This is a mixed media piece humorously expressing the panic at diving in to new and possibly dangerous experiences.  A bird fearfully watches as a group of fish playfully enjoy the water below. One fish invites the bird to join in the fun but, well, he would prefer to remain a bird out of water. 

Jump!

A prickly chrome screw covered container with bulbous smooth firery-colored globs being forced out of It’s cracked opening.

Prick

This sculpture was made from an oak burl, the burl was cut to fit into a 12 inch cube. The flat cut surfaces were polished while the natural surfaces were charred with a torch, all surfaces were then oiled to bring out the grain pattern.

Lightning Downed Oak

This sculpture consists of a King James Bible with three Spinosaurus teeth embedded into it, encased in an acrylic dome on a wood base with an acrylic stand. 

Facts Over Faith

Two intertwined abstracted non-binary human figures twist about each other in a cork screw pattern. Starting from a wood pedestal, the polished yellow-red bronze geometric feeling base flows upwards through very loosely delineated legs, torsos, arms and shoulders. The piece culminates in tilted heads wrapped about each other face to face in a kiss. Though the piece is of two bodies it is hard to tell where one starts and the other ends as you follow the rotating pattern up and down the work.

The Embrace

Maple Wood Bowl

A relief made from toys and doll parts. The Emperor is centered and is a larger doll head.  The Emperor is surrounded by his warriors ( toy soldiers ) as well as his captors ( baby dolls ). Two 'my little pony' dolls are symbols of the Emperor's power.  The toys are all attached to a piece of plywood.   The piece is completely sprayed in one grey color.

Emperor

A plush panda bear with the spiked ends of push pins pushed out through the fabric, covering the entire body of the bear. 

HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T

Its a small colorful plant monster that draws from books, movies and my MS disgnosis.

Anaïs the Spring Daisy

It is a 77 inch long bare branch of a tree that has been "folded" 31 times.

Folded Forest 77-31

A small birdhouse with two heart openings painted with a rainbow that blends from red through blue in front of green lilac bushes.

Rainbow Birdhouse

An iron casting of a crochet granny square

Granny Square

Maymaygwishiway Paddler

A bronze female figure seated cross-legged in meditation, draped and hooded, with a serene inward expression.

The Divine Mother

Red Flowers bursting out of green spiked foliage.

Red Spring

The seated female figure has her legs out in front of her with her hands by her side.  The bronze color is a golden tan.

Girl Seated

HPX:  Hyperbolic Paraboloid Extension, An Anticlastic Brass Form

This 3-D brass sculpture started as a flat sheet of 18-gauge brass.  To turn it into a hyperbolic paraboloid or anticlasitc form, the corners are forged over curved stakes along the North-South and East-West axes in opposing directions.  Convex curve along one axis, concave along the other.

The "X" of the HPX describes the way the hammer moves metal from the center of the square outward.  The edges are pulled and stretched and eventually extend enough to meet at diagonally opposite points.

This double curvature shaped shell appears in architecture as a saddle roof.  Despite its rather modern, artistic appearance, this anticlastic shape is highly practical for a roof because it cannot hold water.  To make a synclastic type of form, on the other hand, the axes are moved in the same direction like a bowl or roof gutter.  And, yes, synclastic forms can hold water.

HPX: Hyperbolic Paraboloid Extension

Disposable tray with coffee cups and found objects like doll arms, spiky ball wearing doll sunglasses resembling the COVID-19 virus and city buildings made from scratch by artist.

Architects' Java With Visitor

a wood construction of  a concert sized ukulele body with the top removed, dark walnut wood with light colored bracing material.

Concert Ukulele body

A wooden box with a door. An animated figure has a foot on the threshold as if stepping in. Inside are images from a past Foot In the Door exhibit.

I got a foot in the door!

Wood carving of the artist's head from found materials.

Self Portrait No. 2

A smooth rounded form of a bear in a typical standing posture with bulk concentrated forward over the front legs. The back hair has left un-smoothed to provide contrasting texture. Inlays, front and back, of inlace give some color contrast.

Ursus

A sculpture of houses with flying skull heads and inscription, “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.”

Ghost House 1

A 1.5 scale stylized human ear cast in dull orange bronze. The metal has been buffed to a shine and discolored from contact in some places, and left raw in others. The surface has marks from the sculpting tools, and the shape is a mix of naturalistic curves and roughly faceted angles.

Ear for My Darling to Nuzzle When I'm Away

A beadwoven box with six legs shading from cream to pink to red. The lid is a hexagon in the same colors with a brown band around the edge.

Kimono

Square glass platter with Green Adventurine glass, clear grass with pale green stringers and frit. Small center square of Gold iridescent

Green Quilt Block

A bird on 3 wheels. The body is a white enameled bowl screwed to a bulk film canister that has a grey marbled enamel coffee lid attached for its rump. There are vintage wrought iron handles attached for rump feathers. The head is a small oil can with the beak being the oil can stem. The wings are a metal spatula.

Grey Marbled Wobbler

A wood engraving of Lake Superior with 3 dimensional depth and color.

Lake Superior

A round, copper lapel pin with an abstractly cut silver layer on top. The left side has organic curves while the right side is more angular.

Jump!, 2020

Igor Droll