"I've experimented with a wide variety of mediums, from wood to stone.
The pieces shown here range from Sculpey to Concrete to Bronze.
"Tequski' wa suwa"
is a Chumash phrase, in the dialect of the people
who lived right where the mission now is. It means "bear and child".
The sculpture is in the plaza of the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.
My intention in creating the piece was to honor the two major life forms
of
the region, before the influx of the European culture.
The "Moon Watcher Chair" and "Stoic Horse" are made of fero-cement.
Concrete is trowled over an expanded steel lathe understructure. Combining
steel with concrete gives the compressive strength of concrete, and the tensile
strength of the metal. This makes for a very strong, relatively lightweight sculpture.
Fero-cement technology is used to make boats, they float, and are
easily repaired.
The seated man, and woman are quite tiny, about five inches tall.
They are made of Sculpey, baked and then painted with acrylics.
The "Otter Touching It's Tail" is cast concrete. He lives in a community park
in Santa Cruz, California. The original was polyurathane foam, with an outer shell
of Sculptamold, a wierd paper mache-like material that I love dearly."
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