Chicago Reader: Artist on Artist

 

Artist on Artist: Buke & Gase talk to Ian Schneller of Specimen Products

 

Interviewing Buke & Gase for this week’s Artist on Artist is Specimen Products mastermind Ian Schneller. A few decades back, this sculptor and musician (formerly of Shrimp Boat and Falstaff) combined those pursuits and began building his own instruments—he made his first guitar in ’87. Since then he’s turned Specimen into a formidable institution, emphasizing nuts-and-bolts, hands-on techniques and beautifully whimsical but ruthlessly functional design (see Andrew Bird’s live setup for proof). Buke & Gase play Lincoln Hall on Fri 2/8, and Specimen is open every Monday through Saturday. —Kevin Warwick

Read full interview here.

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