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CITIZEN SALVAGE



The voice of the fantastical





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DRAGONFLY SERIES #1 OF 2



RED DRAGONFLY
28 X 20 INCHES, 2025

PAINTED BANNISTER VINTAGE FOLDING TAPE MEASURE, CURLING RODS, AND DOOR KNOB.



DRAGONFLY SERIES #2 OF 2



GREEN DRAGONFLY
28 X 20 INCHES, 2025

PAINTED BANNISTER PHEASANT AND WILD TURKEY FEATHERS VINTAGE CURLING RODS AND DOOR KNOB.



BEACON



28 x 8 inches, 2025

found objects, crystal stopper, driftwood, tiny figurine



WHO'S THE FAIREST ONE OF ALL?



12" HEIGHT, 2025

BRASS PARAKEET WITH VINTAGE MIRROR, MAKEUP TIN ON REVERSE



UNLOCKED SERIES #1 of 6



UNLOCK THE CAGE
8 X 8 INCHES, 2025

The cockatoo is a symbol of change and of connection to the spiritual world. this bird perches on a vintage church key. ART DECO chandelier piece WITH DOUBLE SWANS, DOMED JADE STONES as eyes, VINTAGE pass throuogh and KEY PLATE, CABINET PULLS, AND brass KEYS. Sculpture serves as a keyholder.



UNLOCKED SERIES #2 of 6



UNHINGED
4 X 12 INCHES, 2025

primitive gate HINGE AND CHURCH KEYS



UNLOCKED SERIES #3 of 6



COLLEGE: Doorway to Hidden Knowledge
found objects, 2025

Victorian door knob and double-keyed escutcheon, vintage brass keys, 1868 Webster’s High School Dictionary—“A Grand Family Educator” “It’s purpose is to give the correct orthography, pronunciation, and definition of all words which pupils in High Schools are likely to meet with.”

[SOLD]



UNLOCKED SERIES #4 of 6



MOUNTAIN GOAT: ANTLERED
found objects, 2025

Victorian backplate, elk fur, church keys, Pilcher detachable Buttons as eyes



UNLOCKED SERIES #5 of 6



OPEN UP
found objects, 15 X 9 INCHES, 2025

velvet lined CLARINET CASE, VICTORIAN brass ecutcheon AND LATCH, and CHURCH KEYS



UNLOCKED SERIES #6 of 6



ironing ANGEL
8 X 8 INCHES, 2025

VINTAGE LOCKPLATE, music box, IRON STAND, DOORKNOB, DICTIONARY PAGES.
ROLLED PAGES SPELL OUT "CASTOFF"

[SOLD]



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #1 OF 8



SALMO MUSICA
24 X 5 inches, 2024
DRIFTWOOD, WOUND PIANO WIRE
[SOLD]



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #2 OF 8



RO SHAM BO
(ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS)
30 X 5 inches, 2024
BARNACLE ENCRUSTED ROCK, DRIFTWOOD, HANDMADE PAPER, VINTAGE TAILOR SHEARS



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #3 OF 8



BRUSHY SEAHORSES
12 x 5 inches, 2024
VINTAGE BRUSHES, KITCHEN UTENSIL HANDLES, BUTTONS, LAMP PARTS, BRASS LION PAW, LATCHES, HIDDEN COIN PURSE



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #4 OF 8



OCEANIC VULTURE
20 x 5 inches, 2024
Driftwood, CEDAR BARK CURLS, VINTAGE STRAINER, SEASHELL, OTTER FUR, HERON PLUME, silverplate FORKS



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #5 OF 8



LEAFY SEA DRAGON (aQUOR DRACO)
12 x 5 inches, 2024
Driftwood, HAMMERED COPPER, PIANO TUNING PEGS
(GLOWS IN THE DARK--click here for movie)



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #6 OF 8



ancient moose (Alces cervalces)
15 x 7 inches, 2024
Driftwood, elk fur



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #7 OF 8



OWLET
8 x 8 inches, 2024
Driftwood, feather, silverplate forks, player piano roll (The Whole World is Waiting for the Sunrise)



