Woody Jones Big Head Artprize
Artist bioI am a self taught woodworker and folk artist making animated carved wooden sculptures that tell a story. Each of my Mechanical Amusements features moving figures and other pieces of scenery.
I have made artwork for many well known folks:Bill Ford, Edsel Ford,Benson Ford, Tom Monaghan (Dominos),Mike Ditka,Ted Turner and Jane Fonda, Steve Martin and others.
I have made pieces for the Smithsonian Museum, DuPage Children's Museum,North Carolina History Museum, Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center and others.
Corporations have also commissioned my work: Ford, General Motors, Dominos Pizza,OUtback Hospital, St.Edwards Hospital, Walt Disney World and others.
I have won awards at many Art shows: Walt Disney World's Festival Of the Masters, Coconut Grove (FL.) and Sausalito (CA.) Art Festivals and numerous others.
My work has been shown on the Discovery Channel, Tomorrow Show (twice), Oprah, and regional/local TV, magazines and newspapers.
About the work
Title: "Where do you get those ideas?"
Art form: 3-D
Medium: wood
Year created: Work not created yet
Description of work: The work is a large wooden head shape (8'h x 7'd x 6'w) with the inside of the head open to view the thought processes inside. These mechanical scenes are solely powered by the turning of a hand crank. Viewers will be allowed to crank the machine.
The Rube Goldberg type scenes will show how the inventor/artist gets his ideas. Some of the scenes shown are:
1. Inventor working at a desk in his office while ideas dance on the bookcase, desk and above his head.
2. "Coming Soon---New Idea" sign above a construction site with moving workers and equipment.
3. Assembly line (similar to Fords) showing the idea being built
4. Idea being test flown-- " to see if this idea will fly".
5. Many other ideas playing on puns and cliches (chasing a dream, lost in thought,etc.)
6. Other scenes; Large coffee pot with ideas pouring out. Stumbling over a fact.
7. The inventor will be shown at the wheel of this "mind ship" with all the controls needed a mind.
