His best-known public artworks were sculptures made from driftwood and exhibited on the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York; those works were anonymous and his identity appeared mysterious, though it was never secret.[3] Loback collected the materials from the Hudson River itself; when a woman scolded him for "ruining the city's 'pristine' nature", he replied that the shoreline was composed of railroad landfill.[4] He created some thousands of driftwood sculptures, taking around half an hour to create each one.[5]
The linguist and computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter wrote that Loback's contribution to Tolkien linguistics was in its nomenclature.[8] Loback wrote on Middle-earth subjects for magazines including Beyond Bree and Little Gwaihir, and the linguistic journals Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon.[6]
Worksedit
Booksedit
Halls of the Elven-King (Fortresses of Middle-earth). Charlottesville: Iron Crown Enterprises, 1988 (ISBN 978-1-5580-6015-9)
Scholarly articlesedit
"The Kindreds, Houses, and Population of the Elves during the First Age" (Mythlore 14.1, 1987)
"Orc Hosts, Armies and Legions: A Demographic Study" (Mythlore 16.4, 1990)
^ abEden, Bradford Lee (2016). "Subcreation at work: the Art of Tom Loback". The C.S. Lewis & Friends Colloquium (10).
^Barron, James (21 June 2007). "Joggers Know His Sculptures; Meet the Artist Behind Them". The New York Times.
^Morrison, Susan Signe (2015). "6. Urban Myths: The Civilized and Pristine City-Body". The Literature of Waste Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1-1373-9444-6.
^"Turning driftwood into art". ABC7. 28 August 2012. ABC News item on Loback
^ ab"Tom Loback". Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. Retrieved 5 February 2023. (four pages)
^Wynne, Patrick; Loback, Tom; DiSante, Paula; Beach, Sarah (1990). "'Fëanor Fronts Fingolfin': Artistic Visions of Four Artists". Mythlore. 17 (2). Article 3.
^Hostetter, Carl F. (2007). "Tolkienian Linguistics: The First Fifty Years" (PDF). Tolkien Studies. 4 (1): 1–46. doi:10.1353/tks.2007.0022. S2CID 170601512.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom Loback.
Descriptions of Loback's works at the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, with transcriptions and translations of the Tengwar scripts in his artworks
Bibliography of Loback's contributions (illustrations and essays) to Beyond Bree
Loback's "Eärendil" back cover art for Mythlore 57
Loback's last artwork and In memoriam on Elendilion.pl
December 18, 2023
loback, february, 1949, march, 2015, artist, known, illustrations, characters, from, tolkien, 1977, book, silmarillion, miniature, figurines, public, artworks, york, contributed, also, tolkien, scholar, interested, tolkien, constructed, languages, born, 1949, . Tom Loback February 16 1949 March 5 2015 was an artist known for his illustrations of characters from J R R Tolkien s 1977 book The Silmarillion his miniature figurines and his public artworks in New York He contributed also as a Tolkien scholar interested in Tolkien s constructed languages Tom LobackBorn 1949 02 16 February 16 1949Brooklyn New YorkDiedMarch 5 2015 2015 03 05 aged 66 Known forIllustrations of The Silmarillion Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Driftwood sculptures 1 2 Tolkien s Middle earth 2 Works 2 1 Books 2 2 Scholarly articles 2 3 Artworks 3 References 4 External linksBiography editTom Loback was born on February 16 1949 in Brooklyn New York As well as his Middle earth work and his driftwood sculptures 1 he also created figurines of characters from the American Civil War and from fantasy works 1 Loback died of the after effects of the September 11 attacks 2 Driftwood sculptures edit His best known public artworks were sculptures made from driftwood and exhibited on the Hudson River in Manhattan New York those works were anonymous and his identity appeared mysterious though it was never secret 3 Loback collected the materials from the Hudson River itself when a woman scolded him for ruining the city s pristine nature he replied that the shoreline was composed of railroad landfill 4 He created some thousands of driftwood sculptures taking around half an hour to create each one 5 Tolkien s Middle earth edit Loback contributed to the appreciation of J R R Tolkien s legendarium in two ways through his art and with scholarly study 1 The Tolkien scholar Bradford Lee Eden commented that Loback s work was unique in featuring both Tolkien s scripts Cirth and Tengwar and Elvish languages both Quenya and Sindarin 6 in his art and in his imitation of the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts 2 His artistic vision of The Silmarillion has been celebrated alongside that of other Tolkien illustrators in 1990 Mythlore set Loback and three others the task of illustrating the confrontation between the maker of the Silmarils Feanor and his half brother Fingolfin 7 The linguist and computer scientist Carl F Hostetter wrote that Loback s contribution to Tolkien linguistics was in its nomenclature 8 Loback wrote on Middle earth subjects for magazines including Beyond Bree and Little Gwaihir and the linguistic journals Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon 6 Works editBooks edit Halls of the Elven King Fortresses of Middle earth Charlottesville Iron Crown Enterprises 1988 ISBN 978 1 5580 6015 9 Scholarly articles edit The Kindreds Houses and Population of the Elves during the First Age Mythlore 14 1 1987 Orc Hosts Armies and Legions A Demographic Study Mythlore 16 4 1990 To E or NE On the Quenya Past Tense Parma Eldalamberon 9 1990 Artworks edit A selection of Loback s The Silmarillion artworks which he uploaded to Commons is shown here nbsp The Wedding of Tuor and Idril nbsp Tuor slays Othrod nbsp Thingol Fights Boldog nbsp Feanor and Fingolfin nbsp Ulmo saves Voronwe nbsp The Fall of Turgon s Tower nbsp Ecthelion slays Orcobal nbsp Eol and Aredhel nbsp GothmogReferences edit a b c Croft Janet Brennan 2015 Notes In Memoriam Tom Loback in Mythlore Mythlore 33 2 Article 13 a b Eden Bradford Lee 2016 Subcreation at work the Art of Tom Loback The C S Lewis amp Friends Colloquium 10 Barron James 21 June 2007 Joggers Know His Sculptures Meet the Artist Behind Them The New York Times Morrison Susan Signe 2015 6 Urban Myths The Civilized and Pristine City Body The Literature of Waste Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 978 1 1373 9444 6 Turning driftwood into art ABC7 28 August 2012 ABC News item on Loback a b Tom Loback Elvish Linguistic Fellowship Retrieved 5 February 2023 four pages Wynne Patrick Loback Tom DiSante Paula Beach Sarah 1990 Feanor Fronts Fingolfin Artistic Visions of Four Artists Mythlore 17 2 Article 3 Hostetter Carl F 2007 Tolkienian Linguistics The First Fifty Years PDF Tolkien Studies 4 1 1 46 doi 10 1353 tks 2007 0022 S2CID 170601512 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom Loback Descriptions of Loback s works at the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship with transcriptions and translations of the Tengwar scripts in his artworks Bibliography of Loback s contributions illustrations and essays to Beyond Bree Loback s Earendil back cover art for Mythlore 57 Loback s last artwork and In memoriam on Elendilion pl Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Loback amp oldid 1186645207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
