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-Hi there, and welcome to the show.
I'm Nancy Guppy coming to you from Sparklebarn,
located in beautiful downtown-ish Ballard.
Located just east
of the National Nordic Museum on Market Street,
Sparklebarn is a fabulous vintage furniture gallery
specializing in Scandinavian and mid-century modern designs,
along with unique pieces from the Art Deco
and Postmodern eras.
In other words,
this tiny shop is like visiting a museum of beautifully designed
and crafted chairs, couches, tables,
and everything in-between.
Add in super nice owner Shane Bastian
and rotating art exhibits by local artists,
and you've got an afternoon outing of guaranteed fun.
For store hours and location go to Sparklebarn.com.
♪♪
We've got a great lineup for you,
including...
painter, Lauren Boilini.
-All of this work that I'm making
takes place on the same island,
and it's an island of my own creation.
♪♪
-A Visit to Vortex Pottery.
♪♪
Greg Roth's powerful documentary.
-One of the things you remember growing up
is certain milestones.
Like you learn how to tie your own shoe.
You don't have to rely on somebody else.
And then you learn how to ride a bike.
-And the dulcet tones of The Carlile Family Band.
-♪ Everyone's a song ♪
♪ And every word I lo-o-o-ve ♪
-And we'll begin with a visit to the back room
of Sparklebarn,
where Steffan Pawlosky practices the mid-20th century craft
of Danish cord weaving.
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-The paper cord is craft paper,
and it's three strands that have been twisted together and waxed.
And this came around after World War II
when there was a lack of supplies
of mainly cane and seagrass,
which were used as weaving materials.
Fiber rush was invented after World War I
because of the same reason.
And that was founded in the States.
But then the Danes decided to improve upon fiber rush.
The basic process starts with a 10-pound reel
of paper cord.
And it all starts with just tacking the first strand
onto the chair itself.
The first chair I ever wove took me about 10 hours,
and I would probably give myself a C minus, maybe D plus on that.
If I remember correctly,
I probably undid my first chair three or four times
just to get it up to some standard
that I wasn't embarrassed by.
The challenging aspects of weaving starts first,
with being able to actually match the amount of rows
that the chair is supposed to have.
It can be very deceptive thinking
that you've completed a chair,
but you actually need to fit another six rows in there,
and you don't learn
that until you've nailed everything into place,
and you start to space out the rows at the end
and you realize there's big gaps in your pattern.
Here at Sparklebarn, we have a nice workshop
where we have plenty of tools to be able to prepare these chairs,
to be able to be woven.
Some of the chairs that I appreciate working on
are definitely going to be any that are made by Møller.
Niels Møller was a chair designer
and he designed many chairs.
He would take almost about five years to design a chair,
but then even his son took over the company.
Jorgen Møller and I've been able to work on both of their chairs,
which I think is quite remarkable.
And then obviously Hans Wegner is a great chair designer,
and he played around with so many different weave patterns
that have been a lot of fun to be able to learn from.
I do find it beautiful
because I think there's a respect to the materiality,
being able to actually see the weave,
and also each strand of craft paper,
and I find that inherently beautiful,
where you can actually see every aspect of a chair all at once.
There's nothing being concealed and seeing almost these,
like raw ingredients of the wood and the paper coming together.
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I think my future with paper cord
is just going to continue to grow.
There are chairs that I'm working on
that are 50, 60, 70 years old that have had this material
and hopefully that inspires chairs of today
to also use the material.
And maybe working on a contemporary design
or a new weave pattern
so that this material isn't just forgotten about
and thought about only at a single moment of time,
but something that can be used for generations.
♪♪
-For more information about Danish cord weaving,
contact Steffen at sparklebarn@gmail.com.
♪♪
Up next, three talented musicians share the story of
how they became The Carlile Family Band.
[ Cheers and applause ]
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-Well, how are we doing tonight, Seattle?
Whoo!
I'm so happy to be here.
It's such an honor to play such a legendary place.
I wrote this song about people.
I was inspired because I was at a family camping trip,
and you guys all know that the Carlile family is very unique.
And we're very special, and very weird.
And I wrote this song about looking around the room
at all of these unique people
and realizing that every single person in my community,
in the world, needs a song written about them.
♪♪
♪ Everyone's a so-o-o-o-ng ♪
♪ And every word I lo-o-o-o-ve ♪
Whoo!
