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A Telly Award Winning Documentary "In His Own Words" |
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Harlan W. Butt is a world-renowned Master Metalsmith and is a Regents Professor at the University of North Texas where he has taught since 1976. When his "Earth Beneath Our Feet" collection was on exhibit at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Jim Zura was enlisted to create a documentary about this artist. |
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"Earth Beneath Our Feet" is a series of metal / enamel works of art that presents one of Harlan's chief inspirations: nature-- particularly the aspects that one observes when looking down. |
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Much of Harlan's work incorporates Haiku- a Japanese form of short poetry that weaves words and short phrases in a unique rhythmic manner. |
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"I
initially planned to create a script and do a voiceover," commented
Zura; |
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In addition
to the documentary, Zura also produced a "Catalog In Motion,"
featuring 33 of Harlan's works, each rotating 360 degrees in 25 seconds,
with a simultaneous top view. To accomplish this, Zura created a
variable-speed turntable that could be tuned to the exact desired speed.
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