Roll Top Table

BIG LEAF MAPLE BURL, MESQUITE

THIS TABLE HAS AN AXIS ON THE TOP SO THAT THE BURL CAN BE ROTATED TO SHOW THE ROUGH SIDE (SCULPTURE) OR TO SHOW THE SMOOTH SIDE EXPOSING THE BURL GRAIN (FUNCTIONAL AS A TABLE). THE TABLE CAN ALSO BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN TO GIVE ANOTHER FUNCTIONAL ASPECT.

42 " H 36 " W 12 " D

$1600 (includes shipping)

Frida's Agony

DYMONDWOOD LAMINATE, UNKNOWN WOOD

FRIDA KAHLO WAS SEVERLY INJURED IN HER ADOLESENCE AND LIVED WITH AGONY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THIS SCULPTURE REPRESENTS THAT.

8 " H 17 " W 13 " D

$450 (includes shipping)

Pentatych

BIG LEAF MAPLE BURL, GREEN BAMBOO RICE, COPPER, TWIGS, RESIN

THIS FIVE PART SCULPTURE IS COMPOSED OF THREE SECTIONS OF BURL WITH A RICE AND RESIN COMPONENT IN BETWEEN. THE RICE-RESIN WAS POURED OVER 11 DAYS BECAUSE THE MIXTURE BOILS IF IT IS MORE THAN AN INCH THICK. pATINA WAS APPLIED OVER THE COPPER.

17 " H 45 " L 8 " D

$1200 (includes shipping)

Joan & Ron's 60th Wedding Anniversary

MESQUITE WOOD, BIRDSEYE MAPLE BURL, COPPER

THIS SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE BY JOAN AND RON. THEY LIVE PARTLY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, AND PARTLY IN COPPER HARBOR, MICHIGAN. THE MESQUITE AND CHOLLA CACTUS "SKELETON" REPRESENT THE DESERT. BIRDSEYE MAPLE IS A RARE WOOD, BUT prevalent IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. FLOAT COPPER, NEARLY 100% PURE, IS FOUND THERE AS WELL.

sold

Cholla Sculpture 1

CHOLLA CACTUS "SKELETON," BLACK CHINESE FORBIDDEN RICE, WHITE JAPANESE SUSHI RICE, RESIN, SOAPSTONE

CHOLLA CACTUS HAVE A BRISLY, SPINY, SURFACE WHEN ALIVE BUT LOSE THIS, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR, WOODY, "SKELETON" WHEN THEY DIE.

21" H 12 " L 6 " D

$425(includes shipping)

Cholla Sculpture 2

CHOLLA CACTUS "SKELETON," BLUE CORN MEAL, COFFEE, RESIN, MOROCCAN STONE

THIS SCULPTURE HAS SIMILAR ASPECTS TO CHOLLA SCULPTURE 1.

14 " H 5 " W 3 " D

$375(includes shipping)

Sound Waves Guitar

OLIVE WOOD, DYMONDWOOD LAMINATE, GUITAR PARTS

WHEN I FOUND THIS PIECE OF OLIVE WOOD IN A MACEDONIAN BAZAAR IT REMINDED ME OF A GUITAR. FROM THAT I CREATED THIS NON-FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURE.

14 " L 7 " W 2" D

$450(includes shipping)

Rock Guitar

RED OAK, BLACK CHINESE FORBIDDEN RICE, WHITE JAPANESE SUSHI RICE, RESIN, GUITAR PARTS

THE BLACK AND WHITE RICE GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF GRANITE, HENCE ROCK GUITAR. THE FOSSIL NAUTILUS IS FROM MOROCCO AND IS ABOUT 300 MILLION YEARS OLD. THE SCULPTURE IS NON-FUNCTIONAL.

42" L 14 " W 2 " D

$1200(includes shipping)

Fork Music Guitar

mESQUITE WOOD, POPLAR WOOD, RED OAK, INDIA INK DYE, WHITE LIMING WAX, GUITAR PARS

THIS NON-FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURAL GUITAR IS COMPOSED OF THE FORK OF A MESQUITE TREE FELLED AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. THE NECK IS FROM A STRAY BOARD IN ANOTHER FRIEND'S GARAGE. THE RED OAK IS FROM MY STASH. IT WAS SCRUBBED WITH A STEEL BRUSH TO BETTER DEFINE THE GRAIN. IT WAS THEN DYED WITH INDIA INK AND COATED WITH WHITE LIMING WAX. BUFFING THE WOOD REMOVED THE WAX FROM THE UPPER SURFACES BUT LEFT IT IMBEDDED IN THE RECESSED GRAIN, HENCE THE SWIRLS.

58 " L 15 " W 2 " D

$1400(includes shipping)

Antique Bottle and Glass

WALNUT, SPALTED MAPLE, BEET POWDER, RESIN

tHIS SCULPTURE IS COMPOSED LIKE MANY OF MY SCULPTURES WITH ORGANIC POWDERS THAT HAVE DESIRABLE COLORS AND TEXTURES. BOTH THE BOTTLE AND GLASS ARE TRANSLUCENT.

13 "h 16 " w 9 "d

$250 (includes shipping)

Giacometti Meets Botticelli

COFFEE, THREAD, BRASS, MALACHITE STONE, RED ACRYLIC, DIMES, SEA SHELL, RESIN, WOOD FACE AND CEDAR WOOD BASE

THIS SCULPTURE IS A MERGER OF THE THIN, ANGULAR, SCULPTURES OF GIACOMETTI AND BOTTICELLI'S "BIRTH OF VENUS. TWO DIMES WERE FASTENED TO A BRASS ROD. A "HEAD" COVERED WITH THREAD, MALACHITE FOR EYES AND RED ACRYLIC FOR LIPS WAS ATTACHED. COFFEE GROUNDS WERE MIXED WITH RESIN AND GOOPED OVER THE BRASS ROD. THE ROD WAS

THIS SCULPTURE IS A MERGER OF THE THIN, ANGULAR, SCULPTURES OF GIACOMETTI AND BOTTICELLI'S "BIRTH OF VENUS."

TWO DIMES WERE GLUED TO A BRASS ROD THAT WAS THEN GLUED INTO THE SEA SHELL. A "HEAD" WAS ATTACHED WITH THREAD FOR HAIR, MALACHITE FOR EYES, AND RED ACRYLIC FOR LIPS. COFFEE GROUNDS MIXED WITH RESIN WAS GOOPED OVER THE ROD AND SHELL, SIMULATING GIACOMETTI'S FUSED METAL.

24 " H 9 "W 3 "D

$275(includes shipping)

Monolith (Front & Back)

DYMONDWOOD LAMINATE WAS TREATED DIFFERENTLY ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THIS PIECE TO GIVE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS.

13 "H 8.5 " L 5.5 "D

$325(includes shipping)

Slab (Front & Back)

DYMONDWOOD LAMINATE

DYMONDWOOD LAMINATE WAS INCISED DIFFERENTLY ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THIS PIECE TO GIVE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS.

9 "H 6 "W 2.5 "W

$325 (includes shipping)

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