Please see the 0-45-90-135 page for some more angles of and words about this piece.
hard cardboard L-beams, construction adhesive, spray paint
approximately 48(H)x30(W)x36(D) inches
see ‘hidden dimensions’ page for more
see Ls bowed page for more
see oldnownew page for more
Please see the five halves page for more angles and some words.
5 halved steel barrel hoops, construction adhesive
approximately 24(H)x20(W)x20(D) inches
see frozen motion page for more
This is a strong, striking piece. It is large and slumped some in the glaze firing but I like it anyways. It is well balanced and dynamic. I used a toothbrush to splatter red underglaze and finished it with a clear glaze. It’s a beauty.
glazed clay
approximately 24(H)x24(W)x8(D) inches
See more angles of this dynamic piece in the three halves page
3 halved barrel hoops, construction adhesive
approximately 19(H)x18(W)x16(D) inches
This piece is wonderful, intricate and inspired. It is rolled slabs, thinned by slapping the clay on a surface -leaving a smooth side and a stretched out highly textured side. I ripped these pieces into smaller pieces, gave them some curvature and laid them on a kiln shelf. Once bisque fired, I took the pieces home and figured out how they would all go together. The result was the crabfish. I may add some colors.
bisque fired clay, construction adhesive, spray paint approximately 15(H)x26(W)x11(D) inches
Please see the aesthetic construct page for more angles and some of my thoughts.
glazed clay
approximately 11(H)x14(W)x10(D) inches
glazed clay
approximately
15Wx9Hx9D inches
Four five-cornered slabs assembled as three peaks. I did not attach the slabs together sufficiently at the top and during glaze firing the three pieces separated at the top -gravity and heat bent and twisted them. I was lucky they didn’t hit the coils. So the end result was unexpected but welcome. The glazing is subtle and lovely. If you have a soft drum mallet, it makes three rich sounding tones.
glazed clay
approximately 16(H)x19(W)x14(D) inches
My accomplishments bring me joy and self-confidence, and sometimes the name of pieces. I find this piece to be perfect. It’s a place you can put god’s bones when he dies. I’m not religious so that’s not blasphemous.
glazed clay
approximately 15(H)x8(W)x5(D) inches
glazed clay
approximately
9Wx8Hx8D inches
I’m not sure it works.
glazed porcelain
approximately 7(H)x6(W)x2(D) inches
I did not intend it but this piece turned out as an abstracted crucifixion.
glazed clay
approximately 13(H)x8(W)x5(D) inches
This piece has a bit of an Rapa Nui vibe.
glazed clay
approximately 3(H)x1(W)x1(D) inches
This is a head that is red
glazed clay
approximately 3(H)x1(W)x1(D) inches
This piece is very dynamic. I made strips, textured them with the points of a steel brush and slapped them over an upside down bowl then added the scuba mask looking thing. It has a nice volume to it. It mounts to a vertical surface
glazed clay
approximately 14(H)x14(W)x8(D) inches
Another piece made of textured slapped together strips and hung on a vertical surface. This piece is beautiful and dynamic. It looks like what I’d imagine an abstract-ish soccer tournament victory trophy would look like.
glazed clay
approximately 16(H)x9(W)x4(D) inches
This is a large piece intended as a centerpiece of sorts. It turns out some bits of the perimeter fell off and this orientation on a wall was it’s best look. Got a bit of a “The Scream” by Edvard Munch to it.
glazed clay
approximately
20(H)x20(W)x5(D) inches
I was just making a mask and it turned into the devil, then one of his horns broke off. So that’s where the title comes from.
glazed clay
approximately
12(H)x9(W)x4(D) inches
There is certainly no ethical way for this to be a scale model of the tallest, most ostentatious building tower complex in the world.
glazed clay
approximately
12(H)x12(W)x12(D) inches
So I made another devil, decided he lost an eye and made what I thought was a gruesome looking patch thing. And then his horn broke off like the other one. So if you commission me to make you a devil, one horn will probably be broken. It works though.
glazed clay
approximately 12(H)x10(W)x4(D) inches
This is two pieces that looked more interesting together. You can hang it with all the other alien stuff you have.
glazed clay
approximately 8(H)x8(W)x5(D) inches
This piece is a cylinder with long strips of clay slapped onto it. It is nicely balanced in form and colors. I broke off a piece accidentally and that gave it just the right amount of asymmetry. It hangs on a vertical surface.
glazed clay
approximately
11(H)x9(W)x4(D) inches
Many of my early work in clay was making vessels or impractical boxes. Make of that what you will.
glazed clay
approximately 12(H)x8(W)x5(D) inches
Another unintentional abstract-ish crucifixion.
glazed clay
approximately 9(H)x5(W)x3(D) inches
I like the movement and glazing in this piece.
glazed clay
approximately 11(H)x8(W)x3(D) inches
I made this piece quickly with a bunch of off-cuts from another piece. It looks a bit like the anti-tank barriers called Czech hedgehogs. Kinda grim.
glazed clay
approximately 6(H)x12(W)x6(D) inches
This is an experiment I made using clay shavings on a slab body. I look forward to trying this again and exploiting the transparency of clay when very thin.
glazed clay
approximately 8(H)x8(W)x4(D) inches
This is an early piece of sculpture. While I can see that bullfighting is vile, I like this piece. The movement and interplay of the figures is very nice.
bisque and glazed clay, construction adhesive, acrylic paint
2 figures approximately 7(H)x10(W)x7(D) inches each
Because of the slumping part of the piece called Slumping Peaks, I made another, better reinforced piece. Not a focal piece, it makes a nice sub-focal structure in and among some plants.
glazed clay
approximately 19(H)x20(W)x9(D) inches
It would be interesting to see this model be used to make a skyscraper building complex. And if it were, somebody would have to give me lots of money. I hope I would keep what I needed and give the rest to a good cause.
glazed clay
approximately 11(H)x8(W)x5(D) inches