Washington Post, 22 August 2022
Blakemore, Erin. “Artist’s Stone Mosaics Are Life-Size Homages to Renaissance Anatomist.” Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2022. ...
Blakemore, Erin. “Artist’s Stone Mosaics Are Life-Size Homages to Renaissance Anatomist.” Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2022. ...
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History. Presented by Stephen Fry, BBC One, 27 Feb. 2022. ...
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad, by Austin Kleon, Workman, 2019. Print. pp. 148–152....
“Embracing Wild Color.” Fine Gardening Magazine, 7 Mar. 2019....
Jessica Leigh Hester wrote a fantastic piece about the Anatomy Set in Stone project for Atlas Obscura. This may be the best article written about it yet 2019 Hester, Jessica Leigh. “Turning Anatomical Drawings Into Mosaics, Stone by Stone.” Atlas Obscura, 8 Jan. 2019. ...
Dorn, Lori. “Life Sized Mosaic Recreations of 16th Century Anatomical Engravings by Bartolomeo Eustachi.” Laughing Squid, 8 Jan. 2019....
2018 Kottke, Jason. “Life-Size Stone Mosaics Based on 16th-Century Anatomical Drawings.” Kottke.org, 18 Dec. 2018....
Doctorow, Cory. “Kickstarting Mosaics Made from Precious Stones and Marble That Replicate 16th-Century Anatomical Drawings.” Boing Boing, 17 Dec. 2018....
Smithsonian Magazine wrote an excellent, in depth article about my Anatomy Mosaics! You can read it here (and see giant images of all of the finished mosaics). Michelle Z. Donahue, the writer, did a great job of explaining the project and putting it in historical...
Loughrey, Janet. “Bright Magic.” Small Gardens, 2018, pp. 1, 18–25....
My Firefly Sculptural Firebowl™ is photographed and mention in this article about the renovation of a historic home in Greenville, South Carolina. Burnette, Stephanie. “Past Lives.” Greenville Journal, 20 Sept. 2017. ...
I'm so pleased to have my 2004 mosaic, La Siren II, featured in this beautiful book from the American Museum of Natural History! The museum also commissioned me to build a recreation of La Siren to accompany the traveling exhibit now on tour. This is a...
A visit to the scrap yard inspired sculptor John Unger to create his iconic firebowls. "I saw them cutting a propane tank," he recalls, "they cut the end off and I saw this perfect bowl and immediately thought of cutting flames into it." That was...
My mosaic of the Vévé for Erzuli was used for the cover design of Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics by Kameelah L. Martin. Martin, Kameelah L. Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics: African Spirituality in American Cinema. N.p.: Lexington, 2016. Print. ...
Brian Clark and I became friends shortly after he first launched Copyblogger as a one-person blog in 2006. Both of us were very early adapters to marketing online and we were all learning from each other as we tried new ideas. We got to meet...
Larson, Jamie. “Hudson Sculptor John T. Unger Creates Great Bowls Of Fire.” Rural Intelligence, 14 Dec. 2015....
As the whole Five-0 team gathers at Rumfire towards the episodes end, you can see one of the Great Bowls O' Fire in the background of several shots. “Ka Papahana Holo Pono.” Hawaii Five-0, season 6, episode 4, CBS, 16 Oct. 2015....
"Material." AHA! A House For Arts. PBS. WMHT, Troy, NY, 9 Sept. 2015. Television. ...
De Wal, Aletta, M.Ed. My Real Job Is Being an Artist: How to Produce a Body of Signature Art and Build the Foundation of an Art Business. Los Altos, CA: Artist Career Training, 2015. Print....
Old Glory made the front page of the Columbia Paper and gets a nice boxed feature on page 16. Mayer, Debby. "Take 20,000 Bottle Caps…." Columbia Paper 27 Aug. 2015, Vol 07, No. 34 ed.: 1+. Print....
Blauweiss, Stephen. “ArtScene TV Episode 9.” Chronogram Magazine, 1 Sept. 2015. Blauweiss, Stephen. “ArtScene TV Episode 9.” Upstater, 2 Sept. 2015....
Mutz, Phil. “Man Nails 20,000 Budweiser Caps To A Piece Of Wood To Create An Incredible American Flag Mosaic.” LittleThings.com, 17 July 2015....
Biggest Indulgence: Our outdoor fire pit by John T. Unger. We are trying to not spend any money on our home yet, so this was kind of a splurge for us right now. We are trying to do what we can to make minimal updates...
Smith, Lynn Adams. "Editor’s Pick." Princeton Magazine May-June 2015. Print.
...Cover art. Erbani, Francesco. Pompei, Italia. Milan: Feltrinelli, 2015. Print....
Sonia Simone interviewed me for her podcast The Confessions of a Pink-Haired Marketer on rainmaker.FM. You can listen to the interview or read the transcripts at the following links: Business and Marketing for Artists and Creative Workers, Part One Business and Marketing for Artists and Creative Workers,...
