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The
Desert After Dark
Tohono Chul Park • Tucson, AZ
August 2002
Scorpion
Mountain Vessels
High-fired
stoneware clay. Three separate lidded containers.
4"L x 4"W x 12½"H, 4"L x 4"W x 14½"H,
4"L x 4"W x 16½"H
While
watching a scorpion hunt in my cactus garden, I observed it actually jumping
from rock to rock, perching like royalty. I designed these "clay
mountains" to capture that image and to give the scorpions a worthy
pedestal.
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Homeless
in Oro Valley
High Fired
stoneware clay, Multiple Pieces
Assembles to 33"L x 14"W x 12"H
Two Javelinas, two pygmy owls, one desert cottontail
I've
watched hundreds of acres near my home go from natural desert to tract
housing, and have seen the animals displaced. Uncontrolled expansion with
little or no set-aside land has decimated wildlife habitats, leaving creatures
large and small, as I have portrayed them –"homeless".
Details (below)
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Home
Sweet Home
High-fired
stoneware clay. 11"L x 14"W x 18"H
Requires outlet for interior light.
Homage
to those pesky little wood rats, or pack rats as we usually refer to
them, whose ingenuity and resilience in making the perfect "home"
far exceeds most attempts to eliminate or control their presence.
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Desert Rattlesnake
High-fired stoneware clay, 12"L x 13"W
x 9"H
Most
of the snakes on my property have been gopher or king snakes. I have seen
rattlesnakes on a number of occasions, and let them go about their business.
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Theft of the Quail Block
High-fired stoneware clay enhanced with stains and
oxides. Six piece grouping interactive. 48"L x 18"W x 16"H.
Set: $1200
Quail
blocks (compressed seed/ground grains) feed more than quails and other
birds. Javelinas, squirrels, mice, and especially rabbits love to chew
on them. On a daily basis, I watch the rabbits "work" the blocks.
They push, gnaw, scratch, do anything they can do to get some of that
seed. This observation inspired me to create this piece. If they ever
figured out how to work as a team, this fantasy would become reality!
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Javelina
Family: Adults and Reds
I have been intrigued
by the wildlife here, even before coming to Arizona in 1973. However,
it was not until I moved to the northwest part of Tucson in Oro Valley
that I was able to experience it firsthand. I have had the same javelina
family visit my home since my move in 1997. I have seen them eat, sleep,
play, chew my hoses, take apart my smudge torches, get into any container
Ieft outside, but most importantly, be a loving and caring family unit.
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