Fully Flummoxed

You ask:  What is it? I reply:  What do you want it to be? You ask: What does it mean? I reply: What do you want it to mean?

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Twin Brothers

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We recently had our Student Art Sale. This guy came by, picked up one of my sculptures and said, "I have to have this! It looks just l...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Veterans Day and J. Clifford McKittrick

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Today, November 11, is Veterans Day, a day set aside, both in the United States and other countries, to honor military veterans, but origin...
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Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Ball Girls

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These were outside the Guggenheim in Washington DC. I call them "The Ball Girls". I tried to make a ceramic piece sort of like th...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Baby Books

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These little ceramic books are a diversion I made at Susan's request. The template for the cover piece was an old credit card. Their co...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

I'll Keep An Eye Out For You

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This piece of Susan's hangs right over the toilet, exactly at my (standing) eye level. Don't blame me, she picked the spot.
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Tough Guy

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I played high school football against this guy. I was the center and he was on the opposing team, right across from me. All I did the entire...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008

A Little Hot Air Pocket

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Susan, The Blog Wrangler, speaks: I'm back! Life, Don, Google, and the blog will all start behaving again. Well, I can hope, can't ...
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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Art Car

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"The Lizard King Car is a gift to Steamboat Springs from Rebecca Bass, Waltrip High School, Texas". Evidently this woman has her ...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Trick or Treat? A Two-for-One

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Look closely. This artist is taking care of both Halloween and Valentine's Day at the same time.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Getting Ready for Halloween

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He's small, just under 4", but don't mess with him.
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Monday, October 27, 2008

It's Not Heavy, It's My Head

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Not long ago Robyn posted pictures of figures with stuff on their heads and mentioned in a comment that it's common in her part of the ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

To Susan, with all my love

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To Susan, and to all the wonderful women artists I know: Go here . Thank you.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Buddy Holly Glasses

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About two months ago Susan asked me to take a picture of some street art (aka "Graffiti") near downtown while I was on my Sunday b...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Janis and Don Trash Around

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I owed a debt to Janis and I finally repaid it by taking her Trash shopping. Some women like to shoe shop or something stupid like that but ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

The Squadron

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In formation, drying, waiting to be glazed and named.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

What Was It? The Rest of the Story

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Revisiting my strange plant. The first picture below was taken October 9, the second on October 12. It finally bloomed on October 14. Just f...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Chris

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Here I am, fully flummoxed, watching Chris, my nephew. Like any self-respecting teen-ager he's looking down because he's texting. Me...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Dude Done

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This is the final glazed version of a piece shown earlier ( here ). Again, Robyn and her blog continue to be a strong source of inspiration...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Before and After Glazing and Firing

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Before and After The Kiln Gods were kind to me this time.
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Friday, October 10, 2008

What Will It Be?

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The pot is an old one I made a long time ago. The plant came from Sharon Smith, one of my ceramics instructors. For about a year it just sat...
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Don Madden
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I did a job I hated for 32 years. I was very good it at. I didn't want to be a quitter so I kept doing it. Now I make art.  Now my life is good. Very good.
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