The Quintet: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Inspired by my mother's love of singing in her barbershop choir, I built music for her. After seeing her sing for over twenty years, probably one of the reasons I like Barbershop and Acapella music, … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #131: The Quintet
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #130: The Lookout
The Lookout: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Filled with the music of the wind in the reeds, this vessel was a simple beauty… Following a challenge from another potter, I decided I could make larger vessels all standing on the long faces. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #130: The Lookout
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #129: Rufus
Rufus: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This is one of the several small statues built using my faces... many of the others were sold before I took pictures of them and have traveled to homes across North America. They are all filled … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #129: Rufus
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #128: Small Faces
Small Faces: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… These came at another ending. I had finished a series of larger sculptures and had loads of scraps and slabs. I decided to make a bunch of goblets and shot glasses. The Technique: How I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #128: Small Faces
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #127: Pub Folk #4
Pub Folk #4: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… These came at the end of another exploration series. I needed to remember what this blue glaze could do. At this time I was asked if I could make a cup to drink Ouzo. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #127: Pub Folk #4
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #126: Pub Folk #3
Pub Folk #3: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… A change was getting mixed with personal anger and I needed a new beginning, I would make only a few of shot glasses in red for my personal us and see how I felt … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #126: Pub Folk #3
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #125: Pub Folk #2
Pub Folk #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… I felt a new beginning coming on; a new series formulating in my imagination. I would make a small batch of shot glasses to hand out as gifts... they would be a sort of … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #125: Pub Folk #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #124: Pub Folk#1
Pub Folk#1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Every so often, when I feel a new beginning dawning, I would make dozens of shot glasses to hand out as gifts... they would be a sort of celebration of what was about to come…. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #124: Pub Folk#1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #123: Perspectives
Perspectives: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… A potter friend, who is also a philosopher and engineer, captured me one day with a fascinating conversation about The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci numbers, the aesthetic beauty of the number pi, Leonardo's obsessions, and a variety … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #123: Perspectives
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #122: Open Perspectives
Open Perspectives: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Playing with the faces to create a serving dish... part of a series of ideas created for a restaurant... I love the idea that food nourishes our minds as much as our bodies... it's food … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #122: Open Perspectives
The New Renaissance Mindset 