Tag: Art

This dynamic installation from the Hive Series is now available for your home, garden or commercial space. There are 31 individual diamond shaped cone pieces with holes cut and carved into one half of them, each piece is nested into the previous layer to form the starburst composition. Each individual piece is approximately 9″ in length and 4″ wide and are 22″ x 22″ 9″ when assembled together. The Hives are 750. each with only 6 available!

All of the pieces are hand-built from high fired stoneware and is original and unique. Instructions on assembling your Hive will be included in your order- but don’t worry it’s super simple!

This piece qualifies for FREE SHIPPING!

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I’ve been creating site specific installations of my Bone Series for exhibits and in my own studio and they’ve gotten a really positive response from viewers but they are a little hard to imagine in your own space. So I’ve been trying to think up a way to make them easier to place and the other day with A LOT of help from my friends/talented studio neighbors I think I’ve got a prototype in the works. The plan was to create a metal frame with hidden welded loops for connecting the Bone Series webs to and also to hang it on the wall. The hope is that the pieces will still float off the wall, cast beautiful shadows and create a dynamic visual contrast of organic ceramic forms with geometric negative space shapes from the cables.

Here’s the first attempt and while it’s just a prototype and there are still things to tweak, I’m pretty darn happy with the results!

Much thanks to Lucia Bruer who welded all the parts together and talked through the plan with me, to Jamie Abbott for the use of his studio, equipment and patient teaching and to Roy Holmberg for his skillful eye on the whole process.

It seriously takes a village to raise an artist. So grateful.

Things have been very busy around here with show, installations and summer classes starting soon but despite all that, I’ve been poking away at some new work in the studio. My studio neighbor Kochlacs Wood had these beautiful live edge slabs of California Black Walnut that he had salvaged from a downed tree and I thought it would be really nice to contour the wood grain patterns with small layered mushroom/fungus growth forms. I’m thinking that these pieces will eventually be wall mounted, but we’ll have to wait and see. Here’s what I’ve got going so far…

Need a sweet gift for the Dad or Grad in your life this spring?

You can order Art Hearts from the online shop an pick them up at the studio in Santa Cruz. Art Hearts on stems are a beautiful addition to any bouquet or potted plant and the ornaments hang on a bottle of celebratory champagne like a charm!

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I’m excited to announce that NEW sculptures are available in the online shop!

Hive Series These Mini-Hives are dynamic to look at and will fit beautifully into your garden space. There are only 6 available!

Lichen Series The Lichen Series has evolved into Spore Patterns on reclaimed wood as wall sculptures for indoor or outdoor placement.

Umbel Series The 230 Umbel Flowers are on display at the Environmental Installations Exhibit but they are available for pre-sale now and are selling fast!

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Here’s the monthly wrap up of everything going on at the studio…

May Studio News

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If you made it to the Spring Studio Sale a few weeks ago, you saw the latest pieces from the Lichen Series | Spore Patterns hanging on my studio walls. I’m really loving these new pieces which are mounted to reclaimed barn board I found on my mother in law’s property.

The ceramic pieces are arranged on the boards to mimic the composition of mushroom spore patterns and play with ideas of death and new growth. These can be hung on the wall both indoors and out, and will give a modern rustic feel to the space they encompass.

They will be hitting the online shop soon, but if you’re interested please contact me for details.

ceramic & reclaimed wood, sizes range from 8″ x 20″ to 30″ x 30″ and prices range from 150. – 250.

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the opening of Environmental Installations at the UCSC Arboretum this past Saturday- it was really so fantastic to see the whole exhibit come together and to chat with everyone. I loved seeing patrons walk the path of my Umbel Series Installation. If you haven’t been to the exhibit yet, be sure to get out there, this show is up until November 17th.

If you would like some Umbel Flowers for your own garden, they are available for pre-sale in the online shop! You can order as many as you would like and you will be invited to the Arboretum towards the end of the exhibit for a ‘picking day’ where you can choose the umbel flowers you love and transplant them into your own garden. The picking day will be just before the holiday season starts so you can get flowers for yourself or others!

 

Umbels are only $65 each and every flower is handmade and unique.

Be sure to add a steel stem (no additional cost) to your shopping cart as well when ordering and to choose ‘local pick up’ to avoid shipping charges. If you are out of the area, you can still order flowers with or without the steel stem and they will be shipped to you after the exhibit closes.

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