BoneWerx

Cutting out #joshuatree #milagros . #wip for my upcoming show at @la.matadora.gallery #tinwork #recycled #metal #spiritual #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark #saveournationalparks #morongovalley #mohave #mohavedesert #desertlife #desertart #folkart #tinart #handcut #charm #milagro #BoneWerx (at La Matadora Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDo8n_AaPG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2nkgbif20fux

#milagros #sacred #blessings for #protection #wildlife #joshuatree #folkart #tinart #charms #rosyboa #endangered #BoneWerx (at La Matadora Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1M8qzgj1N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wd7ngk6jq29t

Good sunny mornin for a photoshoot. Bringing these ladies to @la.matadora.gallery in March - it will be #womenshistorymonth after all so a good time to bust out some #badass female energy . #bottlecap #paintings by #BoneWerx #mural by @rather_severe #luchas (at Red Fox Vintage Woodstock) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRD-O8grft/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1upkpuwyvjnlr

In progress . . . "Don't let her die for your sins" #loveyourmother🌎 https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKR2lLBrFL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fm60y3d36k46

a simple prayer Peace of heart Peace of mind Peace on earth #peace https://www.instagram.com/p/BstodsFh5uk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o0vz0zibtfag

Looking back on 2018, it seems my year was more about creating experiences than making stuff. From my first solo adventure to NYC to the heart-expanding memorial in Las Vegas, to meeting up with a small group of tin artists from around the country in Seattle. My travels took a toll on my family and I'm still paying for it, but this is who I am and what I need to do. I need to follow my gut and find the meaning behind the type of work I want to do. I wish I knew what direction to forge ahead towards, but I'm still putting the pieces together. I want to think less about materials and style and what category I fit into . . . and start thinking more about community: human connections and what we can accomplish together. I may not have made a lot of art this past year, but I think I've grown a lot as an artist. Thank you for Following, commenting, and cheering me on. I love you. 🙏 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEpQRghYy3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t2odaduwv9pi

It's been 1 week since I installed "MAXimum CAPacity" in the @fitting_room_gallery and I'm still seeing circles. ➿⭕➿ I have a backlog of work I'm committed to making for folks, but all I wanna do is keep exploring and expanding so many new ideas . . #BoneWerx #bottlecaps #bottlecapart #installationart #recycledart #beerart #beercaps #beer #hoops #rings #circles (at PDXchange - Fair and Square.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrDn4uFgBYM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q0r3kdksvpx7

Thank you @paul_landeros_photography for this shot of December's gang of ArtJammers: @kelly_pelka_art @marytapogna @hello_kitska @lucidrose @cosmic__bird Such a fun group to hang with In the @fitting_room_gallery (at PDXchange - Fair and Square.) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq9EHeFANcK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=191enw8cofbwp

30 spokes share the wheel's hub; it is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; it is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; it is the holes which make it useful. Therefore profit comes from what is there; usefulness from what is not there. #taoteching #laotzu The hole is the receptacle for the energy that makes the wheel of destiny turn. #wheel #energy #destiny #bottlecaps https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqz6ZALhC_u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tqoczovqafjl

#bottlecap #rings #gold #circle #process #BoneWerx https://www.instagram.com/p/BqsL3KCByju/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=103dw7rnmq84i

#ring factory #process #BoneWerx #sneakpeek #hoopdreams #MaximumCapacity #bottlecaps https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqp9jLLAzAY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1czgakxqn31op

Life changed. Stapling metal into metal like buttah. Soooo goood. Possibly the sweetest thing @el.hueso has ever done for me. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqlqQ29g6pk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ihlqt07u3e2u

I've been staring at circles all day. Thinking about composition and community. There is so much more to the process than meets the eye. These are the rings I am cutting out and stapling my bottle caps to. They are cut from the leftover rounds of decorative tins and were sent to me by a few of my tin artist friends. How cool is it that they happened to have exactly what I needed! Feeling pretty grateful to be part of such a generous community of recycling artists. #love #share #support #recycle #cycle #circle #community #tin #tinart #contemporaryart #communalart https://www.instagram.com/p/BqjFCogBkMD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rjmqids03bdw

#hoopdreams New #wip from #BoneWerx Coming to the @fitting_room_gallery in December . . . #bottlecaps #bottletops #bottlecapart #recycledart #upcycledart #reclaimed #salvaged #contemporaryfolkart (at PDXchange - Fair and Square.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqhwQhRhANK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gdfd497u38is

Thinking about form. Circles, rings, links, loops, hoops and bands, bounds and chains. A few years ago, I was bestowed with a pallet of pristine beer cans, 4,668 of them! I imagined doing a large scale installation, but never really had the opportunity to make it happen. I did play around a bit, and I made these chains, which I still love. I love the idea of the potential for a piece to grow, like a living, breathing work in progress that twists and turns and expands as more and more is added. More and more feels like such a theme right now, more and more shit being piled on, mentally, emotionally and in the form of actual physical STUFF. We are drowning in it, burying ourselves under the weight of more and more and more. When is enough enough? How much can we take? How much weight can we hold? How much stuff can we cram into our lives, brains and hearts? These are some of the things I've been thinking about as I work on ways to use up my STUFF and hopefully transform it into something meaningful. This is a new direction for me, but it is place I have been wanting to go for a long time. I hope you will come with me. . . #MaximumCapacity opens December 1st at the @fitting_room_gallery #BoneWerx #stuff #accumulation #mass #form #collection #hoard #rawmaterial #recycle #upcycle #reuse #transform https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXhN2dBGtJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ia75imdzppxe

Ive been thinking about #shapes and the concept of #edges New works . . . coming soon For a 7-Woman Show @powellsbooks Opens Thursday, Nov. 2nd #powellsbooks #firstthursday #pdxart #bonewerx #art (at Powell's City of Books)