Sedge of Cranes, etc.

Cranes (WIP 2024) ceramic 

Magpie (WIP 2024) ceramic, mixed media

Quail screen print with glow-in-the-dark ink (WIP 2024)

 

 

Drums (off the beaten path)

Earth Drum (2022) ceramic, bison rawhide, hair-on cowhide, artificial sinew

Four Horses Drum (2022) ceramic, goat skin, hair-on cowhide, artificial sinew

Gator Drum (2023) ceramic, embossed leather, artificial sinew—head and tail are detached and can stand vertically as vases/decanters

Gator Drum (2nd view)

Gator Drum (detail)

 

Bird applications

Crane (2022) 5x7-inch scratch art drawing on board

Gentle Soul (2022) ceramic

Gentle Soul (2nd view)

Nobody Flies Alone (2022) ceramic—South Dakota Art Museum Permanent Collection 

Nobody Flies Alone (2nd view)

Nobody Flies Alone (detail)

Nobody Flies Alone (2nd detail)

12 Birds And A Goat (detail)

12 Birds And A Goat (2nd view)

12 Birds And A Goat (2022) ceramic, mixed-media—created for Navigating Narratives: Corps of Discovery in Tetonwan Territory, educational exhibit curated by Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (please see nativecairns.org for more information)

 

Adding to the flock…

Birdie-Go-Round (2024) ceramic, mixed-media 

Birdie-Go-Round (top view)

Happy Hour (2024) ceramic, steel base, mixed-media

Hear/Here (2024) ceramic, shadow box, mixed-media

Torn (2024) ceramic, mixed-media

Torn (detail)

Bliss (2023) ceramic, found base

Good Mourning (2023) ceramic, wood

Water Bird (2023) ceramic, mixed-media 

Verve (2023) ceramic, mixed-media 

Earth Day (2024) ceramic, mixed-media 

Spring (2023) ceramic, wire springs, mixed-media—passively kinetic sculpture 

 

Dreamy

Dreamy (2023) steel wire, bison horn caps, light source 

Dreamy (lighted view)