Dean - Mike is certainly a multi-talented individual. Here are a few other videos I did on him, and his work: th-cam.com/video/v6npNnhEa4s/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/X88tJcuI5H4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/i1SjrNoe9YI/w-d-xo.html And here's one more excellent video on Mike, done by the American Craft Council: th-cam.com/video/5B_bcvF0By4/w-d-xo.html
WOW! 45 yr friendship, a true friend indeed! Are his works on display for the public? Great chat with a great friend on some amazing works! I bet the two of you sat in the shop or on the porch having some sweet tea making this. Thanks Ron 👍
It's been a wonderful friendship. We were in the same area when we met, but Mike moved 3 hours north about 40 years ago. Even though we don't get together as often as we once did, the friendship has remained strong. It was a joy to work with Mike on this video!
0.27 - haven't I seen that one in Easyriders or something like that 1000 years ago? 100% sure I've seen it somewhere. I wish I had understood, that you could actually make a living (some even a very good one) by being an artist as a kid.. I was (am) really good at "anything hands" but have been unlucky with parents and in "the mentor department", so I'm pretty fookin' fooked in the life department.. I looved this one, and had access to all kinds of tools back then, so I could have made some impressive and interesting stuff, if I had seen it as anything but waste of time.. Bad parenting is a crime.!
For what it's worth, my parents didn't give me much encouragement to pursue my interests, but I eventually found my way, and things have turned out pretty well for me. None of us can go back in time, but you can make decisions today that you will benefit from for the rest of your life.
@@RonCovell I agree - but I am guessing, that they didn't ruin "everything" you tried to do for you either. If you know anything about narcissists, then you will have an idea of, what I was up against. For those who might find the subject interesting, I suggest a video like "Why your family hates you." with Richard Grannon. He also has a few about "Golden child scape goat parents" - where one child can do no wrong, and one can do nothing right or good enough. It's not normal to consider getting your father "offed", when you are 16 - I did.. I knew, that no matter where I ran to, he would find me, and the punnishment would be hard. You don't survive a childhood like that without scares. You can do "everything" right, and still be unlucky - just like we all know, "Luck is when good preparation lies ahead of a good chance" - the opposite also exists: "bad luck is, when good preparation lies ahead of a drunk cage driver in front of your bike.". last but not least - we also know, that networking is a very important part of life, and usually also of business. "Nobody" wants to work with low status people, so it's very very hard to work your way out of the hole, no matter how you ended there. Besides that I'll suggest Jordan Peterson's "Are you depressed? Or low in the dominence hierachy" (very short video) and also the video where he speaks with some guy named Darumple or something like that, called: "Life at the bottom". I'm not jealous of those with succes - but I do envy many of them. Succes very rarely comes from not working hard, but failure can coke from one piece o0f bad luck. As the sayings go: "No winner belives in coincedences." and "All failures are orphants." IF anyone is interested in seeing, if I'm full of crap or not, a bit of my art can bee seen on FB, where my (crappy - needs updating, but I've got lots of other things to use my money on, before I buy a new smart phone to take pics) artist name is Børge ODK.
Very cool! I saw it years ago, and at that time it was in a glass case in a big shopping center somewhere in Hawaii. Having it in a motorcycle shop will be much more fitting, and I hope they were able to remove it from the case. That really made it difficult to see the allover shape, and closely examine the details.
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Thank you Ron for introducing Mike to me...without this interview I would have never known of the craftmen artist.
Dean - Mike is certainly a multi-talented individual. Here are a few other videos I did on him, and his work:
th-cam.com/video/v6npNnhEa4s/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/X88tJcuI5H4/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/i1SjrNoe9YI/w-d-xo.html
And here's one more excellent video on Mike, done by the American Craft Council:
th-cam.com/video/5B_bcvF0By4/w-d-xo.html
WOW! 45 yr friendship, a true friend indeed! Are his works on display for the public? Great chat with a great friend on some amazing works! I bet the two of you sat in the shop or on the porch having some sweet tea making this. Thanks Ron 👍
It's been a wonderful friendship. We were in the same area when we met, but Mike moved 3 hours north about 40 years ago. Even though we don't get together as often as we once did, the friendship has remained strong. It was a joy to work with Mike on this video!