-My name's Caroline, and I'm 17 years old.
And I am the lead singer, guitar player,
banjo player and songwriter for The Carlile Family Band.
-My name is JayJ and I am the multi-instrumentalist.
I play fiddle, mandolin, bass and guitar, and I am 15.
-My name is Jay Carlile and I'm the band dad.
And I'm 40 something.
[ Laughs ]
♪♪
-We've been on the road,
so today we are camped out at the family compound.
This is the motorhome.
And we travel and live and eat, sleep, work inside of this baby.
This is where I sleep.
Musical instruments in the dash as per usual.
Over here is the homework station.
This is where the kids do their homework,
and more musical instruments.
And here are the kid's bunks.
JayJ, I just gotta say,
you did such a good job cleaning it up for this interview.
-I really did try.
I have a rail because when we get rolling on the motorhome,
it's very easy to roll off this.
-We call ourselves a touring band
because we do a heck of a lot of driving
for it to not be touring.
-And so do you have a crew?
-Oh yeah, there's a crew.
-Oh, there's a crew. The crew is epic.
-Yeah, we got a sound guy.
We got a bus driver. We got a backup singer.
We've got a tour manager. We've got a mechanic.
-Those are all me. -[ Laughs ]
-We do all of this with no crew, any of that.
Actually, the unsung hero that makes this all happen
is really my wife.
♪♪
-I would say that our superpower as a band
is honest vulnerability.
And the version of us
that you're going to see on stage is a version of us
you're going to see at the grocery store in the afternoon.
Hi, it's so good to see you.
We've got a very neurodiverse family.
And we express our frustrations
and we express our happiness in our songs.
And so being neurodiverse person is just part of all of that.
And so it's coming out on stage
and it's coming out in the music whether we like it or not.
So as you guys know, we're -- we're gathered --
We are gathered here today to celebrate the release
of our a-pew-d-p, our -- Oh, my gosh, our debut EP.
[ Laughing ]
Our ADHD!
[ Guitar thrums ]
[ People laughing ]
That's anytime --
Anytime there's a Carlile Family band show,
we are here to celebrate ADHD.
[ Crowd cheering ]
-Uh.
You know, it's funny and we can laugh at ourselves
Sometimes it can be really, you know, it can be frustrating.
-I'm still, most of the show, pretty nervous, pretty anxious.
Even setting up, I'm anxious, you know?
So I thought, if I took this feeling
and incorporated it into music,
maybe that would help in some way or form.
So I stayed up a night and just started writing,
and then I just came up with this song.
And I realized it really helped, and I just started playing it.
I have anxiety.
In the past, I wasn't coping with it very well.
So I wrote this song to help cope with it.
It's called "Leftover Sentences".
♪♪
♪ If the light shines down on me ♪
♪ I'm afraid of what they might see ♪
♪♪
♪ Some things are better left unsaid ♪
♪♪
♪ So these leftover sentences stay in my head, yeah ♪
-So Brandi Carlile is dad's sister, so it's our aunt,
And one of our biggest supporters from day one.
Our music journey sort of started out as a hilarious joke
to my dad because Aunt Brandi sent musical instruments
-like penny whistles -- -Noisemakers.
-Ukuleles with no frets to our house for Christmas one year.
And you like to say that eventually
-the noise just turned musical. -Yeah.
-Our music sort of grew out of this prank
-from, you know, your sister... -Right.
-...for Christmas one year.
The first time I remember playing and singing
on a stage with Aunt Brandi was,
I think I was eight or nine years old.
And I remember being terrified, terrified,
but also, like, at the end,
feeling like it was the most fun thing I've ever done.
-It's a beautiful sound.
-♪ You see all the things you regret ♪
♪ You can only remember what you want to forget ♪
-She was really inspired by music
and really driven toward music
way before she was ever good at any of it,
but she loved it, and so we kind of supported her love of it,
and then her skill developed through her love of it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Caroline, everybody.
-♪ I read all your notes ♪
♪ But for what, I can't remember anymore ♪
♪♪
♪ But I still read through ♪
♪ That rollercoaster searching for ♪
♪ The truth ♪
♪ Time is on your side ♪
Our debut EP, it just came out
and we are so proud of this project.
And we recorded the project here in Seattle
at Aunt Brandi's home studio,
And we decided to have it be self-titled.
