Vintage tins (including a watercolor paint box, coffee can, lunch box, souvenir tray, cheese container, toy train, and mailbox), applied to three plywood panels with brass brads.
This piece is a word play on a three panel triptych and a trip across the USA. Each state is made from a tin that represents a historical fact about the state. (For example, the Oregon tin has several hearts on it because they got statehood on Valentine’s Day.) In addition, the background is made to represent the exterior of an airstream trailer.
52” x .5” x 34”
Plastic red, white, and blue iconic toys like Mickey Mouse, Superman, Lambchops, Ronald McDonald, Hello Kitty, and Barbie applied to plywood.
51” x 3” x 31”
Vintage tins applied to plywood with brass brads.
Three Flags is the size of Jasper John’s iconic piece at the Whitney Museum of America Art.
16” x 3” x 47.5”
Wood, metal, and paper stickers that make up the shopping carts at the historic Farmer’s Market at 3rdand Fairfax in Los Angeles.
The green and white flag is made from parts of historic wooden shopping carts from the Farmer’s Market, a famous landmark in LA since 1934. The market is next to CBS Studios and is a popular tourist destination. The flag includes every part of the iconic, handmade shopping carts that are used at the market. I made two of these flags. The other one is on display at the Farmer’s Market with an artist’s plaque.
53” x 2” x 42”
An antique folk art medicine cabinet, my collection of vintage, carved wood heads (many are prototypes from doll and teddy bear maker Robert Raikes), vintage brass crown and label frames, and inked letters from an antique printing set on labels.
17” x 5” x 29”
Vintage typewriter parts and case, antique typewriter shipping crate, typewriter advertising rulers, my typing class report card from Grinnell Junior High, antique wooden cutting board, and tin toy typewriter parts.
I made this for Steve for our 33rd wedding anniversary.
16” x 3” x 47.5”
Cupboard door from Naylor’s Paint Store in Venice, California, my mom’s cutting board, vintage tin wings, and inked letters from an antique printing set.
The door was on the cabinet below the paint shaker machine. The “Jackson Pollack” look was from 25 years of a paint can exploding every now and then.
25” x 2” x 28”
Hotel key cards gathered by the tour manager from all the employees on a Jimmy Buffet road tour (see Margaritaville Resort cards), a Jimmy Buffet autograph, and plywood.
17” x .5” x 34”
Vintage wood tray, turn of the century pyrography glove box, inked letters from an antique printing set, and found stones
When we visited a lighthouse, I looked down and noticed a stone that had an “e” engraved by nature. Knowing that an “e” is rare to find in nature, I decided to look for L, O, and V stones. It took about 2 hours.
15” x 3” x 9”
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak’s autographed titanium business card, vintage tin, Dayton brass letters from 1910, and an iBook G4 computer case.
When I was a teacher, Steve Wozniak visited my school to give a talk to the older kids. After it was over, he knocked on my classroom door to ask if he could come in and teach some math tricks. (He asked for the 9 and 10 year olds as he considers it the most important age to inspire. Steve was once a math teacher.) After he was finished, he gave all of the kids and me one of his titanium business cards.
13” x 1” x 10.5”
Prototype of Calvin Rabbit from doll maker Robert Raikes, vintage, inlaid hankerchief box, flyleaf from an antique book, and inked words made from an antique printer’s set.
6” x 3” x 9”
Guardian Angel, Love, I’d Love to Go to Holland, Wooden Shoe? So. California Republic, Great Wall of China, American Quilt, Raining Cats and Dogs, Baseball Motherhood and Apple Pie, Icon, American Taxpayer
15 panels, 5 pillars, and 4 sections each 95” x 16” x 65”
Guardian Angel, Love, I’d Love to Go to Holland, Wooden Shoe? So. California Republic, Great Wall of China, American Quilt, Raining Cats and Dogs, Baseball Motherhood and Apple Pie, Icon, American Taxpayer.
15 panels, 5 pillars, and 4 sections each 95” x 16” x 65”
Grouted vintage china pieces with a dog and hotdog theme include dog figurines, ashtrays, salt and pepper shakers, plates, a holder for glasses, a bank, an antique Staffordshire dog, and handmade ceramic letters
50” x 2” x 57”