FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE

In the 1970s when I was making my porcelain buttons and cabinet knobs, I sculpted little improvised porcelain figures that brought me great personal pleasure. In the 1990s, a painting and drawing on clay workshop at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts led me to a body of work in working with slabs of bisque fired clay. I began building up the details of the face with clay in the very last piece I made in that series, and created many pieces large and small that were set into wood boxes that are painted with acrylic paint along with the ceramic face. A few of those pieces are available in my paintings section here.

In 2018, I took a narrative sculpture class at Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, which has brought me to my present day 3 dimensional figurative sculpture work. Working in three dimensions (beyond buttons and knobs) is a wonderful challenge. New work will be uploaded as it is completed. And you can view more of my pieces in my Blessing Totems and Petite-Blessing Totems pages.

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Monkey Mind

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Monkey Mind

$350.00

Monkey Mind maquette (small study for a larger sculpture) is made with akio clay. This is the first of a series of maquettes made using a Soulcollage® card I had previously made as a source for the sculpture, which is shown in the second photo. It is one of my first attempts at sculpting from observing a photo, rather than purely from my imagination.

Monkey Mind stands 10” tall by 5 ½” wide, and 3” deep. The idea of Monkey Mind comes from a Buddhist concept of a wild, chatty mind. My collage combining it with a bird body, which feels confined, expresses visually and humorously, the challenges of keeping one’s thoughts in control.

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