what do? Udu. What do what?

Ok that was too much fun. I got my percussion pieces fired. not perfect but it is a start and I am working on finishing them.  here is a little teaser of the udu hope you like it.  Things are getting places I do however, need to build thinner and darker and things will happen.

Art Forgery!

Finished a little project of imitating the technique of an early 20th century artist. I chose Kathe Kollwitz to imitate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Kollwitz. Hope you feel something from it!

much needed updates

I am sorry to have delayed posting updates.  The unfired piece is slowly melting back into the earth.  Oh and an awesome picture of a leaf.

Also pictures of the drum that never was. (probably for the better)  it broke when i tried to flip it over to fire it. should have used a more dense clay body and should have used incised lines for strength rather than ribbing.  oh well

Boom! entropy has happened.

Check it out
The rain has infiltrated the clay body.   It split like this when I lifted the leaves off to take pictures. this is entropy at work seriously.

statment

I has been drawn to my attention that i have not published my statement.

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The work I do is influenced by observation of the form of parasitic consumerism rampant in the culture which I am accustomed to. There is an addiction to comfort and a ends justify the means approach. The supply of goods has produced abuses of many varieties.

I am process orientated and often make decisions based on wanting to try new things or experiment with tools. Often I use tools and materials in unexpected ways. I envision a piece and feel my way though the manifestation of it.

Most of my current work deals with history and a new dark age after the fall of technology. Entropy and rebirth are huge concepts in this concept. There is decay in abandoned and forgotten artifacts. There is also much rebirth in this concept as society learns to rise from the mutual state of ignorance as forgotten skills are relearned. This is a world in conflict. A place of tribes and clans and of strange encounters. Neutrality is only assured for the wanderer (or is it). Home is often a place that must be defended often. Some hold human life to be something sacred and some like people in our day and age have no emotions to that extent they are societies of sociopaths. Obviously there is mental conflict in the essence of the existence of those who believe they need to be non-violent but are threatened by the bloodlust of others.   

New website I found

I was looking for stencil designs to inspire my design of hand drums and I found this bit of epic ness.  enjoy.  http://waystowasteless.com/ I like the ideas put forth by this bunch.

A blast of madness.

I finished this instrument this week.  It sounds like, well... madness.  Sparta? Sparta? .....This is madness.  oh well that is me being silly.  I will call it a balloon-o-phone it uses a balloon as what is called a labial reed to make noises like the blasts of mythic beasts and dying animals and such.