Yet another coronavirus post on the internet. Im sure by this point everyone is weary of it, and is feeling the affects one way or another. 2020 will be known as the year the Earth hit its pause button. Everything stopped and alot of people lost their jobs, me included. And I'm totally ok with... Continue Reading →
Scale it Up
Now that I have better access to the studio, and a studio mate who can punch like an artist, I want to make large work again. The same issues persist in regards to the limitations in kiln space. The barrel kilns have a total inside height of 26 inches without any furniture inside. So any... Continue Reading →
The Return of the Lidded Jars
My time in the engine shop was coming to an end. I had learned a lot more than I ever would have thought and picked up plenty of new tricks working in the aviation industry. Another tool in the toolbox. I had traveled a lot and seen many new things, but it was time to... Continue Reading →
A Cup for your Thoughts
What is in a cup. Coffee. Tea. Water. Pens? They hold things for us to drink, that's the most basic use of a cup and it's what most people see in a cup when they pick it up to use it. Sometimes they help organize kitchen utensils or office supplies. It's a quintessential vessel for... Continue Reading →
A Reason to Fly
December 20th 2016, a Boeing 727 cargo freighter flying under Aerosucre livery was taking off from a rural runway in Colombia carrying a load of fish. There were 6 souls on board, 5 crew and an off duty employee hopping on a jump seat to get back to his family. The plane was taking off... Continue Reading →
Kidding and Bessed
He finally did it. After years of talking about it, my high school Yoda had made the decision to retire. He deserves it. I'm surprised he made it to the end without totally losing it. I'm sure he got close. This meant two things: one, the school will need to hire a new teacher (no... Continue Reading →
“28 – Travel to Europe”
I wrote that little forgotten quote in one of my sketchbooks a long time ago. It was a footnote in an obscure page that had been lost to the drawings and doodles. I only recently rediscovered it while perusing my old sketchbooks. While in college, we were required to study art history as part of... Continue Reading →
Commence Production
It had been over 5 years since I attempted to produce a concise series of pieces intentionally. A body of work in clay that felt whole. I wanted to continue to explore the subject of rigid vs organic and see what could come of it in a mass produced scale. The turtles are pet projects... Continue Reading →
Two Birds, One Bucket
In college, I created a few small pieces which drew on imagery from airplane boneyards for source material. I had always wanted to see one of these places in person but never had the chance, money, or reason to do it on my own. Working for a small independent jet engine repair shop refurbishing engines... Continue Reading →
On an Island in the Caribbean
It happened from one day to the next. My manager asked if I could get on a plane and fly to a small island in the southern carribean to perform a borescope inspection for an engine that was being taken from one plane and being placed on an another. I had done this inspection plenty... Continue Reading →