Miles McKinney Funky Friday November the 1st 2024.

[Henry Krinkle]

I am sure you all remember that after the hospital cancelled their gala I swore we were done with galas.
Well...we are now doing the civic art gallery gala. Apparently we missed working ourselves to exhaustion.
A local abstract artist, gallery owner, teacher and philanthropist was honoured. The dual theme was colour and ascension. So, we did a full colour gradient up all the flights of stairs ending in ascending to red, the colour of the featured work by the artist.



We used a mid 19th Century colour wheel as a recurring motif.
These are transparent on brushed stainless steel giving the wheels a modern and very shiny touch. The front doors are transluscent to allow the light to travel through, but in a diffuse way.



The real feature was an equilateral pyramid that ended up being over 11 feet tall. Including the swirly rays emanating from the egg. It is both clearly "After Hilma af Klint" and slightly cheeky about it. The golden egg represents the ascension, as well as the dessert sponsor. I love blending things like that. It keeps me from getting precious.



The dining room, reasonably self explanatory. The upright card in front of the place setting is a multi media piece made by the honoured artist. Bob made 192 unique pieces, 1 for each guest.

[Henry Krinkle]

Without being at all specific we got permission from Bob to , maybe, kinda, sorta use one of his works. As it was a gala, we chose a piece of his entitled Black Tie. We blocked off the entrance to the gallery with a 10 foot by 42 foot wall. We took all of the individual elements Bob used in that piece , separated them into what we envisioned were the individual shapes and then "exploded" the across the 42 foot wall. Bob was equal measures tickled and delighted.



Once one walks through the entrance people enter an entirely white room. The blank canvas. Even the drinks were all clear and the three different amuse bouches were white. Guests were encouraged to dress in the colour of their tickets. We had mixed results with that, but I did wear an orange suit jacket, orange tie and orange shoe laces.



At regular intervals during cocktail hour gallery staff would come through holding up a paint can. Match your ticket colour to the can and go on an adventure. In my case, that was a whiskey tasting with an award winning micro distillery.




The blank canvas seen from above.








Of the 12 or so pieces of Bob's work the gallery hung, this could be regarded as the feature piece and was directly at the top of the last stairwell.





The next morning, takedown at 7:00 AM was much less colourful.

[Henry Krinkle]

Anyway, what the forum is about. My week of watches.

P3240082 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

P1220021 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

PA293254 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

Starliner by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

Wore the 100M for the heavy installs on Thursday and Friday.



The switched to this for the gala itself.

P2190013 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

[watch carefully]

Starliner by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

Gorgeous. I still adore the models in thie line.

[Henry Krinkle]

Starliner by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

Gorgeous. I still adore the models in thie line.

Cheers Brad. This is still 50 or 60 of the best dollars I've ever spent on a watch.

[Tim.]

Though I was done with the New Green Horse when I passed it on, it still warms my heart every time I see it.

As it does mine, thanks Hank.

The hospital's loss is the gallery's gain, magnificent job as always.

I'm with Brad in choosing the classic night /day Starliner this week.

[Henry Krinkle]

As it does mine, thanks Hank.

The hospital's loss is the gallery's gain, magnificent job as always.

I'm with Brad in choosing the classic night /day Starliner this week.

Cheers Tim. It is quite a different group to work with. Protocols for everrything. Thye hoops we had to jump through to get the pyramid in...