Return for Redemption, 19x12x4 in.

The “Shards” series is predominantly assemblages with hand made clay or porcelain tiles containing original photographic laser decals burned into the glaze. These are contained in shadow boxes or other display mechanisms, sometimes with found objects.

See the video, “Shards”

World Trade Center, extruded forms with burned in decals, 14x17x13 in.

Crowns (Jesus', Mary's, and Buddha's), 6 x 12 x 3 in., fired on decal on porcelain and press molded clay

Mimesis in the Digital Age (essay with that title by Chaim Bezalel) 9 x 20 in. , laser decals on porcelain with mother of pearl buttons

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (tribute to Walter Benjamin) , 16 x 19 in., laser decals on raku fired clay

The End of the American Frontier (after an essay by Frederick Jackson Turner) 12 x 23 in.

see the video, “The End of the American Frontier”

Enjoying Everyday Life (TV Evangelists), 7 x 21 in.

Religione (background figures in Early Renaissance Paintings) 22 x 23 in. laser decals and acrylics on porcelain

Crazy Quilt (from 19^th Century quilt elements) laser decals on high fired clay, 20 x 20 in.

Cloud of Witnesses (crowd surging through the Vatican) diptych, 24 x 20 each frame

Shaker Triptych (from Shaker Village, upstate NY), 21 x 18 in. laser decals on porcelain

Gaza Celebrates Yeshiva Massacre (photo by Reuters) “Pour out thy wrath on the heathen that have not known thee ...” (Psalm 79:6, also found in the Passover Haggadah) illustration and calligraphy on the two left tiles taken from the Darmstadt Haggadah ca. 1430, Scribe: Israel ben Meir of Heidelberg  (size 6 x 34 in.)                     

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Image, Shadow, and Artifact, 11 x 9 in., laser decals on porcelain and found clay object

Dem Bones, 9 x 35 in., laser decals on porcelain with skull and horns

Our Town, 21 x 17 in., laser decals on porcelain with antique Ambrotype photographic montage on glass

see the video, “Our Town”

What Me Worry Beads, 15 x 15 in. (laser decals on porcelain, plastic beads)

Self Reliance, 15 x 15 in., laser decals on porcelain with hand forged wrench

The Seventh Veil, 15 x 15 in., laser decals on porcelain with scarf

New Moon Tammuz I, 9 x 12 in.

New Moon Tammuz II, 11 ½ x 9 ¾

The Passion (collaboration with Yonnah Ben Levy) assemblage with laser decal, raku fired clay, and Byantine shards, 21 x 14 in.

Lifemask, 17 x 7 in., ceramics and bamboo

Nurse Log, 45 x 20 x 16 in., ceramic tiles with laser decals and sgraffito on reverse sides, brushed aluminum on driftwood base (private collection)

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I Want You, 19 x 12 x 4 in., laser decals on clay and found objects in 7-UP crate

Upstate, Winter, 14 x 21 x 5 in., Terracotta with laser decals, brass, wood

Shards, 10 x 15 in., shadow box with laser decals on porcelain with enamels on copper (private collection)

“First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.” -Zen koan (three sides shown), 11 x 6 x 6 in.

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See the video of "Lodgepole Pine" documenting the installation in which the artist threw balls of clay at the trunk of a large tree and hours later carefully removed the now dried impressions of the bark, pinecones, branches, and needles. After firing they were affixed to galvanized nails and attached to a suspended piece of driftwood. The accompanying music is Paul Robeson singing Joyce Kilmer's beloved poem, "Trees," (1913) set to the music of Oscar Rasbach and recorded in 1939.

Catwalk, wood,brass, porcelain (revolves with motorized turntable) 25 x 18 x 18 in.

See the video, “Catwalk”

Stars and Stripes, assemblage in Canada Dry crate, 12 x 18 x 6 in.

An installation : "My Grandmother's Matchbook Collection"

Totem Bowls  

"The Twelve Tribes" an installation