DRIFTWOOD SERIES #8 OF 8



SHIP OF STATE
48 X 5 inches, 2024
FLOTSAM, typewriter keys, and brass letter stencils, STATUE OF LIBERTY, LIGHTHOUSE, AND brass UNICORN FIGUREHEAD



KISS
"Nobody has ever measured...how much the heart can holD." -ZELDA FITZGERALD



12" X 12", 2024

BRONZE SHIP THROTTLE (FOR SPEED) AND BICYCLE PUMP (FOR PRESSURE) CHAINED TO RUBY RED GLASS HEART. THIS VASE HOLDS FLOWERS AND WATER. 2024



Slow and steady wins the race



12" X 8", 2025

Slow and steady, the Cosmic Turtle forges ahead, carrying the earth’s multiplicity upon its back. In 2012, Cambridge issued a Declaration of animal consciousness, including birds, mammals, octopuses, and many other creatures: “…non-human animals possess the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states.”
(Diamondback terrapin shell on a trophy mount, hand carved and woodburned globe of olivewood, golden creatures, etched copper plaque “Slow and Steady Wins the Race"

[SOLD]



THE ELEPHANT SERIES #2 OF 3



THE ELEPHANT OF EMOTION
10" X 4, 2024

THESE ARE TWO OF THE RIDERS ON THE ELEPHANT OF EMOTION

[NFS]



THE ELEPHANT SERIES #1 of 3



MIXING CHURCH AND STATE
8 X 15 INCHES, 2025

Vintage clock case and works, pewter and painted elephants, tiny chained figurines



THE ELEPHANT SERIES #2 of 3



THE ELEPHANT OF EMOTION
10" X 4, 2024

"When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget that the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.”― Frank Herbert, Dune

vintage clock case, chrome elephant and tiny figurines rotating on a clock gear, 5 second signal on top

[NFS]



THE ELEPHANT SERIES #3 OF 3



CLOCK IS TICKING
10 X 8 INCHES, 2025

10 second egg timer, three metal elephants on a clock trivet base



BALANCE OF NATURE



14" X 14", 2024

ATOP A VINTAGE POSTAGE SCALE SITS TINY POLAR BEAR ON ONE SIDE AND FUR SEALS ON THE OTHER SIDE. LINES OF BALANCE ARE controlled BY human FIGURES AND CAN BE TIPPED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

[NFS]



BULLET TRAIN



24" X 18" 2024

WOODEN WINE RACK, VINTAGE RAILROAD WATCH, BULLET CASINGS, MODEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE



MUSICAL SERIES #1 OF 2



FRENCH HORN LIGHT
24" X 12" 2024

VINTAGE BRASS FRENCH HORN AND FACETED CEILING GLASS WIRED FOR WARM GOLDEN LIGHT. base is a solid chunk of claro black walnut.

[SOLD]



MUSICAL SERIES #2 OF 2



SQUASHED EUPHONIA
24" X 15" 2024

VINTAGE BRASS euphonia with crown. base is a solid chunk of claro black walnut.

[NFS]



THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE



8" X 24" 2025

pendulum (R=retard and a=advance), swiss music box with 36-piece comb, clock case, cuckoo bird, chrome bird placeholder with gear halo, otter fur. pull wire lever to make cuckoo rock.

[NFS]



THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE



8" X 24" 2024


pendulum (R=retard and a=advance), swiss music box with 36-piece comb, clock case, cuckoo bird, chrome bird placeholder with gear halo, otter fur. pull wire lever to make cuckoo rock.

[nfs]



RETROBOTS #1 OF 2



SKYLARK: MAINSPRING, CLOCKWORKS, US POST OFFICE MAILBOX, WEAVING SPINDLES, SKYLARK EMBLEM, EAGLE CLAW FEET. 2024

[NFS]



Click here for video that plays the inner workings of Skylark.



