(K)ompendium

Nor the Beast in Fljotsdalur - a song i wrote while remembering a green glacial lake in Iceland that is purported to have a monster within.

Dollar art from my early years in San Francisco.

A kinetic sculpture of a heron hunting a fish. Inspired by the artists of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre.

The music is a song called Circulatory created with a turntable and a guitar.

A Hummingbird kinetic sculpture from a few years back.

I built this endgrain floor entrance step for the Learning Studio at the Exploratorium. It is made of small pieces cut from lengths of 4x4 and secured with hot glue and cork strips. I’m surprised at how well it has held up to museum traffic for the last 5 months. I also designed and built the wall structure with help from Nicole Catrett.

Jeffrey Ziegler of the Kronos Quartet plays the Stroh Cello I made. The horn is from an old gramophone.

VIDEO - A cold rain and a pulsing accordion greet a gathering of artists high on a rooftop a few hours drive from Tbilisi, Georgia. Cigarettes and hard spirits were constant as the weather, and the warmth and generosity of the Georgian people left an indelible impression.

A young Northern Saw-Whet Owl peers out from the safety of a nest cavity near Monterey, CA.

STYLUS GLOVE - Makes it possible to play four parts of a record at the same time.

SPOOL TURNTABLES - Powered by balloons, swaying trees, or river currents.