He makes one, sometimes two, chairs a week, almost always rockers. His standards for those chairs are high, according to Bailey. He's never satisfied with his work. A lot of thems way crooked. Here's the thing with the soap, it curves.
Every single piece wants to curve one way or another when it dries.
That's the whole thing about it. None of it's ever the same. None of the other inmates in the Illinois Art Gallery show, curated by Jane Stevens, can match Harms for craftsmanship. But there is no lack of imagination, ingenuity or vision. Arkee Chaney works in dozens of styles, ranging from cartoonlike social commentary to abstraction.