I’m submitting this plan to the Claymakers gallery today. It will take a year to craft if I do one full figure per month. Twelve figures and supporting wall art should be enough to communicate the idea. Of course the initial inspiration is way more grand, but truth-be-told I will be sick of crafting these […]
A Cheerleader and men engaged: This is the core idea behind my next work that will take me into next year. “Conceal and Carry” will be the name of the series I hope I can work up many of these concepts before the wind stops blowing and my sails sag.
It’s interesting to go back and find the original sketches that inspired the creative act. I found this sketch I created as part of my design stage for the Vulcan Earth piece.
This has been evolving over the past week, I’m now focused on the garden assemblage that will be the Fire element. I decided that Fire must face West. The red setting sun and the 3rd eye of the evening juxtapose the both serene yet disturbing quality of sunset. The last fires of the day burn […]
6 week effort on expression in form and figure (1st week of July) 4 weeks on boxer form – deadline (First week of August) 7 weeks Chair woman (first week of End of September) 4 weeks configuration of 8 low relief images (end of October) 4 weeks on second boxer form – (end of November) […]
it begins. Sketched out and crafted the dress this morning. Here is the research I’m doing for a full standing figure for the garden. I plan to do a couple to see if I can gather some momentum going into the summer. I’ll get back to the angel bowl soon, but craving to work on […]
Watched 6 hours of season 2 of Fargo last night. I have just one episode left, but while watching and listening I whipped this out. I’ve done crazy elaborate drawings in the past but this one just fell out of me. It feels good to be back in the sketchbook fooling around.
Getting inspired to develop porcelain cast forms these days. I’m pretty excited to try different sculptural shapes out. We’ll see where this goes. I’m still developing the figurative forms, but this is a nice break from the moody emotional works that are typical of my efforts.
Rorschach didn’t have a corner on subconscious ideas and illustrations. I sometimes see my next work in the oddest places. This morning in the showers soap dish remnants I saw my next series called “Captains” We’ll see how it plays out. I’m always curious as to how this actually will look. I was thinking WWII […]
I was recently asked about where I get my ideas from. Since I am superstitious and believe in the invisible energies that surround us, I will start by saying a thank you to the muse that inspires me. That being said, it begins with a kernel of an idea and evolves as the actual build evolves, […]
Almost forgot to vent these, I left them uncovered last night to dry, but thankfully this morning they were still wet enough to poke. Not certain about the finish here, and if the pedestand should be one piece. I guess it should be so I best cover again when I get home. Stopping by Granny’s […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
Swimmer one of three completed this weekend. Started a new corset form and fired two bisque and 1 glaze. Will aim to complete another swimmer this weekend, and finalize a corset form. Working on researching in the background as well. Started a texture and color sample sheet and started reading my Slips book . May […]