Cassandra Falls
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An integration of Paper/Light/Stone. This found slate was split then packed out of a deep dark canyon of the Sierra Nevada’s. Inspired by a waterfall in the canyon that is leaching toxins from the mining days and the goddess cursed of warning people of the future with no one listening, Cassandra Falls is a present day goddess shedding light on the debts we’re paying, of the profits of yesterday.
Materials: slate, rice paper, redwood
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I use ceramics to tell stories. The clay becomes my canvas that becomes permanent in the process of firing. I aim to challenge the integrity of the clay, adding tension to the story to question the purpose of the piece.
Materials: Reclaim Stoneware, Atmospheric firings
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Energy, Light; Reflection, Shadow; Seen and unseen; Water bares all.
Material: Basalt
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Black, darkness: the void from which all form arises. The dawn of a new moon, flooded with light.
Materials: Cedar, Rice Paper
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This project began in Salmon Bend, CA . There, it was a small art installation along a bend in the Sacramento River. The project has migrated to various coastal rivers as a sign of hope and welcome to the Salmon returning to their home waters to spawn. Now, they are available for purchase here with 100% of profits going to Non-profit organizations promoting sustainable watersheds.
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Oregon rain drips from a pine needle caught in a web .
Materials: Cedar, Basalt, Rice Paper
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Inspired by butterfly's on stones in a dark canyon. Each piece is selected with a purpose strapped to a pack and hiked out of the canyon, hand split and polished.
Materials: Slate, Rice Paper
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A square hole within an organic form filled with a wooden peg. In each stone is an ivory bead. I’ve read that elephants can recognize the bones of their kin in a pile of skeletons. Inspired by this, and the constant flow of water, I strive beyond human conflict for a greater whole. Like a stonefly’s cocoon of sand and pebbles is fit for three years of tumultuous waters; the cocoon can fail and its components once again become part of the river, shedding light on connectedness and impermanence.
Materials: Stone, Cedar, Ivory
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The Bay Area: concrete and tall buildings. When I walked the hills and overlooking the cityscape my mind drifted back to a time when the Redwoods were taller than the buildings and wonder what this place must have been like.
Materials: Redwood, Copper, Concrete.
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520 etched skipping stones. An installation was for a local Open Studios event in which I wanted the visitors to take a piece of the show home. In each canvas pouch is a stone and a card. On the card was a picture of the whole, while the back read:
a part of a river a piece of a tree a part of a whole
do with your piece what you please to hold, to skip, or to pass on…
Materials: Hand Etched Stones, Canvas, Cedar
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Graphite and paper. 18” x 24”. When I look too close at some things I see the flaws, when I step back I see the whole and how well everything works together.
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A series of 33 lanterns. Utilizing the glass and buildings from The Oakland Redwoods piece these lanterns are fitted with 12 v power cord to create pieces of the whole for you to take home.
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Commissioned to create two armless, cedar, garden benches for lying on after a day in the garden. Having never done any woodworking I wanted to use mortise and tenon joints to create the benches with tensegrity.
Materials: Cedar
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Riffle
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A riffle in the thalwag. An eddy. Sanctuary. A place to leave and come home to.
Materials: Basalt, Fir
Prayer Flags for Change
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In many regions throughout the world the butterfly represents change. Traditional Tibetan prayer flags have five flags representing the five elements: wind, water, fire, earth, and spirit.
