Mosaic Art 2005 Yearbook
Buckingham, Bill. Mosaic Art 2005 Yearbook. DVD.
Buckingham, Bill. Mosaic Art 2005 Yearbook. DVD.
Radio Interview, Spin 103.8, Dublin, Ireland, November 7, 2005.
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 12, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, bronze sheet, rake, brass nails18″ x 55.5″ x 1.5″ This fish is made from Red Stripe and Becks bottle caps. The fins and tale are cut from an antique gasoline can. The eye is recycled roofing copper and a bottle cap. All the caps are […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 10, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, bronze sheet, rake, brass nails18″ x 55.5″ x 1.5″ This fish is made from Amstel Light and Bass Ale bottle caps. The fins are cut from bronze plate and the tail is a rake. All the caps are partially crimped but not flattened and then nailed […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 8, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, stainless steel nails12″ x 35.5″ x 1.5″ This Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish is made with two different styles of Bud Light caps. The fins are cut from tin cans and the tail comes from a trivet for resting hot irons. The eye is […]
Bouche: Scrapyard Abstract No. 4, 2005
Recycled steel.
25″ x 15″ x 11″
Organ: Scrapyard Abstract No. 3, 2005.
Recycled steel.
76″ x 37″ x 31″
Scrappy Rooster: Scrapyard Abstract No. 2, 2005
Recycled steel.
33″ x 21″ x 12″
The sculpture above looks a bit like a fish on the one side and a bird on the other… but what it really reminds me of are terra cotta ocarinas I’ve seen from Mexico and South America. I love the patina on it, although that will really only last if it is kept indoors. It doesn’t work especially well as a ground sculpture, but is quite lovely when displayed between waist and eye level on a table or pedestal.
Little Colossus started out as a base for Galaxy No. 3 but soon made it clear that it wanted to be it’s own sculpture. There are some photos on the studio blog from before it was painted that show some of the cool tricks it can do with light and shadow.
“Great bowls o’ fire,” Wednesday Journal, Oak Park, IL, September 7, 2005, Section one, 20.
“Mood, warmth… and a little poetry,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, August 14, 2005, Section four, 3.
About CANtern Hand-cut Luminaries What I enjoy about making the CANtern luminaries is the way they allow me to think in the exact opposite way I do when I make fences or sculpture… When you’re welding steel together, all the lines need to meet and be attached to one another. With the luminaria, the […]
Jardin, Xeni. “Hot-Rod Style Fire Pit.” Boing Boing, 1 June 2005.
The Fish design has been my best seller from day one. Everybody needs more fish! The light shadows this one casts are really cool, like a whole shimmering trout stream swimming in the dark, flicking their tails as the candle shimmers. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Electro Tiger Kitty design has always been my favorite of the Cantern designs.It’s also the most difficult to get right. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Petroglyph Canterns are my jazz moment… I make them up as I go alongand although they are similar, none are really the same. Each one features differentcharacters loosely based on the petroglyphs of indigenous cultures the world over. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Scarab Beetle was sacred to the Ancient Egyptians as a symbol of the sun traveling across the sky. This Scarab Cantern will light up your yard or patio all evening unless his cousin the June Bug flies into the candle and puts it out. If you prefer, you can think of this as the […]
The Radiant Heart CANtern shows rays illuminating outward from the heart ina symbol of universal and growing love. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Sacred Heart CANtern is slightly different on each side: One side has an eye in the middle of the heart, the other side has a smaller heart nested within the first. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Eyes CANtern reminds me of the opening credits for Scooby Doo. It casts a particularly nice glowing image of the eyes when lit. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
The Spiral CANtern is a nice example of a simple, traditional design. See all the CANtern Luminary designs.To learn more, read the CANtern FAQ page.
Mosaic Art + Style: Designs for Living Environments, JoAnn Locktov, Rockport Publishers, March, 2005. 117.
“Copyright or Wrong,” Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL, February 11, 2005, Section One, 3.
