The Bricoleur's Notebook

We return to our conversation with Nicky and Andy about their collaboration on the Junksophere and the works of bricolage that accompanied the exhibition centered around it. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S2E1 The Junkosphere: Part One

We begin our second season with a two part episode on the “Junkosphere” which explores bricolage as practiced  by Nicola Hawkins and her “all purpose collaborator Andy Perlis”. The Junkosphere refers to a planet Nicola imagined, created and displayed with other mixed media works at the art gallery in The Rooms in St. John’s. These two bricoleurs combined their skills to create a topical, politically  astute and visually stunning  exhibition about the state of our planet. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E8: Clarence Haeusler’s Amazing Bicycles

Clarence Haeusler, a brilliant bricoleur from Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan, created one of a kind ‘wheels within wheels’ bicycles using discarded parts . He also constructed bicycles designed to ride on inactive railroad lines. We interview our friend Maury Wrubleski knew Clarence and his artful work very well. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E7: Dinner at Pygmalion’s: Part two

The continued exploration of the development from the addition of body parts onto broken chairs into a multi-dimensional installation. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E6: Dinner At Pygmalion’s:  Part One

 This multifaceted installation began as a desire to repair damaged chairs by adding anatomically correct body parts to the missing or broken parts, ie,. a leg for a leg, arm for an arm, etc. From there it grew into something entirely different. Tune in and find out how. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E5: The Red Car: Part Two

In this episode we complete our exploration of the stolen novel. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E4: The Red Car: Part One

In this  two part episode we examine the bricolage involved in the construction of a novel-in-progress stolen from Jack by sleeveens working the trains in the Netherlands. Accompanying photos and info at thebricoleursnotebook.com. 

 (In case you’re curious: in The Dictionary of Newfoundland English a sleeveen is a sly deceitful man; a mean fellow; a rascal.)

S1E3. Angus’s Rocking Chair

 Here we take a look at the work of Angus MacLeod, a bricoleur/fire-tower watcher who, with his wife Annie, lived and worked in La Vérendrye Wildlife Preserve in northern Quebec. Please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ to see accompanying visuals and links.

S1E2. The Table

An oddcast about the process of bricolage that resulted in the table we now work on in our ‘studio’ to produce each episode in The Bricoleur’s Notebook. Your co-hosts, Jack Eastwood and Don McKay, constructed this table from an array of salvaged and saved materials. The photos and text in the gallery at https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com/ provide some visuals of Don’s Table and a second table that inspired it. 

S1 E1 —  The Intro.  What is a bricoleur; what does one do; and, what exactly might be in a bricoleur’s notebook? Hit  the link above to listen to the first episode and find out.  If you don't know anything about bricoleurs this episode defines who they are and what they do, and, using examples of existing works, famous or not,  introduces the work someone like them makes. It's called bricolage and its everywhere. It also introduce  ideas of what can and will be included in The Bricoleur's Notebook. To view pictures of the work as you listen please visit https://www.thebricoleursnotebook.com, hit Oddcasts and the first Episode of Season 1.