TBT: Fishing with Dad

Fishing trip.

I caught my first fish at age seven with my dad at my side.  I'm older here, obviously.

This trip out into Monterey Bay, oh, my father was miserable.
Seasick so much.
Still, the whirr of the reel would catch his attention . . . .

I'm not sure we caught those or if we were gifted by cousins on the same trip.  The conditions were raw that time, and we went out more than once.

1996?

Pedagogical Clay

For strict pedagogical reasons, I asked my college students to work with clay.
Here are some of the results of the experiment.
Aren't these cool?

"Though Whether Those Feet"

"The heels of Milgrim's Tanky and Tojo brogues, as he sat astride the high, raked pillion of Benny's Yamaha, didn't quite touch the cobbles of this tiny square.  Something about the angle of his feet recalled some childhood line-drawing from Don Quixote, though whether those feet had been the knight's or Sancho Panza's, he didn't know."

--William Gibson, Zero History

"His First Drug"

"Reading, his therapist had suggested, had likely been his first drug."

--William Gibson, Zero History

Clay Play: Blue and Brown

Missing clay-time.
Samples from 2013: Strawberry Creek play.

TBT: A Boy and His Cat

Playing with Sam:
1979, I believe.

Clay Noir: Jotun

 Jotun / Frost-giant:
clay: soldate;
oribe glazing.

Autumn Dreams

Gemini, Sleeping--A Mask: sculpture mix; denim, transparent brown, and clear glazing, layered.

Photo: August 10th, 2012.