Working in My Studio

I've just returned from SOFA Chicago where my gallery, Jane Sauer, sold five of my pieces. I gave a lecture during the art fair and so inspired one person,after the talk, she came by the booth and purchased one of my pieces.

The photograph above shows one of my rabbits getting ready to be stained. The base also needs to have tin nailed to it.

Birds and Rabbits

I am working with a new gallery in Palm Desert, CA. Several of these pieces are headed to them.

Talk at SOFA Chicago

"I am Still An Animal": A Conversation with Geoffrey Gorman

SOFA CHICAGO VIP Lounge

1:30 pm 05-Nov-2011


Geoffrey Gorman creates a strange menagerie of fanciful, found-object animals. Listen as he discusses the process of discovering and working with found materials including sticks, rusted screws, washers, bicycle tires, old tools, bailing wire and discarded canvas, his inspirations and influences, and the mythology behind the ‘lives’ of his curious creatures. An intense physical process goes into the making of each one as they are constructed of many layers of different found materials. Gorman’s works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums as well as in national and international private collections.

New Work For SOFA Chicago

American Craft Article

Barn Owl

Sunia Settles in for the Night
M/m
17" x 11" x 14"

I am getting ready for SOFA Santa Fe, the art fair that opens on August 3rd at the Santa Fe Convention Center. This large owl is sitting on a fungus which I collected in Sitka, Alaska. Up there they call it Bear's Breath. It makes a great perch for this fellow.

Just about all of this piece is made from parts of tires, inner tubes and strips of old mountain bike tires. His tail feathers are cut from an old croquette set.

All The Work for Chengju

These are all the pieces that I am sending to Korea for the craft biennial. It was a major push but I love a deadline. It is stressful but when it is done there is a great sense of accomplishment.

Now I am finishing up work for SOFA Santa Fe, which opens on August 3rd.