RETROBOTS #2 OF 2



BIRDBRAIN: VINTAGE PARTS. music box plays "once upon a dream"

[NFS]



HIPPOCAMPUS



SILVERPLATE TRAY AND CHARMS, EMBLEM FOR "LA SOCIETE DES 40 HOMMES ET 8 CHEVAUX, ONE VINTAGE HIPPOCAMPUS BROOCH AND SEVEN SEAHORSE BABIES IN CORAL, LENGTH 15 INCHES, 2024
[NFS]



Click on the image to view a movie clip showing a panoramic view of this beauty, including the seven baby Hippocampus.



EQUINE CAMEOS SERIES
#1 OF 3: FAVORITE



breyer horse, trophy eagles, curtain rod holder, trumpet mouthpiece, brass ornamentation, steel label for the favorite mine, HEIGHT 8 INCHES, 2024
[NFS]



Click on the image to view a movie clip showing all sides of Favorite.



EQUINE CAMEOS SERIES
#2 OF 3: CHALLENGE



breyer horse, SILVER AND brass ornamentation, steel label for the CHALLENGE mine, HEIGHT 12 INCHES, 2025



EQUINE CAMEOS SERIES
#3 OF 3: KEYSTONE



breyer horse, trumpet mouthpiece, SILVER AND brass ornamentation, steel label for the KEYSTONE mine, HEIGHT 12 INCHES, 2025



MORNING WEATHER



clay, vintage TINS, VOLTMETER, SURVEYING ROD, POWER INDICATOR, 12 X 18 INCHES, 2024

[NFS]



SEASHELL SERIES #1 OF 4
ABALONE MOONS



SIZES RANGE FROM 8-10" DIAMETERS, 2024

Abalone move, grow, and reproduce in synchronization with the lunar cycle. Known for their iridescent shells of blue, green, pink, and purple, complex color patterns are laid down in growth cycles of varying thickness and regularity influenced by lunar rhythms.
RARE RED ABALONE SHELLS FROM MY PERSONAL CALIFORNIA 1980's COLLECTION, WITH CRESCENT MOONS ADDED.
[SOLD]



SEASHELL SERIES #2 OF 4



VARIOUS SIZES, 2024

VINTAGE GLASSWARE PAIRED WITH OCEAN TREASURES
[SOLD]



SEASHELL SERIES #3 OF 4



ARCHED MAHOGANY salvaged woodwork, vintage keys, steel label for the Keystone Mine, AND jumbo SEASHELLS, HEIGHT 30 INCHES, 2024

[NFS]



SEASHELL SERIES #4 OF 4
PRESSURE MACHINERY




Snails move through kleptoplasty (creation of hydraulic wave displacement). The emerald green sea slug exhibits a green coloration and produces its own energy from photosynthesis.
(Architectonia perspectiva [the Sundial sea snail] pencil sea urchin spines vintage car horn and the Union Engineering Handbook, Sixth Edition, Pumping Machinery, Air Compressors, Condensers, price $5.00.



TROPICAL BIRD CUBBY



camera flash guide, kitchen utensils, metal cubby, HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2024
[NFS]



Tin body opens up for storage of precious items. Music box plays "It's a Wonderful World."

[SOLD]



TROPICAL BIRD CUBBY



camera flash guide, kitchen utensils, metal cubby, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2024



Tin body opens up for storage of precious items. Music box plays "It's a Wonderful World."



OUR Lady of the grater good
series #1 of 2



5-IN-1 SAFETY GRATER AND MADONNA, HEIGHT 8 INCHES, 2025



OUR Lady of the grater good
series #2 of 2



WONDER SHREDDER AND STATUE OF LIBERTY, HEIGHT 10 INCHES, 2025
[NFS]



Darwin: dODO CUBBY



height 24 inches, 2024

The body opens up to reveal storage divisions for precious treasures, with flaming heart at the center.
VINTAGE CAMERA FLASH SHIELD, FAUCETS, DOLL'S EYES, WOODEN ROTATING CUBBY, FONDUE POT LEGS

[sold]



darwin: DODO CUBBY



24 inches height, 2024

The body opens up to reveal storage divisions for precious treasures, with flaming heart at the center.

