Some fence sections in my yard

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The box spring panel screens my trashcans (and anchors them on windy days).

BoxSprings_south

BoxSprings_northside

Samurai Fence Panel
The black mesh kimono was made years ago, while at my previous P.T. house,  from an older Seattle composting bin mesh. The Samurai came about to put on the kimono when we moved here to our SIP house. He can be identified as a samurai by his topnotch, his kimono, and his “sword” (the machete hanging at left 🙂
Pitchfork Updated 2012

Pitchfork Person, updated 2012

 Wheels Tower in work
This pitchfork person has been revisited twice, and is in a new location, but it is still “on the fence”. The start of a new fence section, composed of a homemade bench, and this tower of wheels, and another piece which features a bicycle wheel below an “art” panel.
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And back indoors, returning to the series…

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Curly Twigs V draft 7a, enrichment on the right...

Curly Twigs V draft 7a, enrichment on the right…


Curly Twigs V continued...

Curly Twigs V continued: draft 6


This “underground” variation of my “Curly Twigs” has been sitting untouched for quite some time. I liked where I got to, but did not know how to proceed. And perhaps I still don’t! But I am working on it again. First I printed a reduced size scan to work on, but I did not use that concept. Still, it broke the stalemate…

Here is the worked print, and the draft as it sat for weeks:

Twig Tangles V draft 5

Twig Tangles V draft 5


Curly Twigs V Not to Be

Curly Twigs V Not to Be

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Working in My Yard is Never Boring …

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Yard Art Tangles I

Yard Art Tangles I


I don’t let working in the yard stay boring for long: I take a break and make some yard art!

This piece: soaker hose, pex pipe, hose fittings, drill bits, ping pong ball, wire, spray paint lid, spray paint.  It is mounted about 10′ up, on a PVC pipe set into a cylindrical rock basket (gabione).

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Look/Gaze Even Here …

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Gaze Even Here ... I

Gaze Even Here … I

These drawings are part of a set with the burial sculptures that I have been making from beeswax, gauze, driftwood, and found objects.

I even have the title for this collection: “Look Even Here…”. The title is drawn from an aticle in Orion magazine (Nov/Dec 2012), by Trebbe Johnson, titled “Gaze Even Here”.

The article, and my collection, is about looking at something which we might prefer not to look on. Trebbe uses the work “gaze” and her article explains her concept. I don’t want to use her whole article, nor do I want to write my own complete essay. But her thoughts relate well to the work I am doing. And I am working on a few of my own words that I hope to include in a future exhibit of this work.

Gaze Even Here ... II

Gaze Even Here … II

Look Even Here
This exhibit is based on the premise that it can be valuable to really look, with an open mind and heart, on even those aspects of reality which may frighten, horrify, or repel.
This is not about catharsis through fiction. This is about acceptance. It can be helpful to accept the realities of the world we inhabit, in all its aspects.
This is about learning to live with sorrow, fear, and even devastation.
This is about learning to live with death.

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