Slawson Creations
My Bio
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My Bio
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David Slawson's BIO:
Throughout his career, beginning with landscape creations for the Cleveland Botanical Garden (1974) and Carleton College (1976) up to his recent Garden of the Pine Wind at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas, David Slawson's work has continued to evolve toward his ideal of creating gardens inspired by the beauty of regional landscape. His work continues to be responsive to the unique attributes of the context, including the site, the client’s nature, and locally available materials. David has worked with Northfield, Minnesota videographer Paul Krause to create the DVD, In Full Circle: The Japanese-Style Garden As a Work of Art in Progress. The centerpiece of the video is the Garden of Quiet Listening, David’s 1976 creation at Carleton College. |
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Dr. David Slawson is a highly regarded landscape garden
artist, writer, and lecturer with over thirty year's experience. He apprenticed in
Kyoto in 1971-72 under Kinsaku Nakane, one of Japan’s foremost 20th
century garden artists. After several years in practice he returned to Japan
on a Fulbright doctoral fellowship to study traditional gardens and to translate
the 15th-century garden manual, Illustrations for Designing
Mountain, Water, and Hillside Field Landscapes (Senzui narabini yagyo zu).
The translation is amplified in his book, Secret Teachings in the Art of
Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values (Kodansha, 1987),
which is regarded as a classic in the field.