I find these train cars that transport vehicle frames to be so intriguing-the simplicity of the structure, the repetition....will it translate into wood?

Snow-day in Central Texas

Gotta love it when it snows in the Hill Country.  These are photos from around our yard from a couple weeks back.
 

 

City of Austin People's Gallery

 Austin People's Gallery opening was last night, and, once again, there was an large turnout and a wonderful show.  Though, I have to admit that I was peaked after a very full 8.5 hours of teaching 3D Design-nothing that a couple IPA's at Snack Bar couldn't cure.....
Work worth your wanderings:

Ty Johnson's "Double Duck."  Excellent large ceramic sculpture with an amazing soda fired glaze.

Also, "Hydra City."  A collaborative blacksmithing sculpture, including Rebekah Franks, the Austin Metal Authority folks and others.   Austin Metal Authority   Rebekah Frank

Shawn Smith.  I got to see his work first at D.Berman Gallery, really well executed wood sculptures!  Shawn Smith

"500 Raku"

JoLea is published!  How amazing for her, congratulations.  "Haeckel Spiral," 2009. 
500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique (500 Series).  
www.jolea.net

Recent Sculptures

Two views of "Serrotinous Bomb," aka:  pineapple bomb.  Started in 2008 while teaching at SUNY Potsdam, reworked last summer.  Its a beautiful piece of Honeycomb Calcite from Myles at 2sculpt.com/

 Laura's piece, "Limestone Cradle," with base #3.  The stone is from the boneyard that we inherited with our house in San Marcos, the piece is one of those notorious pieces that began as a demo as I was trying to motivate students in my sculpture class last summer at TXState.

"Wooden Valve."  #2 in the series.  The body is live oak and the hydraulic rams are misc pine and such.

February 17th

First blog post, wish me luck!