Photos from “Fantastic Contraption” opening

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:41:15 -0700

This past weekend was the opening reception for the group show “Fantastic Contraption” at the Device Gallery in La Jolla CA. Device is the brain child of sculptor Greg Brotherton and his lovely wife

Brief spot on NPR’s Day by Day

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:20:47 -0700

National Public Radio just did a story on the Maker movement in California as part of their Day by Day show. They focused mainly on the clever exploits of Mr. Jalopy (shown above), but they spoke to

Photos from “Second Hand Made” opening

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:32:32 -0700

This past weekend was the opening reception for my show “Second Hand Made” at the Lois Lambert / Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica CA. I was very pleased with how the show came together. It

Solo show at Lois Lambert Gallery Santa Monica, CA July 12

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:05:55 -0700

I am very pleased to announce my solo show: Second Hand Made, coming up at the Lois Lambert Gallery in Santa Monica on Saturday July 12. I have been working steadily to come up with a nice assortment

“General Debris” in Wired Magazine

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:00:18 -0700

In this months issue of Wired Magazine, Google’s wireless phone guru Andy Rubin is shown what I can only assume is admiring my General Debris sculpture. The photo was taken where the piece is on disp

Awesome group show at Device Gallery La Jolla, CA July 19

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:54:55 -0700

So, this is really cool. Greg and Amy Brotherton (you may know him as Brotron) are opening up the Device Gallery in La Jolla, CA next month. For their inaugural show they have assembled the show: Fa

Oakland Tribune

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:49 -0700

Laura Casey at the Oakland Tribune recently noticed that a lot of people seem to like robots. She wrote an interesting little piece about this fact and was kind enough to use my “Little Big Man” scul

New works in progress

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:09:21 -0700

It occurred to me that I have not posted any progress photos in a while. Here are some images of new work in various stages of completion. Much of this work is in preparation for some upcoming shows

Scoot! Magazine

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:56:47 -0700

My Quicksilver scooter was featured in Scoot! magazine this month. I posted the guts of it here in my press section.

Correction! Free admission to “Robots” May 20th

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:42:45 -0700

In a previous post I announced that I would be on-hand at the San Jose Museum of Art for a free evening viewing of Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon. Well it is no less true today, but the date ha

Maker Faire 2008 photos

Mon, 5 May 2008 13:46:35 -0700

Well, Maker Faire 2008 was this weekend and it was tremendous. The event was bigger than ever and reportedly backed up traffic all the way onto the San Mateo bridge. I am only now beginning to recov

Maker Faire: May 3-4

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:26:21 -0700

It is a little shocking to me that it has been a year since the last Maker Faire, but here we are. The awesome event is this coming weekend, May 3rd (10:00am to 10:00pm, most exhibits close at 6pm)an

Free admission to “Robots” May 20

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:53:49 -0700

As you may have read in previous posts, I have two big robots currently on display at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of their exhibit Robots: Evolution of a cultural icon. This is big, fun show l

Macy’s store windows: Earth Week

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:37:46 -0700

For those who have been asleep all year, “green” is rather popular. This led the retailer Macy’s to put together a window display featuring art work produced by the San Francisco Dump artist in resid

Stretching Canvas Magazine

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:44:45 -0700

This months issue of Stretching Canvas just hit the stands, and I’m pleased to say that there is a nice long interview with yours truly inside. I posted the guts of it here in my press section.

Varnish Fine Art 5 year anniversary show

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:10:20 -0700

Varnish Fine Art is very cool San Francisco gallery that I am proud to have shown at in the past. On Saturday April 19th they will be having a reception celebrating their 5 year anniversary. The sho

“Robots” Museum Show!

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:18:17 -0700

I am very pleased to announce that I will have two giant robots (yes two!) on display in the show, “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon” at the San Jose Museum of Art from April 12 to October 19, 200

Video interview for San Jose Museum of Art

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:08:18 -0700

A few weeks ago some nice folks from the San Jose Museum of Art came to my studio to talk about the work I am lending for their upcoming show. We talked a bit about my process in general before movin

Photo shoot with Cameron Obscura

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:36:14 -0700

This last weekend was a long one indeed. I had the privilege of a photo session with my friend Cameron Platt. It was no easy task, but we managed to convert the warehouse adjoining my shop into a pr

Travel and Leisure magazine

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:31:37 -0700

If you were to pick up this months issue of Travel and Leisure magazine you would find in it a rather extensive look at the San Francisco Bay area. If you look a little closer, you will find yours tr