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Category Archives: wood sculpture
WIP: Waiting at the Workshop Door
TweetRichard Diebenkorn on “rightness” “I attempt to make the lines and shapes right and because spatiality is intrinsic to a line-shape continuum, it too must be dealt with — made right…. One’s sense of rightness includes absolutely the whole person … Continue reading
Where Do You Keep Your Owl/Not-Owl ?
TweetI tried the fireplace first, but you can see it’s already crowded:
Indoor Wood Sculptures May 2013 – Class Photo
TweetYou can see here that the Face Blind influence finds its way into most of my sculptures. These are sculptures for indoor display. The major piece missing is “Head Case” which is on exhibit at the Marin Civic Center for … Continue reading
Face Blind: 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 16 ~ Wood Sculpture
TweetI do better carving images of people than talking to them. “Face Blind” means I don’t recognize people I’ve met. I usually ignore them because I don’t know who they are. They, of course, know who they are, know me, … Continue reading
Wood Sculpture “Head Case” on Display at Marin Civic Center
Tweet“Head Case” is this Media Container for three wooden carvings, inspired by 7th Century Japanese theatrical masks. It’s mostly made of reclaimed redwood, and it’s on view, free, at the first floor gallery of the Marin Civic Center (just walk-in … Continue reading
Wood Sculpture in Gold Light ~ Head Case
TweetSculptures change even as you look at them. Carvings differ from one time to another, under one light source or another, in one media or another — both the image and the original thing itself change. This web optimized photo … Continue reading
Future Back ~ Haute Couture Returns to Present
Tweet“Back to the Future” fashions appeared recently in one of the Sunday magazines. But something was weird, I looked closer. Yes, the photo editor had stretched the model to be nine feet tall (so tall he cut her feet off … Continue reading
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Matador Awaiting Bull
TweetWood sculpture with fabric connected by knots. Fir carving is about bout 20″ tall, fabric trails about 4′. Image inspired by Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon. Sometimes the three matadors stand together as they await the first bull of the … Continue reading
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Bipolar Switch – Photo Demonstration
TweetBipolar Switch is a wood sculpture of connection, enabled by a common bolt as shown in open position, here. Manic mode appears below in right photo. Turn Bipolar Switch upside down to see Depressive mode, left. Switch from one mode … Continue reading
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Indoor Sculpture with Outdoor Wood & Stains
TweetDouglas fir sculpture with stains: I bought a Douglas Fir beam (6″ x 12″ x 12′) at Rafael Lumber yard in San Rafael. They cut it into pieces to fit inside my Jeep. I took it home to my shed/studio … Continue reading