VINTAGE CAMERA FLASH SHIELD, FAUCETS, DOLL'S EYES, WOODEN ROTATING CUBBY, FONDUE POT LEGS.



MOTH #1 of 2



UNIQUE CALIFORNIA WORLD'S FAIR 1939 LICENSE PLATE, WEAVING SPINDLE, VINTAGE GHIRARDELLI TIN, ELECTRICAL PARTS, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2024
[SOLD]



MOTH #2 of 2



gARLIC PRESS, VINTAGE TINS, BACON SPLATTER SHIELD, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2024

[SOLD]



DREAM ANIMAL



SOAPSTONE/COPPER FIGURINES, DEER ANTLER, PETRIFIED WOOD
HEIGHT 12 INCHES, 2024

[NFS]




Does the Spirit Bear dream of its own spirit animal? Both of these species were conscripted into the entertainment industry by their human counterparts.



VIOLIN



deconstructed violin, vintage clockworks, ceramic doves, artist hand, HEIGHT 30 INCHES, 2024

[NFS]



ARCHIMEDES CUBBY



glass and brass claw feet, tin leaf motif, found objects, HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2024



Opens up to reveal a clockwork moon and second owl with the place name Lumminosity.



ARCHIMEDES CUBBY



glass and brass claw feet, tin leaf motif, found objects, HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2024

openS up to reveal a clockwork moon and second owl with the place name Lumminosity.



STELLA MARIS - STAR OF THE OCEAN



SEASHELLS AND FOUND WOODEN CARVING, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2023

[NFS]



POLAR NICHOS
#1 OF 4 ARCTIC TIDINGS



VINTAGE OBJECTS, OPTICAL QUARTZ, SARDINE CAN, POLAR BEAR STATUETTE, HEIGHT 6 INCHES, 2024

[nfs]



POLAR NICHOS
#2 of 4 GLACIER BLUE



VINTAGE OBJECTS, SARDINE CAN, POLAR BEAR STATUETTE, HEIGHT 6 INCHES, 2024

[nfs]



POLAR NICHOS
#3 of 4
LEARN TO NAVIGATE BY THE STARS



BRASS SEQUINS/LEAF/FILIGREE, TOPAZ RING, STERLING STAR, SARDINE CAN, POLAR BEAR STATUETTES, HEIGHT 8 INCHES, 2024

[nfs]



POLAR NICHOS
#4 of 4 SVALBARD



HORSESHOE NAILS, CLOCK KEY, SELENITE CRYSTALS, SARDINE CAN, POLAR BEAR STATUETTES, HEIGHT 6 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



Svalbard is a region in Norway populated mainly by polar bears. The only human settlement is Longyearbyen, where residents travel armed at all times for protection against bears.



northerly companions



victorian doorknob, keyhole cover, and keys. vintage dice. tiny statuettes. pyrite crystal. HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



The polar bear and penguin are 32mm scale.



MINIATURES



SILVERPLATE UTENSILS AND FOUND OBJECTS, HEIGHT 3 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



The works of the cuckoo clock on the left are from a vintage ladies wristwatch. On the right, the birdhouse roof is a rolled copper penny from Glacier National Park, and below is an Irish coin.



ABALONE DIVERS



abalone and brass, 10 inches high by 8 inches wide, 2023

[nfs]



You've heard of sea horses...

Or abalone divers...



FRAMED INSECTARIES #1 of 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023
[sold]



Perched atop a wire wrapped stool, the bumblebee leans toward the blossom.



FRAMED INSECTARIES #2 OF 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023



Whimsical vignettes containing butterfly or bee together with other found objects. This frame #1 is 8" x 8" and holds a Gulf fritillary (Dione vanillae) being towed upwards by a green balloon (marble). Scroll through the images to view them all.



