lumbering contraption

The Lumbering Contraption
Team Ratchet & Rumble's human-powered railwheel, The Lumbering Contraption. Created at Saint Louise for the first annual Handcar Regatta; September 28, 2008 Santa Rosa, California. After the race we received the Isambard Kingdom Brunel award for— Most Grandiose Feat of Engineering. Now we are sharpening our knives to cannibalize this big piece of steel!

the neuron chamber

Today Alan submitted the application for The Neuron Chamber to the Lightwave 2009 festival in Dublin, Ireland. If accepted, 'Giggles' and crew (Alan, Bender, Shul, and myself) will be traveling to Ireland in January / February. Keep your fingers crossed....

the squid

My good friend, Chad Carpenter, designed this pavilion structure for an under-utilized and ill-equipped courtyard in CCA's Hooper Graduate Center on the San Francisco campus. As CCA's SF Studios Supervisor, I 'commissioned' Chad to come up with something for the courtyard to provide shelter from the elements -something that we could build 'in-house'.

Chad put this together as his thesis project for his Master of Architecture degree. Chad, myself, and a talented sculpture grad named Patrick Gillespie, installed 'the squid' in '08/'09.

Alan Rorie took these shots.

sf illegal soapbox derby

With some help from Bender and Alan, Max and I resurrected his old shopping cart racer and gave it a whole new look for the 2007 Illegal Soap Box Derby.

steampunk treehouse

Built originally for the 2007 Burning Man festival, 'the Green Man', the Steampunk Tree House has been an epic project that has also been installed at the 2008 Coachella Music Festival and the 2008 Crucible Fire Arts Festival.http://thecrucible.org/component/content/article/42-fire-arts-festival/171-fire-arts-festival-2008

The Crucible

I worked at The Crucible from 2002 - 2006 as their Sr. Studio Manager as well as an instructor. During this tenure, I worked to move the organization into their west Oakland facility, build out individual studio / class areas, put on many events, and develop the organization. While I am no longer employed by the Cru, I enjoy participating in their semi-annual events as an artist and volunteer.
I really like this image of Michael..., the Crucible's Founder / Executive Director, my old boss, and friend.

Tabula Raza, BGY2K

When I was in grad school I had the good fortune to work with John Balistreri and learn about anagama wood-fired ceramics. Although not a ceramic artist, I was inspired to explore this elemental process to engage the creative community around me. Over the course of about 6 months, I invited 40 or so other artists into my studio for a series of intimate collaborations on thick slabs of clay. Over 100 individual pieces were created, which were then fired together in the wood kiln, and eventually installed outside the School of Art.