Wire art: two pieces, four shots. I made these one weekend in 1996 at a point in my life between grad school and the rest of it when I didn't think I'd be teaching again. An octopus and a merman, among others, came out of that angst. Maybe my first move toward sculpture besides carving pumpkins, decorating Easter eggs, whittling sticks, and playing with random play-doh since childhood.
Clay came later.