Mark Lindquist (sculptor). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120331235529/http://americanart.si.edu:80/exhibitions/online/allusions/lindquistbio.html to http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/allusions/lindquistbio.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120331235534/http://americanart.si.edu:80/exhibitions/online/allusions/lindquistlabel.html to http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/allusions/lindquistlabel.html

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