The start of a long delayed commission. 

Dick Cheney

....is a piece of shit. But I really love this robot.

Meet the Sluggos!

Sluggo was a huge disaster to get made. I originally made baby sluggo, only to have a painting fall on him and break him. Before seeing how bad he was damaged, I went directly into the studio and made a much bigger version. During the firing the bigger piece was still wet in the kiln and most of the front and her underside blew up. I ended up epoxying about 150 pieces together and filling in the rest to fix her but there was still a pretty ugly seam down the middle. To hide this I made a bunch of butterflies and added them to cover up the seam. When I checked on the original piece it turned out that it only had a few broken pieces, all of which were easy to glue back together and are well concealed now. So a total disaster. A wonderful, adorable, successful disaster.

Gator Fountain

Originally this gator fountain was designed as a fish at the request of one of my students. It quickly took more of a gator form and was easy to put together with a simple aquarium pump, tubing, and some aquarium epoxy. This piece just recently sold, and I am look for ideas for my next fountain.

Froggy!!!

Evolution of a piece: Gordo from start to finish

Here is Gordo Sr from the beginning to end. I thought this piece would take me 6-12 months to complete and it ended up taking about 3 weeks to build, and then a little over a month to glaze and install. Honestly, the instillation was the hardest part, and with the time crunch to get it up on the wall before last weeks art murmur I had to make some choices that I quickly came to regret. All in all, its up on the wall for at least the next few months, or until I can find a more permanent home for him.

Art Murmur nights

I never sleep well on Art Murmur night. you would think I have this down after a year and a half of doing them, but you really never know whose going to show, whose going to be rioting in Oakland, or what the weather is going to be like. Regardless, they are almost always fun.

Elephant Woman