Wow, thankyou for sharing this with us Ron. Very inspiring!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Trying to get my head around the intricacy, creative engineering and artistry. Beautiful, work.
Great Video.
Well, there is a lot to wrap your head around in mike's work!
His work is so beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for sharing Ron!
Mike Cooper is a one-of-a-kind!
Outstanding workmanship and beautiful.
Thank you! Cheers!
Very inspiring and original art!
Yes, and I'm so glad you liked it!
Marvelous work.
I agree!
It looks like he builds LIVING things.
Reminds me of H.R. Giger of movie fame.
I agree that there is a lot of 'life' in Cooper's work, and he does share some of the complexity of H.R. Giger (but not the creepy elements).
Sorry, no offence intended.
A skill that few have.
Impressive work, to be sure.
I'm so glad you liked it, Joe!
Amazing !
Glad you think so!
Outstanding
I think Mike's work is some of the best of that style in the world!
@@RonCovell Dear Master Ron, I do agree 💯%👍
Cool
Glad you liked it!
0.27 - haven't I seen that one in Easyriders or something like that 1000 years ago? 100% sure I've seen it somewhere. I wish I had understood, that you could actually make a living (some even a very good one) by being an artist as a kid.. I was (am) really good at "anything hands" but have been unlucky with parents and in "the mentor department", so I'm pretty fookin' fooked in the life department.. I looved this one, and had access to all kinds of tools back then, so I could have made some impressive and interesting stuff, if I had seen it as anything but waste of time.. Bad parenting is a crime.!
For what it's worth, my parents didn't give me much encouragement to pursue my interests, but I eventually found my way, and things have turned out pretty well for me. None of us can go back in time, but you can make decisions today that you will benefit from for the rest of your life.
@@RonCovell I agree - but I am guessing, that they didn't ruin "everything" you tried to do for you either. If you know anything about narcissists, then you will have an idea of, what I was up against. For those who might find the subject interesting, I suggest a video like "Why your family hates you." with Richard Grannon. He also has a few about "Golden child scape goat parents" - where one child can do no wrong, and one can do nothing right or good enough. It's not normal to consider getting your father "offed", when you are 16 - I did.. I knew, that no matter where I ran to, he would find me, and the punnishment would be hard. You don't survive a childhood like that without scares. You can do "everything" right, and still be unlucky - just like we all know, "Luck is when good preparation lies ahead of a good chance" - the opposite also exists: "bad luck is, when good preparation lies ahead of a drunk cage driver in front of your bike.". last but not least - we also know, that networking is a very important part of life, and usually also of business. "Nobody" wants to work with low status people, so it's very very hard to work your way out of the hole, no matter how you ended there. Besides that I'll suggest Jordan Peterson's "Are you depressed? Or low in the dominence hierachy" (very short video) and also the video where he speaks with some guy named Darumple or something like that, called: "Life at the bottom". I'm not jealous of those with succes - but I do envy many of them. Succes very rarely comes from not working hard, but failure can coke from one piece o0f bad luck. As the sayings go: "No winner belives in coincedences." and "All failures are orphants." IF anyone is interested in seeing, if I'm full of crap or not, a bit of my art can bee seen on FB, where my (crappy - needs updating, but I've got lots of other things to use my money on, before I buy a new smart phone to take pics) artist name is Børge ODK.
Looks like my Diecycle
Hey, I checked it out, and I can see the resemblance! Hope you can see my video in the morning!
Being a machinist is easy as long as you know trigonometry and common sense.
It is true that most tasks which seem complicated to the uninitiated can usually be broken down into understandable steps.
😉 'Promosm'
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I have seen his Turbo Sculpture up close at cycle city in Honolulu
Very cool! I saw it years ago, and at that time it was in a glass case in a big shopping center somewhere in Hawaii. Having it in a motorcycle shop will be much more fitting, and I hope they were able to remove it from the case. That really made it difficult to see the allover shape, and closely examine the details.