Valley Art Gallery Show............

January & February 2022.    Reception Jan 8th, 2-4 PM.

 

New work in progress...............

The Crow-Kin stage a return

 

Raku-fired houses

I'm gearing up for a show at Valley Art in Forest Grove, Oregon this coming January/February.

Happy Halloween!

 

Bowls, bowls and more bowls.......

 .....created for donation to the Willamette Art Center's "Empty Bowls" fund raiser for the local food bank.   More in progress, but I'm off to a good start.

"Isotopic Awakening".......

 .........assemblage sculpture.  Mixed media (glass, wood, metal, ceramic).  21-inches x 8-inches x 6-inches.   (sold)

"Prisoner of Time II"..............

 ....created for a friend.  15" x 13" x 3".  Mixed media (wood, ceramic, metal).

The Crow-Kin..........

 

.......returneth with a vengence.

Surfin' Bird

The Trashmen

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!
Bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, bird is the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word

A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word

A-well-a don't you know, about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the bird

A-well-a

A-well-a everybody's heard, about the bird!
Bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word

Some of the Boyz headed to La Grande...gonna whoop it up at the Longbranch.

Professor Steam & The Punks....now at Ten Oaks Gallery.

Learning To Fly...........

............. ceramic, raku.   11-inches x 5-inches x 6-inches.

 

EGO.tarium: Soul Vessel..................

.........assemblage / mixed media (wood, ceramic, metal and acrylic).   17" high x 8" x 8".   Currently available @ The Gallery at Ten Oaks.

Sold!

"Strange Days" Virtual Tour.........

 now available via this L I N K <<<<<<<

"Strange Days" exhibit staged...........

...........initial setup before labeling and show title posted (the old one is still above the fireplace).

 

"Dogma Devotee"............

 ........ceramic, raku-fired.   Roughly 20-inches tall.

"Strange Days"............

..........title piece for the "Strange Days" exhibit in La Grande.  24" x 12".  Mixed media (wood, ceramic, glass, metal, acrylic).  

"Baby Boomer II"............

 

......ceramic, raku fired.   15" tall.   Part of the "Strange Days" exhibit in La Grande, Oregon beginning Friday July 9th.

"House of the Spider King"..............

 ......mixed media (ceramic, wood, metal).   17" X 7" x 7".  Just something created for my own amusement.

"2020 In A Nutshell".............

.......ceramic with wood/metal base.   Cold finished.  20" x 6" x 6".

Strange Days............

 

.........are upon us.

Tower Of Babel concept vessels...........

"Tower of Babel II"   15-inches.   Stoneware, cone 10 with stains.

"Tower of Babel I"  14-inches.   Stoneware, cone 10 with stains.

 

"Walking In The Rain"...................

...........sculpture.  Ceramic, raku-fired.   12" x 6" x 5.5".   This is as I had envisioned it -- a welcome result from several days of disappointment and failure.   I'm down to the final firings of work for the La Grande show.  Now I'm firing mainly experimental work and it's a mixed bag of success and failure.
 

The Village Expands............

 

.......new raku fired housing.   

"Keeper of Holding"..........

 .......the Modern Guardian for small things.   32" x 11" x 8" approximately.   Assemblage: wood, ceramic, metal, acrylic, found objects.

"Baby Boomer I"..............

 

....... ceramic, raku fired.  13-inches tall.  

La Grande, Oregon solo show coming up .....

 .....at Art Center East.   July 9th - September 4th, 2021.   Strange Days indeed!

MORE new work data dump...........

"Druid Stone #2"  9" x 6" x 4"   This glaze combination works!

"Druid Stone #3"  9" x 5" x 4"

"Exhalation of the Soul"   9" x 4.25" x 4.25"

 

New Work Data Dump..........

"Druid Stone #1" Ceramic, cone 6 stoneware.  9" x 4.5" x 4"

Trio of Uber-Kin.   Roughly 10" high.  Cone 6 Stoneware w/oxides.

Raku houses.  Roughly 9" high.

........I've fired the kiln daily for 4 days and the log jam of work is beginning to flow....still a LOT of bisque work to glaze.

 

Planetary............

........plates.   9.25" dia x 1.5" deep.   Ceramic, cone 6 oxidation with glass in the center.    New work for an upcoming solo show at Art Center East in La Grande Oregon this summer.

 

"Baby Boomer II"............

 

........in progress.  Ceramic.  Roughly 15-inches high.  

More Houses built............

 ......ceramic, various firings / finishes.   

"Balance".........raku fired.........

 .....ceramic.   9" x 8" x 4.25".

Martianware .... raku fired........

 .....and reduced.   Clear crackle glaze (although it didn't crackle much in this firing).

The House On The Border...........

 

Of Yesterday........ceramic, bisque fired with oxides, cold finished.   9" x 4.25" x 4.25".

"It's only Rock and Roll, But We LIKE it!"......

............gearing up for the Crow-Kin World Tour 2021!

First firing of Martianware clay...........

 

Sanded with an orbital sander (60 grit).   I like this look.

I think this is what "normal" would be for a cone 04 firing.  This piece was on the bottom kiln shelf.

Fired to ^04, but on the top shelf of the kiln.  It's definitely over-fired as evidenced by the blisters.

............fired to ^04, but on various shelves in the kiln.   I think the Martianware would be happier in a ^06 firing.   The salts that form on the clay as it dries does produce a self-glazing surface.   I think the most promising results are from sanding the over-fired pieces with 60 grit sandpaper.   Next step is to perhaps glaze with a clear crackle glaze and try raku.

Back to testing.....

Subjectiv............

...... my work is included in the Spring 2021 issue of this beautiful art 'zine.   Link below:

Subjectiv

So very cool!  I'm honored!

*GASP* It's the Crow-Kin Keith Richards!!!................

 ........Crow-Kin Death Metal is NOW a reality!   Sorry......sometimes science progresses when it shouldn't....

"Balance"................

........ceramic, raku fired.  About 10" x 4.25" x 4.25".   

This is a hastily executed prototype of a form I shall be revisiting.

 

"Isolation"...........

.........Fortress of Solitude, Introvert's Delight.   Ceramic, wood, metal.  14-inches high.

Sedum planters......................

 

Cone 6.  Stoneware.   Oxide washes / stains.  About 4" dia.

Cone 6.  Stoneware.  Oxide washes/stains.   About 3" dia.

............Kurinuki style carving with sodium silicate to induce the cracking.

"Bleu House"....................

Enter, Forget within the machine...

...transform within the web...

...& emerge as code

............ mixed media.  Ceramic & acrylic.   7-inches high x 4.25-inches x 4.25-inches.