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With "Big Red", photo by Virginia Giles

At Little Relics, photo by Ann Ranlett

Raku Firing at Alpha

Click here for more photos from P.Y.'s Raku day at Alpha Fired Arts.

Past Works and Benefit Show for Phoenix Gallery

This is a selection of some of my past works.



Almost Golden will be featured at the Second Saturday Art Walk on June 13, 2009 in a group show at Phoenix Gallery. All of the art in this show is being donated by the artists to support the gallery and all of the proceeds from the art sales will benefit the gallery.


"Lionheart" - Featured in the "Ten Conditions of the Heart" show in 2004


"Folically Challenged" - Featured in the "Siblings & Pets" show in 2007


"Seafoam" - Octopus sculpture

Dead Toys for Sick Children

P.Y.'s latest creations include some well-known toys with a twist.
Dead Toys for Sick Children will debut November 8, 2008, 6 - 9 pm, during Second Saturday at Phoenix Gallery in Sacramento CA.
The Dead Toys are (from left to right): Deadnik Troll, VooDoo Dolly, Goodbye Kitty, Gum-bye, Pok-eye, Mickey Muerte, Dead Meanie, and Where the Dead Things Are

P.Y.'s thoughts on the Dead Toys: "After half a year of being artistically blocked, this collection came to me one day. The title pieces and subjects came to me in a rush of inspiration: Dead Toys for Sick Children. The meaning of these subjects only become clear afterwards and I must say if someone were to ask me what they were about I would have to say they represent remnants from my youth, and the decay that comes with age. I still embrace my Dead Toys."

P.Y. is also showing some additional new works, this bust "Maybe I'm Amazed" is one of them:

Starting to Post Some Samples

It's about time! A few weeks ago, P.Y. gave me a couple of CDs with photos of his sculptures and I'm finally working on getting some ready to upload and post. Eventually this will be his job, but I have to show him the ropes first.

"Screwed" - ceramic with nuts & bolts (he used a crackle glaze, which I think is high fire - I'm not a ceramicist, so please forgive my ignorance).
The first photo shows the sculpture unglazed and before bisque firing, the second photo shows the final piece.




"Piranha" - raku-fired ceramic