Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - Tooth

Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - Tales of a Russian Grandmother

Altered book.

Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - My Dearest Annie

Created from a cigar box with two sides that open at the top and the bottom.

Incubator Studio at McGuffey Art Center

So, it seems that I have been offered a space in the Incubator Studio at the McGuffey Art Center, here in Charlottesville.
I believe that this means that it is now time for me to re-energize and start doing what I love again!
I can't wait to get started...
I sense puppet-making and toying with toys in my future...

 Image courtesy of The Hook.

Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - Metamorphosis

Set of three sequential pieces.

Considering Playing With Wind-Up Toys

As I consider moving into working with puppets, automata, and animatronic figures, I was researching to re-purposing or re-skinning of old wind-up toys.
I came across this today and thought it was very cool...

Food for thought as I start planning a new body of work.

Image courtesy of Cargocollective.

Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - Lies make noses grow, little boy

Altered book.

Box Assemblage Circa 2012 - Bird's Eye View

In honor of Joseph Cornell.

Wedding Cake Toppers - More Steampunk Robots

Another set of steampunk robots as wedding cake toppers.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Steampunk Robots

A set of steampunk robots for a wedding cake.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Dragon Couple

Here is the dragon cake topper...

Wedding Cake Toppers - Day of the Dead

Between 2011 and 2012, I was working together with A.E.Irvine on a small business venture catering to brides with alternative taste. Here is the Rockabilly/Day of the Dead cake topper I created.