So it was just called "The Carlile Family Band"
JayJ and I are the oldest of four siblings,
so we've got two younger siblings,
my sister Evelyn and my brother Sam.
And they like to sing and play with us every once in a while.
They've also got other jobs,
like Samuel has apparently dubbed himself
the creative director and his drawing album artwork and merch.
-I drew the helicopter,
megalodon coming out of the water.
He's fishing. He's on a palm tree island.
No boat, no way home. He's stuck.
And it's really hard to live on a palm tree island.
-And my sister Evelyn is very organized,
so she's selling merch and doing behind-the-scenes content.
So she's taking pictures.
Sometimes we have our cousins,
Jack and Josephine Hanseroth playing with us.
Josephine Hanseroth, get up here.
[ Woman cheers ]
♪♪
We all -- We all worked on this song together right
when I first wrote it.
And, uh, Josephine, your harmonies are so beautiful.
I'm so excited to do this.
♪ And I can hear my mother's voice ♪
♪ Rising up ♪
♪ Above the noise ♪
♪ She calls me in a dream ♪
♪ Again ♪
♪♪
My best way to explain harmony is a chord.
So, like, a C chord on the piano,
you have the first,
and the third note, And the fifth note.
And you can sing
the first, third, and fifth melodies together,
and it will make it in harmony. You will be singing in a chord.
And the way that we organize our harmonies
is we imagine it like a highway.
So basically, when we're working on harmonies for a song,
everybody picks which lane they're gonna drive in,
and then they sing it.
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪♪
-One, two, three, four.
♪ Time is on your side ♪
♪ Ask anyone who knows you ♪
♪♪
♪ You can tell your lies ♪
♪ In any way you need to ♪
-I think family harmony is what it's all about
when it comes to harmony singing.
-And there is something
to be said that when you have the same compatible kidneys
and blood running in your veins,
that there's just something in the way that it vibrates
that's different than anything else.
♪ Everyone's a so-o-o-ng ♪
♪ Every word I lo-o-o-ve ♪
♪♪
Thank you so much.
Thank you all. We're The Carlile Family Band.
And we'll see you next time.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Joe in front.
-Joe in front! Joe in front!
-Joe in front.
-Joe in front! Joe in front!
-[ Laughs ] -[ Laughing ]
-How much time we got?
-We got plenty of time. -Come on.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
-All right.
-Cool. Let's get out of here.
-Yes! -Where are you going?
♪♪
-Listen to "The Carlile Family Band's"
brand new EP on Spotify,
and keep up with the band's performance schedule
on Instagram.
♪♪
-Located in a 105-year-old, 9,000 square foot building
with classes for all ages and all skill levels,
Vortex Pottery is where inspiration,
creativity, and energy thrive.
More information is at vortexpottery.com.
♪♪
Painter Lauren Boilini is a deep thinker
and, as you are about to see, explores big ideas
in her paintings with curiosity, imagination,
and a beautiful visual aesthetic.
♪♪
-Life or death?
Moments of conflict.
Moments of tension.
That's really the fullest expression of a being.
♪♪
The space between two figures in conflict
can be the most intimate.
Those animals are being the most themselves,
and through that,
they reflect the human condition.
♪♪
My work has to do with swarms of beings, groups, masses,
feeding frenzies, murmurations,
anything where bodies become like a repeated pattern
that turns into a landscape of figures.
I work really large scale.
I think it's the most comfortable
that I am with paintings that are sort of bigger than my body,
wider than my wingspan, taller than my height.
I want you to feel kind of the scale of my own body
and really the scale of the marks.
♪♪
All of this work that I'm making takes place on the same island,
and it's an island of my own creation.
So on my island, only males of different species have survived.
♪♪
Some apocalyptic event has happened.
Or maybe it's a social experiment.
It's just males of different species.
There were men. There were monkeys.
There were different kinds of mammals.
There are birds. There are all kinds of insects.
There's some marine life.
But at this point, the men have all died off.
I've kind of killed them off.
They have nothing left to contribute.
They kind of died first.
Monkeys died next.
And I'm kind of working my way through mammals into birds
and then kind of looking at insects,
and they're kind of feeding off of each other right now.
And they're snakes, too. The snakes are doing okay.
One of my favorite paintings is of lightning bugs.
It's called "Nocturnal Emissions",
which is my own little private joke.
I'm, you know, often here alone in the studio,
just trying to crack myself up.
