Oil paints, yum. I hardly use them, but when I do, they resonate with so much history for me. I became allergic to the solvents some time in Graduate School at UT, Austin School of Art. Maybe I was practically bathing in turpentine and my nails started to have black stalagmites streaks dipping into them …
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Moss architectural skins, baskets and lattice.
Moss created the (w)rapper building in my neighborhood. I saw it coming and going through the creation. Skins in architecture like the Peterson Automotive Museum on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles and The Broad Museum downtown Los Angeles have intrigued me for a while. I was so curious about it. Now that it’s built, I …
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Papier Mache sculpture
As I was eyeing a stack of old LA Times newspaper and thinking of recycling, it occurred to me I had two new boxes from some fans that I bought for the summer season. Ah, of course, papier Mache. If you’ve been following my blog, you may have noticed that I have been playing with …
Raku fired triangular smokers
Triangular Shapes made windmills and wild geometry. I made holes and placed them on pedestals for a candle to light from within and hopefully make just enough smoke to keep the mosquitoes away. Got through the bisque firing, whew, but the first two, of three, has smaller holes. I tried to enlarge the holes with …
Tetrahedron Ceramic Vases
Triangles lead me to tetrahedrons.
New Triangular Shapes in Clay
Ceramic designs to Monumental Sculpture
Triangular slabs
Reconfiguring triangular slabs of clay. These vases are experimenting with the triangle. They are cone 5 white stoneware.
Goops and Sauces and Ceramic Masks
Making a dozen new ceramic masks. The first group are in the kiln right now. Checking out my glazes. Makes me think of goops and sauces. My last group of vases were two colors only. This group calls for a big variety of colors. Yellow, gold, black, green, blue, orange, tan and white. Almost every …
Went to the L A Artshow
Today I went to the L A Art Show at the Convention center downtown. What drew me in were mostly collage works. There was also some woven works presented in a modern way. Lots of painting, some realistic, some more deconstructed.
Iris on wood
The Iris imagery has caught my attention. Now I have tried it on wood. This one is 2 x 2′, more or less. Better in wood or on paper? The paper offers more room for pretty watercolor like bleeds. Wood can do some of that but really does better with a stronger flat opaque paint …
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