Casey D Cooper at Weil Gallery

Got to see the MFA exhibit of Casey D Cooper at Texas A&M Corpus Christi last week, pretty nice work.  Welded thin sheet metal, inflated.  I'm interested to learn the details of the inflationary process....

Article about show

 Photo of Sebastian Stoddart inside one of Casey's pieces, thanks for giving us the deluxe tour Sebastian!

Here is a video of what seems to be Casey working on one of inflation sculptures...hard to tell for sure

Dirt Dauber Clay Festival

First annual Dirt Dauber Festival, A Celebration of Clay Art in Texas!
at the Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos.

http://www.eotdac.com/dirt-dauber-festival-2011/

There will be 20 amazing clay artist exhibiting their works, music, and a kid's tent.  JoLea will have a booth set up with lots of new work-www.jolea.net

MAY 14/15, 2011 

Sunday:  10 – 5
Saturday:  NOON – 5

"B.O.P." (aka: Blowout Preventer)

authenticity-
a sublime gem
to be nurtured
so hard to hold,
so hard to plant













be yourself-as much as your able to be
be yourself-as much as you allow yourself to be


the nature of emotions
    the emotional nature of nature

imperfect and proud
   contentedly tense

"B.O.P."  2010
live oak (killed by oak wilt or oak decline) on a steel base
installed at Tarrant County College, NorthWest Campus
Fort Worth, TX
through September 2011

during the MS150

indolent idlewild
insolent ignoramus
serrotinous scrubbing
all the while, subsisting on a 
succulent succotash

Experiments with new mold making material

Kevin Huffaker brought in some new mold making supplies and we had a bit of fun messing around.  The stuff is ComposiMold.  It is non-toxic, reusable, at least that what Kevin swears.  It is kind of like moulage, in that you can microwave the goop until it is nice and spicy, then you dip or pour your mold, wait for it to cool, and then de-mold; and your ready to cast.  Though, high-exothermic casting is out of the question-and I would assume that means wax and chocolate are off the table.  Fun fun.

Dipping the bust of George Washington. (this is from a perfume bottle....wonder what perfume a founding father smells like)

 Drip, drip

 Here is one of Billy Ray Mangham's ceramic sculptures in progress.

 Billy Ray at work.  He and Beverly are our neighbors and run the extra-wonderful Eye of the Dog Art Center. 

I'm taking a beginning throwing class with Eric Jackson.   I would consider including some images of the mugs and bowls that I am throwing, but that would just be too painful. Maybe if some of my "little-monsters" survive the glaze firing, I'll pop them up here.

Faculty Exhibit; Texas State Univesity; through March 27, 2011

"wooden valve" 2010.  live oak

"top of BOP" 2010.  live oak and steel rod

Sculpture Challenge

This Saturday (March 5) in Dripping Springs, TX, please come support the local sculpture scene and also the PAWS Animal Shelter.  I'll be showing my sculpture "Stands on World."  Begun in 1998 with a piece of silver maple yardtree from JoLea's house in Boulder, the first incarnation of the piece was reincarnated when we moved to San Marcos, with a piece of limestone from the boneyard on our property. Enjoy!