♪♪
If you know anything about lightning bugs,
they glow, they blink,
they kind of pulse like a very fluorescent green.
Fluorescent yellow.
♪♪
The males pulse in, like, a seductive pattern
to kind of communicate to the females.
And the females are like,
"Okay, you're flying around, I get you.
That's cool. I'm over here.
I'm just gonna stay here and like, um,
I'll pulse back if I'm interested."
So of course, in my firefly paintings,
those are all just the males
and they're just, like, pulsing infinitely.
And they have no females to attract.
And so they're just gonna, like, blink and blink
and blink forever and ever until they essentially die off.
With an island full of just males of different species,
what's going to happen?
Like, how are different roles going to be developed?
Who's going to win?
Who's going to be sort of responsible
for the next stage in the story?
As a woman painter,
I'm just going to watch this unfold
and pull on every thread
that I find through this kind of endless narrative.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
♪♪
I hope when people see my work
that they're drawn to the imagery,
drawn to the scale, drawn to color,
drawn to maybe the beauty in the violence of nature
and that that helps them look at
where it overlaps with human behavior.
♪♪
I want people to feel like 50% fear, 50% ecstasy.
I want it to be like a seductive dance
that I'm having with the viewer,
that there's some intrigue, some questions,
and for them to think about pattern in the animal kingdom.
Beauty in nature
and what we find so compelling about images of violence
and where that can lead.
♪♪
-See Lauren's work in the Neddy finalist group show
at the Behnke Family Gallery in South Lake Union.
♪♪
"We Ride Why" is a heartfelt,
locally produced documentary film about cyclists
who ride in dedication to the loved ones
they've lost to cancer,
and in support of loved ones still in the midst
of their cancer battle.
Here's a preview.
♪♪
-One of the things you remember growing up
is certain milestones.
Like you learn how to tie your own shoe.
You don't have to rely on somebody else.
And then you learn how to ride a bike
without training wheels.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
So I come home,
"It's okay, son, go get your bike.
We're taking the training wheels off."
I'm all nervous and all this.
And he goes, "Son, all you have to do is this.
I'm going to push you, and all you have to do is pedal."
♪♪
-It wasn't this over like,
"Oh, my God, devastating. I have cancer."
To be honest, it was kind of like, "It's okay, I got this."
-Go! -[ Cheers ]
♪♪
-I looked at the doctor and I'm like, "Am I gonna die?"
And he's like, "Maybe."
♪♪
-I think if enough people band together and support each other,
it can do wonders.
-We're here to help each other through our hard times.
♪♪
-"We Ride Why" screens at the SIFF Film Center
on the Seattle Center campus
Saturday, June 28th and Sunday, June 29th.
Ticket and time information is at siff.net.
♪♪
And that is a wrap!
Big thanks to Shane Bastion and Sparklebarn for hosting us.
And an equally big thanks to you for tuning in.
We're going to take a little break for the summer,
but we'll be back in August
with a slate of fresh stories about art
and the artists who make it.
So until then, we hope you get out there,
try something new,
and experience the awesome, life-transforming power of art.
-We'll see you soon. -Whoa-oh!
♪ So if you listen ♪
♪ You can hear ♪
♪ His ghost sing ♪
♪ In the middle of the night ♪
♪ It'll echo in your dreams ♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee ♪
-♪ Yodel-ay-hee-hee ♪
-♪ Hee-hee-hee ♪
♪♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee ♪
-♪ Yodel-ay-hee-hee ♪
-♪ Hee-hee-hee ♪
♪♪
♪ So all you whiskey-drinking cowboys ♪
♪ Best remember to keep your tongue ♪
♪ And you remember South Laredo ♪
♪ And ♪
♪ A life that ends in blood ♪
♪♪
♪ Baby sister's got a brother ♪
♪ And he won't live life on the run ♪
[ Maracas shaking ]
♪ And baby sister's got a temper too ♪
♪ With a shovel and a gun ♪
♪♪
♪ So if you listen ♪
♪ You can hear his ghost sing ♪
♪ In the middle of the night ♪
♪ It'll echo in your dreams ♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee ♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee-hee ♪
♪ Hee-hee-hee ♪
♪♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee ♪
♪ Yodel-ay-hee-hee ♪
♪ Hee-hee-hee-ee-ee-ee ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Ye-hee-hee ♪
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank y'all so much!
♪♪