We are raising awareness about our “barren” desert being a rich wilderness with a rich history which includes our falling down, deteriorating, time-lapsed decay homestead cabins here in Wonder Valley. Rich in wildlife. Rich in it’s emptiness. Rich in it’s present state. To be protected by it’s inhabitants before it’s plowed under like the rest…
Category: mosaics
Mosaic Workshop
The Mosaic Workshop I just led in Wonder Valley was a great success. Seven eager students ready to learn and create. We drew a little blood from some sharp tile but nothing requiring stitches, just a prick. Everyone created beautiful works as different and as varied as people are. I’m sorry I didn’t get a…
Mosaic Workshop in Wonder Valley January 19th and 20th 2008
Yes friends, it is time to sign up again for another incredibly fun weekend at my studio in Wonder Valley for a Mosaic Workshop. You can bring your own collection of special broken pottery and also use the amazing collection of broken bits in the “boneyard”. I will supply all the tools, nippers, grout and tile…
New Paint for the new tile… at my neighbor’s house.
MagentaRaven helped assist in the colors and the painting for the new mosaic we did next door. The brown paint is called Galvanized by Ralph Lauren. It is remarkable and made everything look like mahogany. My client wanted espresso, I found Galvanized.
Mosaic project in Santa Barbara
Close ups of the mosaic I did on my neighbors new floor I installed.
First mosaic project in Santa Barbara.
A few small ungrouted sections of my neighbors “new” wall here in Santa Barbara. My body hurts. I’ll be posting more after the grouting takes place. This is part of a dining room/kitchen. New mail artwill be posted soon…long over-due.
Buddhas and snakes from the kiln
I’ve been reunited with clay once again and taking a class where my friend Maya teaches at The Pottery. Just got my first slither of snakes and glowing Buddhas from the kiln a couple of days ago. These will no doubtedly end up in a few mosaics or on the wall of the house in…
Mosaic Workshop
Yes friends, it is time to sign up again for another incredibly fun weekend at my studio in Wonder Valley for a Mosaic Workshop. You can bring your own collection of special broken pottery and also use the amazing collection of broken bits in the “boneyard”. I will supply all the tools, nippers, grout and…
Concrete Bas Relief with Angel and Birds and Snakes
The new concrete work is currently being exhibited at The Pottery in Yucca Valley and at the gallery at Fi-Lox-See out in Wonder Valley. These were all created on Mesa School Lane in Santa Barbara. The materials were all schlepped from the desert to the sea and back again.
Concrete Bas Relief with Buddha and Roadrunner
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the…
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