FRAMED INSECTARIES #3 of 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023



Frame #2 is an 8" x 10 shadowbox with Chrysler Imperial and Mercury Monarch emblems. The Monarch (Danaus plexippus) itself lays atop vintage instructions for navigating, something for which the Monarch species is renowned. The tiny black dot in the middle of the hindwing indicates that this is a male Monarch.



FRAMED INSECTARIES #4 of 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023



The multihued Sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) from Madagascar, unlike most other moths, is active by day. Its life stages include egg, larva, cocoon, and adult. Note that butterflies metamorphose inside a chrysalis, but the moths metamorphose inside a cocoon.



FRAMED INSECTARIES #5 of 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023
[sold]



A vintage book page by Giacomelli shows ravenous birds on the wing, in this case chasing the Tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).



FRAMED INSECTARIES #6 of 6



PRESERVED SPECIMENS, FRAMES OF VARIOUS SIZES, 2023



Charaxes tridates, the imperial butterfly of Cameroon, with leaf camoflage on verso, shown with magnifying lens. Beneath is an incredibly detailed Victorian embroidery of a butterfly.



HOLIDAY DINOSAURS #1 of 3



drugstore dinosaurs, HEIGHT 3 to 5 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



Two groups of hatted carolers carrying songbooks plus a collection of golden dinosaurs who are gloved and booted. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOLIDAY DINOSAURS #2 of 3



drugstore dinosaurs, HEIGHT 3 to 5 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



Two groups of hatted carolers carrying songbooks plus a collection of golden dinosaurs who are gloved and booted. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOLIDAY DINOSAURS #3 of 3



drugstore dinosaurs, HEIGHT 3 to 5 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



Two groups of hatted carolers carrying songbooks plus a collection of golden dinosaurs who are gloved and booted. Scroll through the images to view them all.



MADONNA FONT



Found objects, HEIGHT 6 INCHES, 2023



A wonderfully detailed wooden carving of madonna and child was combined with seashells, coral, crescent moon, and mahogany wave motif. A cupped oyster shell provides water blessings.



SILVER FLYER



PURE SILVER CASTING, LENGTH 4 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



A leaf-winged figure cast in fine silver.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #8 of 8



WESTERN COMPASS: Found objects, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2025



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items.

This image: Brass and copper Victorian oil lamp, Tender No. 31 diecast Southern Railroad steam locomotive with Indian Head pennies as wheels, wooden polar bear.

Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #7 of 8



CHITTY CHITTY: Found objects, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2025

SOLD



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #6 of 8



NURSERY TALES: Found objects, HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #1 of 8



EGYPTIAN CAT: Found objects, HEIGHT 18 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #2 of 8



Pride of Grass Valley: found objects, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2023
[nfs]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #3 of 8



FLYAWAY: Found objects, HEIGHT 20 INCHES, 2023
[sold]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #4 of 8



FISHER: Found objects, HEIGHT 28 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #5 of 8



in flight: Found objects, HEIGHT 20 INCHES, 2023

[nfs]



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.



HOT AIR BALLOONS #9 of 9



WESTERN COMPASS: Found objects, HEIGHT 24 INCHES, 2025



A collection of eight fanciful balloonists of various themes, using vintage plumbing floats and other precious items. Scroll through the images to view them all.

This: Escape of the Red Antelope. Pointed djinn's shoe, brass antelope, clock key, elaborate Victorian bracelet.



CURIOSITY



Found objects, wood, 10"W x 6"H 2022

[nfs]



With a nod to artist B. Kliban and his cartoon "Decoy Bird." Music by Deakin & Hicks, "Well, If It Isn't..." Click on the image to view the video presentation.



ENCAUSTIC #1 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022
[sold]



These seven small pieces comprise my first foray into encaustic. Pictures of each are shown in the slideshow. This one is titled Skybound.