If you’re going to work in the arts, there are three things you must have—Time, Space & Resources (Resources meaning materials and tools, or the money to get them). You absolutely need all three and you must have them simultaneously. In fact, this is probably true regardless of what you’re trying to accomplish. Let’s do […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 7, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, dust pan, bronze nails18″ x 55.5″ x 1.5″ This fish is made from Heineken, Budweiser Select and unidentified bottle caps. The plywood is primed with two layers of Kilz primer. I love the copper colored dust pan for the tail fin. The way […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 5, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, antique rake, bronze shipwright’s nails and brass plated nails26″ x 55.5″ x 1.5″ This fish is made from Heinekin, S. Pelligrino, and Newcastle bottle caps. The fins and tale are cut from recycled tin cans. All the caps are partially crimped but not flattened […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 4, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, antique rake, bronze shipwright’s nails and copper rose head nails26″ x 55.5″ x 1.5″ A combination of caps, Sierra Nevada, Stewarts Ginger Beer, Dos Equis and Becks went into this attempt to capture the gradient of a trout in bottle caps. The fins […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 3, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, brass plated nails12″ x 35.5″ x 1.5″ This fish is made from Corona and Corona Light bottle caps. The fins and tale are cut from recycled tin cans. The eye is a jar lid. All the caps are partially crimped but not flattened and […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 2, 2005plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, stainless steel nails12″ x 35.5″ x 1.5″ This Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish is made with Budweiser and Bud Light caps. The fins and tale are cut from tin cans. The eye is a jar lid. All the caps are partially crimped and then […]
The Rocket Stool was a commission designed to fit an existing vanity table. The seat, the circles in the backrest and the chair’s feet are worked from hand-textured copper.
Screw it! Chair + Table Set, 2005Recycled SteelDimensions VariablePrivate Collection
Antique Radiator Firewood Cradle, 1999Cast iron, recycled steel.23.5″ x 22″ x 8.5″Private collection I love the visual pun of making a cradle for holding fire wood from sections of an old radiator.
Malleable Metals Exhibit Catalog, Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, MI, 2004, 1, 17
“Malleable Metals opens Saturday in East Jordan,” Petoskey News Review, Petoskey, MI, September 14, 2004, Section one, 7.
Joe Tinker Mosaic Portrait, 2004vitreous glass mosaic, steel frame, copper.48″ H x 30″ W x 1.5″ DCommission This is the first panel in a triptych featuring portraits of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance. Tinker to Evers to Chance: A Tribute to the Chicago Cubs Here is the full triptych. Here are the baseball […]
Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 1, 2004plywood, primer, bottle caps, tin can, earring, gear, copper nails12″ x 35.5″ x 1.5″ My favorite Jim Harrison poem begins: I want to die in the saddle. An enemy of civilizationI want to walk around in the woods, fish and drink. Every couplet thereafter ends in variations on fishing […]
The Artful Home, Edition 2, Guild Sourcebooks, April 1, 2004. 86.
Patty LaNoue Stearns, “Have a Seat,” Northern Home Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-February, 2004, 9
Frankie Machine Community Garden Sign, 2003Recycled Steel. The sign for Frankie Machine Community Garden in Chicago used to get stolen on a fairly regular basis by Nelson Algren fans… So I was hired to create a sign that would be more difficult to abscond with.
“The Days of the Dolphins,” 4 marble mosaics, Northeastern University Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2002, 14, 17, 21-22
“Pilsen On Display,” New City, Artbreak, Chicago, IL, September 28, 2000, 25.
Cover Feature, Charleston Times-Courier, Spotlight Arts and Entertainment, Charleston, IL, February 12-18, 2000, 1.
“Artist John Unger to Talk About Graveyard Sculpture Installation,” Charleston Times-Courier, Charleston, IL, February 12, 2000, C9.
6 page pictorial spread, The Cream City Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 30-35, 134
Unger, John T. “Sold My Soul for Rock ‘N Roll”, Sextablos: Works on Metals. Chicago: Luna Books, 1999. 9, 15.
Edstrom, Elaine. “Jammin'” White Pine Press 6 Nov. 1989: 1.
“On Exhibit: A Secret Society Shows Itself” by Michael Bulka