Melting 05-001: The History: Share what you see and inspire the next chapter… When I started with slabs, I was amazed at how much one could do when playing with the humidity level of the clay, before assembling, and how the clay sometimes settled into it's own forms... they say clay is an organic substance … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #150: Melting 05-001
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #149: Folded #3
Folded #3: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #149: Folded #3
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #148: Folded #2
Folded #2: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #148: Folded #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
Folded #1: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
Disk-bowl: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Shortly after realizing I didn't enjoy the process of turning clay, I started making items with slabs. At that time, someone had mistakenly contaminated a beautiful variegated blue glaze, it fired with a lovely caramel color and with odd pooling of colors. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
Horn of Plenty: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its sister, "Cornucopia" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
Cornucopia: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its brother, "Horn" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to use and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
Adam & Eve: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… An extension of my melted pot series... I engraved the leather-hard clay on both sides... the opposite side has a short, pot-bellied Adam, with a beard... influenced by some African drawings I saw and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
Part 5 - Vessels Explorations of forms and possibilities using slabs & hand-building. This was my apprenticeship with clay. I played with wet slabs, leather hard slabs, and everything in between. I mixed types of clay, created my own glazes, and broke all the rules the teachers and textbooks taught… It was here that I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #136: Blue Man: I Love Myself
Blue Man: I Love Myself: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… The Blue Man series was an extension of my Blues paintings... full of music, movement, and joy... I believe this one is living in Scottsdale, AZ. Built on a concept of self-awareness … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #136: Blue Man: I Love Myself
The New Renaissance Mindset 