ENCAUSTIC #2 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022



Mi Familia



ENCAUSTIC #3 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022
[unavailable]



Crop circles.



ENCAUSTIC #4 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022

[nfs]



Bird in the Hand.



ENCAUSTIC #5 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022



Here There Be Dragons.



ENCAUSTIC #6 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022



Alderings.



ENCAUSTIC #7 of 7



SEVEN WORKS. BEESWAX, DAMAR VARNISH, AND FOUND OBJECTS. 2022



Fern curls and wasps.



SPRITE



FINE SILVER, 2"h x 2"w, 2021

[nfs]



Cast from fine silver clay. Flying figurine with cicada and oak leaf wings.



mirrored Krackens



wall thermometer, FOUND OBJECTS, 14"h x 16"w, 2021

[nfs]



Assemblage from found objects with a cast resin interface. Features a working Ideal wall thermometer from Cooper, submarine by Tootsie Toys, vintage metal tape measure marked "Keep Clean Lightly Oiled," seaweed from cuckoo clock chain, fancy dinner fork by Rodgers, brass anchor on a chain, and silverplated swan wings from an Italian salt cellar.



SUNBEAR



SARDINE CAN, FOUND OBJECTS, 11"h x 3"w, 2021

[nfs]



Sardine Can Nicho #1: A series of assemblage pieces using sardine cans as a base was created during an online workshop with iartist Michael de Meng. This bear rears up from ice patches under a polar sun. Vintage jewelry and typewriter shift key hangs below.



CARTOGRAPHER



SARDINE CAN, FOUND OBJECTS, 10"h x 7"w, 2021



Sardine Can Nicho #2: Directional windvane, vintage tin can keys, torch, "challenge" stamp, start/stop buttons, and the logo "Be Prepared."



PRIESTESS



SARDINE CAN, FOUND OBJECTS, 10"h x 7"w, 2021



Sardine Can Nicho #3: The flanking stags are moveable between the interior and the exterior rings.



SASQUATCH UNCAGED: BELIEVE



FOUND OBJECTS, 7"h x 5"w, 2021



Sardine Can Nicho: This assemblage is interactive. Lifting the cage reveals the hidden message: Believe.



UNIVERSAL MOTHER



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 16"h x 22"w, 2020

[nfs]



Created on Mother's Day 2020, drawing from my collection of quirky objects, and coming together in thoughts of my own mother and my daughters. Not alone, welcoming the heavy lifters. Actually a useful construction, this piece tells the date by rotating the perpetual calendar at upper left, good until 2054, which is 100 years after my birth.



UNIVERSAL MOTHER



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 16"h x 22"w, 2020



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



COSMIC MAMA



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth look, view the entire slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth look, view the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

[nfs]



Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

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Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

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Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CELESTE SYZYGY



FOUND VINTAGE OBJECTS, 18"h x 12"w, 2020

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Combining timekeeping, mathematics, and music theory in a self-portrait montage. I love to think about the overlap between astronomy and navigation, time, orbits, spheres, spirals, harmonies, and intervals. As above, so below. This piece includes music box disks, clock and watch parts, Vox Humana organ stop, magnets, and chalkboard formulas. For an in-depth list, see the slideshow.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father.



CIRCUS



FOUND OBJECTS, 8"h x 8"w, 2020

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This first automaton runs on cabinet pull cams and cam followers, with a base from a vintage Mamod erector set. Fishing lures and handtied trout flies were inherited from my father. New skillsets were etching, tap and die, enameling, and automation techniques.



CORIOLIS:UHM



Bronze, LAVA ROCK, 18"h x 8"w, 2019

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Coriolis wind encircles the equator of the planet, the constant breath of the world. Coriolis:Uhm represents one facet of the mythology surrounding the human breath--that our breath over our lifetime comes to us in pairs. The first breath is taken at birth, and its twin is not expressed until the moment of death. Thus, Ahm--the first breath of life--is paired with Uhm--the final exhalation. Coriolis:Uhm with its closed mouth will stand at the right hand side of the entryway to my island home, and Coriolis:Ahm with its open mouth will stand at the left, gentle reminders of the coriolis breath.



