I’m putting finishing touches on a series of creatures for our Sunnyside Conservatory Menagerie project for final approval from the San Francisco Arts Commission before they are cast in bronze. The Conservatory building and grounds are currently under thorough renovation, and the creatures will be permanently installed over the summer as a complement to the […]
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Wowhaus Haps
Things are heating up at wowhaus as our studio compound shapes up and we take on more projects: MIX, our bicycle-powered composter (see above video) is part of the show Terroir: A Sense of Place curated by Patricia Watts, opening at Art at the Cheese Factory, March 20th- June 21st in Petaluma, CA. Hope to […]
Handstone Family
Over the years I’ve been collecting stones of a particular shape on local beaches, particularly during winter months when storms pull away the blanket of sand. Stones of this shape are rare but seem to represent an ideal, one that most beach stones tend towards, given local conditions. The stones fit snugly in the hand […]
Mildred’s Lane
Drawing by Mark Dion, from the Mildred’s Lane website  I’m beginning to prepare for a residency at Mildred’s Lane this summer, described below on the Mildred’s Lane website: Session 2.09 June 23- July 9, 2009 THE LAND Artists-in-Residence to date: Scott Constable, Mark Dion, Jeffrey Jenkins, Athena Kokoronis, J. Morgan Puett, James Prosek, Boris Richter, […]
Plow Chair Morphology
Eze Chair Point Load, Crotch Rocket Jay Martin Chair My friend Donald Fortescue commented on one of my recent posts, making the connection between my story of the Market Stool and Hella Jongerius’ Kasese Chair. I wanted to share some of my own explorations with the form, pictured above, which have been evolving since I […]
The Week in Bloom
Ene and I began the week in Oakland’s China Town preparing for a rush of meetings and site visits for a fast-tracked public art project. It was Chinese New Year and the cacophonous stutter of firecrackers cleansed the streets and businesses of evil spirits, their exploded carcasses littering lovely patterns on the sidewalk. As we […]
Incline House
I was recently invited by Matt Bua and Maximilian Goldfarb to submit a drawing for the publication of their upcoming book and accompanying exhibition, Visionary Architecture (title pending): “Visionary Architecture will concentrate on un-built (impossible or speculative) structures that exist on paper. This project begins with an invitation to a wide range of participants, including […]