Sold!

A collector bought the frog and the dance wand.
I am working on a copper dagger and a bone pipe now, like below. I think I did this guy about 96, and it has been almost that long since I worked with bone at all. This new one will be much smaller, maybe 3.5" long. Hopefully I will remember how!

Working

Working on an old woman mask. I did the one in the photo about about 12 years ago. The new one will be a bit smaller (13" tall opposed to 16") and will have even more of a bent beak of a nose, and cataract eye. I am thinking about surrounding the labret inlay with bone or aged copper.

See now I am just going crazy

ALl of the sudden I am motivated to post. Here are two pieces I recently finished. Both of them copies of earlier works I have done. Getting back on the horse and all that. One is a talking stick, try to figure out which is which, and the other is a frog "frontlet." I use quotes around the frontlet part because it is ginormous for a frontlet, yet a frontlet it is. It would be a great frontlet for Hagrid. frontlet.

Why this blog?

I decided to chronicle my efforts (or at least mentally assist) as I return to doing art as a central part of my life. Sort of a personal kick in the pants.

I have traditionally worked in the northwest coast style. I did it almost exclusively- it was how I was trained, and it was what I did for a living for many years. I stopped about 12 years ago for the most part. I never intended to stop; but life (mostly happy life) got in the way. I am in a position to start over. In doing so I plan to take elements from nw coast design and mix it up a bit with post modern and surrealist ideas.

This highly stylized shaman's doll was one of the last pieces I did.


Clearly I was already thinking of moving to a more abstract and surreal style... But for a while, I will be returning to my roots. I plan to produce a few pieces within the confines of late 19th/ early 20th century nw coast style, then move on.

It's Alive!

The first blog is always the hardest. I feel so cheap.