CATCH BYCATCH



Bronze, rock, netting. 12"h x 18"w. 2019

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Learning that most seahorse kills are a result of bycatch—the accidental catching of a creature during the process of fishing for something else, like an innocent bystander—I thought about the choice between “fishing” and “not fishing” and what that choice means to the food supply for our own species. How can I be angry about this? Could awareness of the seahorse bycatch engender some extra effort to modify bottom trawling methods? Somewhat like a Rorschach test, this sculpture tugged me in different directions, and at the finish I am not sure whether the Sea Dragon is crushing the trawler or keeping it from running aground on the rocks.



SEA DRAGON



Bronze, 6"h x 24"l, 2019

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Another exploration in wax sculpting, this sea dragon has a long twisting body without appendages made from a single stick of casting wax. Patina is naturally occurring now in the Pacific Northwest weather.



cetaceans



Bronze, 6"h x 24"w, 2019

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Experimenting with wax and water, I made bumpy sheets of wax that could be wrapped into bodies. The construction of these watery beings was purely instinctual, pulling from the simple sensation of moving through water—not sideways like a finned fish, but undulating. Not existing in our present reality, but a primitive form that would speak to our own subconscious.



comet



Bronze, 4"h x 8"w, 2019

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In exploring the behavior of wax in water, I was intrigued by the possibility of inserting an object that would become a negative space. I explored whether this negative space could be made a focal point and whether I could imply direction and movement by attempting to control the random billowing of the molten wax when it was floating in water. I attempted to impose my own desires onto this mass of wax seeking for the curling and flowing tail of a fireball, before the wax froze into its own shape. Then the wax became bronze, frozen forever.



companions



Bronze, 5 pieces, ea 1"h x 3"2, 2019

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Walking in the woods is always a calming and grounding experience for me. In the absence of the intense outside stimulus from the everyday, my imagination continues to paint patterns and meanings onto my surroundings. For me, this metamorphosis often takes a delightful and fanciful direction, like a blossoming flower or a river’s arpeggio. Familiar and mundane objects can change.



circus doppelgangers



video plus 6 bronze pieces, handheld, 2018



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craving



bronze, copper, found objectS, 48"H x 48"W, 2018

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Many skillsets were accessed in this assemblage. Appreciation for the handiwork of other artisans and metalworkers filled my heart.



kelp AND DIVER



fine silver, found jewelry, kelp, 6"h x 3"w, 2018

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Vintage jewelry and a fine silver diver, a reminder of underwater adventures among exotic bejeweled sea plants and creatures.



kelp



fine silver, found jewelry, kelp, 6"h x 3"w, 2018

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Vintage jewelry and a fine silver diver, a reminder of underwater adventures among exotic bejeweled sea plants and creatures.



kelp



fine silver, found jewelry, kelp, 6"h x 3"w, 2018

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Vintage jewelry and a fine silver diver, a reminder of underwater adventures among exotic bejeweled sea plants and creatures.



cutting the cord



STEEL, aluminum, BRONZE, 40"h X 24"W, 2017

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Amazing what a trip to the local junkyard can turn up. Mountains of discarded metal objects, still stubbornly holding their shape, with their function all but forgotten. A cooling fan. A coil to move stuff along a conveyor belt. Combined with newly created, sheltering branches of bronze. This was a difficult year, lots of personal hurdles, but things ultimately took flight with this artwork.



COevolution



bronze and found steel, 48"h X 36"W, 2016

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Sometimes things get complicated. My first foray into welding, 119 individual welds. The complexity builds until some boxes are free and movable. The neverending surfaces of two interlocked mobius strips made of bronze (also my first casting) are suspended at the pinnacle.


