Ceramic yard art ideas

Sometimes I have to pinch myself, am I dreaming or is this real? Turns out on this particular occasion it was very real. December 7th, 2018 and I was standing in front of Marcia Donahue's house in Berkeley, CA. There's Marcia herself! I was visiting with my fellow Pacific Horticulture board members. We had a meeting scheduled for the next day but were squeezing in a few garden tours first. This was my second visit to Marcia's garden, the first was in September of 2014 (here). In case you're…

I show and sell my work at juried art shows in California and Arizona as well as exhibiting in museum shows. My hand built slab sculptures, masks, totems, and wall pieces are in the collections of commercial enterprises and private individuals.

A Some of my students are interested in making garden totems this semester. We briefly discussed the meaning of "totem". Definition from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary TOTEM 1 a: an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry. Also: According to Native American tradition, each individual is connected with nine different animals that will accompany each person through life, acting as guides. Different animal guides come…