Extraordinary contemporary work by a great contemporary builder, inspired by an extraordinary original. This piece shows mastery off just about every skill a contemporary builder would want to aspire to learn and master. Just a really impressive piece and one of those "landmark" contemporary builds that I suspect will be known and talked about for years to come.
Probably the best example of a high end 18th century English piece made in recent times. Faithful to the original inspiration yet exhibiting a well rounded study and internally sound knowledge of the best examples of the period. All this is crowned with the individuality that sets it apart as a Kibler gun.
Jim's work on this piece is just extraordinary. As are Jan's pictures. It they really capture this gun. I hope Jim decides to build a companion rifle to this piece
When Robert Weil started collecting images for the Contemporary Makers book in 1973 the challenge to record contemporary gun work was daunting. Gathering material was difficult and time consuming. Few makers thought that there was any value in published documentation of their work. Electronic publishing has changed all that. Having a website or having one's work available to view on the internet is becoming a necessity. In spite of all the potential to finally have a true overview of what's being produced by the artists of today, a great deal of work still remains covered up and basically unknown. Our role is to make an effort to document some portion of what’s going on today. To comment on the established makers and to uncover the unknown. We welcome your comments and suggestions and look to you our readers to make us aware of the talented makers out there. Art and Jan Riser Robert Weil and The Makers
Extraordinary contemporary work by a great contemporary builder, inspired by an extraordinary original. This piece shows mastery off just about every skill a contemporary builder would want to aspire to learn and master. Just a really impressive piece and one of those "landmark" contemporary builds that I suspect will be known and talked about for years to come.
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Probably the best example of a high end 18th century English piece made in recent times.
ReplyDeleteFaithful to the original inspiration yet exhibiting a well rounded study and internally sound knowledge of the best examples of the period. All this is crowned with the individuality that sets it apart as a Kibler gun.
James
Jim's work on this piece is just extraordinary. As are Jan's pictures. It they really capture this gun. I hope Jim decides to build a companion rifle to this piece
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