The underlying grid was found at a junkyard. This type of metal mesh is manufactured by actually weaving the steel rod into a crimped grid, then attaching electrodes so that the rods are welded as a group. The resulting metal “cheesecloth” is highly corrosion resistant and is used for acid pickling and for filtering gravel, mud, or stone, even in acidic or alkaline conditions. It’s a tough, industrial product. It is the jumping off point for this piece. This is a journey from inanimate metal to animated surfaces. The wireframe structures and planes are heading toward the organic realm but are not quite living yet. The organic world can be envisioned as the next phase.



THE CALCULATION



STOP MOTION STORY WITH ASSEMBLAGE, 2016



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THE RED BRUSH



ANIMATION AND ALTERED VIDEO, 2016



Two lovely, lively, and fearless daughters jumping from a rock face into the crystal waters of Castle Lake, Mt Shasta, California.

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COLLAPSE



Wood and nails, 6"H x 18"w, 2017

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This handcart has broken down. The cargo was too heavy for the floor, sides, and axle. The ground underneath shows footprints of the one who left it behind. To move on? To go for help? To fetch tools?



COLLAPSE



Wood and nails, 6"H x 18"w, 2017

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This handcart has broken down. The cargo was too heavy for the floor, sides, and axle. The ground underneath shows footprints of the one who left it behind. To move on? To go for help? To fetch tools?



COLLAPSE



Wood and nails, 6"H x 18"w, 2017

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This handcart has broken down. The cargo was too heavy for the floor, sides, and axle. The ground underneath shows footprints of the one who left it behind. To move on? To go for help? To fetch tools?



currentcy



found objects, 2017

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Powered by a solar panel, a deconstructed cell phone is wired to a money changer, and then cabled to a figure clothed in copper mesh. Follow the money. From metal coins to digital numbers--currentcy running through a lifetime.



currentcy



found objects, 2017

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Powered by a solar panel, a deconstructed cell phone is wired to a money changer, and then cabled to a figure clothed in copper mesh. Follow the money. From metal coins to digital numbers--currentcy running through a lifetime.



currentcy



found objects, 2017

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Powered by a solar panel, a deconstructed cell phone is wired to a money changer, and then cabled to a figure clothed in copper mesh. Follow the money. From metal coins to digital numbers--currentcy running through a lifetime.



clockwork: 8 Bells



found watch parts, 6"H x 5" W, 2017

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Work shifts on a boat (watches) are regulated by ringing a specific pattern with the ship's bell. The midnight watch is marked by the 8th bell, except on New Year's Eve, when 16 bells are struck--8 for the old year and 8 for the new. Eight bells are also sounded at the passing of a sailor, marking the end of the watch.


Hear the 8 bells by clicking here.



clockwork: 8 Bells



found watch parts, 6"H x 5" W, 2017

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Work shifts on a boat (watches) are regulated by ringing a specific pattern with the ship's bell. The midnight watch is marked by the 8th bell, except on New Year's Eve, when 16 bells are struck--8 for the old year and 8 for the new. Eight bells are also sounded at the passing of a sailor, marking the end of the watch.

Hear the 8 bells by clicking here.



**s n u
co mo a t *
**r r n



Found watch parts, 7"h x 4"w, 2017

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Cosmonaut Cormorant

A working clock's chime, a German music box lilting a waltz, cherubs lining the flightpath of a long-necked cormorant.


....s.....N.u
co mo a t
....r.....r.n



Found watch parts, 7"h x 4"w, 2017

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Cosmonaut Cormorant

A working clock's chime, a German music box lilting a waltz, cherubs lining the flightpath of a long-necked cormorant.


s n u
co mo a t
r r n



Found watch parts, 7"h x 4"w, 2017

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Cosmonaut Cormorant

A working clock's chime, a German music box lilting a waltz, cherubs lining the flightpath of a long-necked cormorant.


LUMP OF CLAY



red clay, 1959

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65 years old now

lump of clay with smile on its face

made with love and wonder

survived the firing

carried round the world

lost all but a spindly leg

no ears to hear

no legs to stand

no coins to spend

precious lump of clay



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