"The Mojave
life forms that have withstood all we have dished out to destroy
them" The Painted Lady butterfly on an Indian Ricegrass plant
(Oryzopsis hymenoides)These pieces are not for sale, and are shown here for the purpose of illustrating
the concept of sacred ceramic art. Sentences in quotation marks
are the titles of the pieces. All pieces are copyrighted by
the artist.
"When the banks of the San Francisquito
Creek in Northern California have been revegetated, and the silt,
erosion, and turbidity down; the steelhead came back to spawn"
"The lobsters know about E=mc2" Explanation: All other creatures have known about the laws of physics
and theories like E=mc2 for thousands of
years; however they knew that these concepts were too dangerous
for life on this planet, so decided not to utilize or pursue them.
"The moon as seen by the compound eye
of the last trilobite, the night she died, and the trilobites
became extinct; ending their 100 million year existence"
"You Can't Beat Around the Bush about the Environment,
when you're only on one Tiny Planet: the Instruction Guide"
This is the instruction guide for the planet Earth--
(Front) Maintain the water, air and
natural plant-life of the planet.
(Reverse, clockwise from the top)
1.) Do not make wars, bombs, or missles.
2.) Do not chop down all the forests.
3.) Do not catch all the fish in the rivers and oceans.
4.) Do not let your domesticated animals eat all the perennial
native grasslands.
"IOU the Planet Earth"--the promise from one
generation to the next, to leave them an inhabitable planet.
"Water and Fire"--the "water" in on
the inside and the "fire" is on the underside of the
bowl.