Given your enthusiasm, it may surprise you to learn that Tardvark was not one of our more financially successful releases (inasmuch as any of them were). Not sure you can DM on this platform, but if you can get me your shipping address we’ll set you up
Abstract sculpture made of wood and ceramic. A thick, wooden, circular base supports a vaguely mushroom-cap-shaped piece of ceramic with the “crackle glaze” of raku-fired pottery. A golden ball sits within the ceramic vessel. Side view.
Abstract sculpture made of wood and ceramic. A thick, wooden, circular base supports a vaguely mushroom-cap-shaped piece of ceramic with the “crackle glaze” of raku-fired pottery. A golden ball sits within the ceramic vessel. Front view.
Abstract sculpture made of wood and ceramic. A thick, wooden, circular base supports a vaguely mushroom-cap-shaped piece of ceramic with the “crackle glaze” of raku-fired pottery. A golden ball sits within the ceramic vessel. Top view.
Abstract sculpture made of wood and ceramic. A thick, wooden, circular base supports a vaguely mushroom-cap-shaped piece of ceramic with the “crackle glaze” of raku-fired pottery. A golden ball sits within the ceramic vessel. Detail view of crackle glaze.
Course (2025)
Raku-fired ceramic, ebonized walnut, pine, birch, gold leaf, wax.
7” x 13” x 13”
Images of four artworks—three abstract sculptures and an illustration
‘Synthesize’ opens today at Madron Gallery in Chicago. The show features the works of Zach Balousek, Margie Criner, Lucie Van Der Elst and myself.
The show runs through May 23rd with a reception on Thursday, March 27th from 5:30-8:30
That’s a familiar dynamic—especially these days. 😉
I found myself enjoying the relationships between the materials—the throwing lines on the stoneware to the grain of the mahogany; the iron oxide on the clay to the galvanized steel on that cone.
Thanks!
Sculpture made from stoneware, mahogany, metals and found objects
Sculpture made from stoneware, mahogany, metals and found objects
Sculpture made from stoneware, mahogany, metals and found objects
Sculpture made from stoneware, mahogany, metals and found objects
Finished this piece recently for a show opening in March at Madron Gallery in Chicago.
Parse (2025)
Stoneware with oxides, mahogany, brass, copper, aluminum, steel, tampico and found objects
#Contemporarysculpture #chicagosculptor #newwork #sculpture
The better version is when those who have questioned your Box o’ Old Cables find that they need something from it. Mockery turns to appreciation and respect just like that!
Suggested location for the meet up: Nicholas Galanin piece at the Seattle Art Museum
Book cover for The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler. The image is a close up of a yearbook showing fragments of the portraits of female students
The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler. A fairly harrowing investigation of the experiences of the young women who surrendered their children for adoption post-WWII.
Rejection letter telling that women don’t do creative work at Disney.
Not surprising…
Happy to see the shout out to the Tobacco and Salt Museum. I dragged my daughter there when we visited a while back. Racks of vintage cigarette package designs…
We have niche museums in the states, too, though. Check the Busy Beaver Button museum when you’re in Chicago