Two page spread from Unfortunates comic

Unfortunates Comic Page 1

Here is the first page of a coming comic series based on characters from the play The Unfortunates. This one features Stack-O-Lee. The multi-talented Ramiz Monsef is writing stories for each character. More to come!

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Cob oven workshop cancelled this weekend

The cob oven workshop is cancelled this weekend but there is still room in the April 28th workshop. Details here:
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The earthen oven workshop offers a hands-on experience in designing and building a wood fired bread or pizza oven. Participants will build a cob or earthen oven from scratch. Besides the practical aspects of how to build an oven, the workshop will include discussions on the why of such an oven. Bread recipes, starters and other uses for the oven will be covered in the workshop. Additional information will include simple ways to make ceramic tiles for the oven, clay sources and fuel choices. This will be the first of our series of cob oven workshops. We are calling it The Homestead Oven. Future cob oven workshops will include The Farm Oven and The Portable Oven! COST: $25-50 sliding scale Please RSVP to thesideyardpdx@gmail.com Class size is limited! 

Cob oven workshop

Cob Oven Workshop: The Homestead Oven

When: Sat, April 13, 11am – 3pm

Where: Cumbersome Multiples studio

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The earthen oven workshop offers a hands-on experience in designing and building a wood fired bread or pizza oven. Participants will build a cob or earthen oven from scratch. Besides the practical aspects of how to build an oven, the workshop will include discussions on the why of such an oven. Bread recipes, starters and other uses for the oven will be covered in the workshop. Additional information will include simple ways to make ceramic tiles for the oven, clay sources and fuel choices. This will be the first of our series of cob oven workshops. We are calling it The Homestead Oven. Future cob oven workshops will include The Farm Oven and The Portable Oven! COST: $25-50 sliding scale Please RSVP to thesideyardpdx@gmail.com Class size is limited! 

The Tom McCall comic is done!

The Tom McCall comic is done! The release party is at Jack London in Portland on March 23rd. Thanks to Sarah Mirk and Know Your City (formerly The Dill Pickle Club) for asking me to work with them! Click the link for details.

Installation shot from Museum of Contemporary Craft

Check out the Naked Boy installation that is part of We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live at Museum of Contemporary Craft.

New Tumblr Blog-Ringing the Temple Bell

Here is my brand new Tumblr-Ringing the Temple Bell that follows the creation of a single piece.

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I'm Back! New Pages and Fall news

I haven't posted in months but a lot has been going on. Here are some highlights from the past few months:
I curated Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Peter Voulkos and Jack Kirby at Lewis and Clark College. We got a good review on PORT. Catalogs are available at The Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College.
I received an Art Matters Grant to create a piece called Ringing the Temple Bell. More on that as the year progresses.
I received a RACC Grant to complete a piece for a residency in Ashland in April.
I will be in We Tell Ourselves Stories to Live at Museum of Contemporary Craft opening on January 25.
I am creating a comic with Sarah Mirk for Dill Pickle Club's Oregon History Comics about Governor Tom McCall. Help support the project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dillpickleclub/tom-mccall-and-the-oregon-vortex?ref=live

Happy 2013! There's a lot coming inckuding 5 new pages of The Naked Boy!