Reprise: The Water-Fox, Sleeping

2011:
Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, CA

Autumn Dreams

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

Photo: August 10th, 2012.

Autumnal: Mask

The Sleeper:
sculpture mix; nutmeg and shino glazing, layered; leather cord.
Mask, 2005; photograph, 2012.

Wisdom Sleeps

 Wisdom: sculpture mix, unglazed; copper wire.

Face Time: Wet Clay

Practice session. 

Quest-Motif

Autumn Dreams

The Sleeper: sculpture mix; nutmeg and shino glazing, layered; leather cord.  (Vintage 2005: one of the first pieces I considered wholly successful.)

No Wake Zone, Seriously

Gemini, Sleeping

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

Sleep-Talker: Wet Clay

Merlin in the Tree:  sculpture mix, still wet.

I'll probably change the name of the mask by the time I finish forming, firing, and glazing the piece.  I often do.  And, sometimes, I don't really know the piece's name, the art's essence, until I've taken it from the studio and sat with it for a while, or placed it in a tidepool or the shorebreak.  Often, the piece is a vessel for moods and conceits that are forming and evolving along with the work itself.

That's a talking mask, for sure, but then I'm a bit of a talker too.

Reprise: Puck, Sleeping

I've posted photos before of Puck, Sleeping here.

The Sleeper in Autumn

("The Sleeper": this mask has to be one of my best pieces. I started this blog with this vision of a dreaming man here. I like to look at and handle this piece--letting my hands "see" also--to remind myself to try harder each time.)