It's been a hectic spring- lots of teaching and admin, and not as much art as I'd like. However, the semester culminated in an early departure and a trip Fujikawaguchiko, where I'm going to be doing a one-month residency studying Mokuhanga (traditional Japanese...
For this week's inspiration Monday, I'm looking back to a research trip to the Galapagos one year ago. Sea Lions are amazing creatures... big puppies when they're young, sort of a lion-rhino combo when they're mature. I got charged by a big bull one year when I was...
I've already posted a commentary on my remediation sphere project. In mid May, I placed several of these spheres in the Third Street Gallery in Moscow, Idaho, as part of their Restoration exhibition.I opted to display the spheres in a bed of moss (collected along a...
The Plankton Project celebrates the incredible diversity of oceanic plankton, while referencing the varied threats to their viability. Plankton are oxygen engines, the ‘forests of the ocean’, and the base of the marine food web. Plankton are also marvelously varied in...
I previous posted about my experiments with creating objects inspired by Tidepools and Taihu Rocks. These studio explorations/bumblings continue. One things that I've been playing with as part of this process is the use of multiple firings.I've started playing with...
Remediation. Reconciliation. Restoring a right relationship with the natural world. Can art do this? If you’re interested in any aspect of this question, I invite you to host a coffee-clay remediation sphere in your local stream, creek, pond, lake, or river.But… what...
Plankton are the forest of the sea- oxygen engines and the base of the food chain. They’re also some of the most ramified, visually interesting living objects on the planet.I started sculpting plankton in 2020. Most recently- I’ve started sculpting silicoflagellate....
I recently underwent a major website re-tooling. New site builder, new design schematic. The alarm klaxons went off when an Instagram friend let me know that A) they couldn’t get to my blog on their mobile device, and B) half the hot links didn’t work. So- it was time...
I was working in my studio this weekend, turning out a couple of giant (28 inch diamter) basins. See brief process video below. These are destined for an upcoming show at the Little Pink House Gallery here in Idaho. As part of creating large vessels, I have a near...