Compassion in the Clouds

Compassion in the Clouds, a photo by TheBuddhaBuilder on Flickr.

I think I'd like to do a small series of these -- it was so so fragile in the initial phases. Reminded me of the old game I loved as a child, Pick Up Sticks.

Look around, everywhere a Buddha

I'm very happy with this one.  It has taken a very large leap of faith to sculpt those I know and love.  Now that this one is done, right now, I'm very pleased.

Bodhi Leaves Falling from the skies onto Etsy...

Just posted a couple of small bodhi leaves on my etsy website.  Shimmering copper red!

Old Buddha Woman With Fire Clouds for Wings

woman with clouds for wings, a photo by TheBuddhaBuilder on Flickr.

Something new out of the kiln yesterday...

Accepted into the 2011 Visions of Clay Exhibit in Stockton, CA

Honored and thrilled to have my "Tsunami Equanimity" piece accepted into this show.  The juror, Judith S. Schwartz, Ph.D., has identified an international movement of artists who use clay confrontationally within the context of what might be called: art activism.  Visions of Clay will be taking place at the LH Horton Jr Gallery Aug - Sept. 2011. 

Wise Women Wear Sturdy Wings

This piece, just (about) done today, was inspired by a book my mother sent me, Wise Women, photography by Joyce Tenneson.  Beautiful images of women elders. 

Tsunami Buddha

It's done.  Inspired by the disastrous tsunami in Japan, this sculpture was made with an eye to the incredible power of our natural world, but also the incredible power of the human spirit.