Stuart, Ryan. "Where There's Fire." Cottage Life Summer 2015: 78-84. Print.
...Recio, Belinda. "Playing with Fire— Artist John T. Unger's Beautiful and Functional Firebowls." Organic Spa Magazine May-June 2015: 44-45. ...
It's not a big cameo, but you can see a few of RumFire's eight Great Bowl O' Fire Sculptural Firebowls in the background as Jorge Garcia walks past the pool. “Ua Heleleʻi Ka Hoku.” Hawaii Five-0, season 5, episode 21, CBS, 10 Apr. 2015....
So excited to see the Great Bowl O' Fire Sculptural Firebowls I made for RumFire at the Sheraton Waikiki on Hawaii Five-0!...
Kleon, Austin. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered. New York, NY: Workman, 2014. Print. pp. 166–168....
Gale, Amiria. “150+ Art Careers – The Ultimate List.” Student Art Guide, Cambridge International Examinations , 19 Oct. 2018....
Weber, Cheryl. "Outdoor Products." Custom Home Winter 2013: 52. Print.
...Whitman, Kari. "Green Spaces." Ocean Home June-July 2013: 89. Print. ...
"The Round Square Deck" Decked Out. HGTV. 6 May 2013. Television.
...Rispin, Phillipa. "Inspired by California." Montreal Home Autumn 2012: 2-17. Print.
...Brown, Sara. "Fire Starter." Timber Home Living Dec. 2012: 17. Print.
..."Outdoor Living." Garden Center Magazine Aug. 2012: 48. Print....
"Cooperative Effort Brings Outdoor Sculptures to Charlevoix." Petoskey News 27 July 2012: n. pag. Print....
"Surf's Up with the Greens. HMYGD-207H" My Yard Goes Disney. HGTV. 8 July 2012. Television....
"John T. Unger Debuts FlatPack Architectural Fire Feature." Casual Living 3 July 2012: Print....
MacLeod, Hugh. Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear. New York: Portfolio, 2012. Print....
Guillebeau, Chris. The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future. Crown Pub, 2012. Print....
"South African Cave DMCV-905H." Man Caves. DIY. 23 March 2012. Television....
"Get Out! The Backyard Can Be Quite Luxurious." Broward Design, Boca Design, Gold Coast, Fort Lauderdale Magazine, Boca Life Feb. 2012: 26. Print and digital. Miami Design, Palm Beacher. Digital only....
Kleon, Austin. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative. New York: Workman Pub., 2012. Print....
"Perfect for the Patio." Garden Center Magazine Feb. 2012: 46. Print....
Crews, Nichole. "New Flames." Casual Living Feb. 2012: 14. Print....
"Beer Garden Cave" Man Caves. DIY. 10 Feb. 2012. Television....
Suqi, Rima. "Warding Off Winter." The New York Times 29 Dec. 2011: D1-D7. Print....
Barton, Ryan. Smart Marketing. Los Angeles: Rhizome, 2011. Print....
Fields, Jonathan. Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance . New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2011. Print....
Art Sea Street Fair in Lincoln City Focuses on Recycled Art. Hipfish [Astoria, OR] 11 June 2011: 20. Print....
"Bottle Caps, Prints and Princesses." Oregon Coast TODAY 10 June 2011: 6. Print....
"Artist Uses Recycled Objects for Artwork." News-Times [Newport, OR] 10 June 2011: B2. Print....
"Firing up the 'Art Sea'ne." The News Guard [Lincoln City, OR] 8 June 2011: Front Cover, B1. Print....
Cover and "New Products." Water Garden News June 2011: 30. Print....
"A Hot Mess." Desperate Landscapes. DIY Network. 1 June 2011. Television....
"Grovewood Gallery: 4th Annual Sculpture for the Garden." The Laurel of Ashville 1 June 2011. Print....
Wright, Richard. "Bowls of Fire." Hearth & Home May 2011: 88. Web....
"Outdoor Products." Hospitality Design May-June 2011: 82. Print....
"Asian Modern." House Crashers. DIY Network. 2 Mar. 2011. Television....
MacLeod, Hugh. Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination . New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2011. Print....
Rudd, Laurie. "The Changing Face of Fire." Casual Living Feb. 2011...
Masters, Amanda. "Living With the Elements" Santa Barbara Magazine Jan. 2011.
...Powell, Anne-Marie. "Primal Heat." Financial Times 24 Sept. 2010. Print....
In The Papers. Time Warner Cable. NY1 News, New York City, NY, 15 Aug. 2010. Television....
Costantini, Fabrizio. "Suddenly, the World Is Their Market." Ed. Phyllis Korkki. The New York Times 15 Aug. 2010. Print....
Kessler, Jeffray N. "Chalice of Fire." Northern Express 3 May 2010: 10-11. Print. ...
Aspey, Brad. "John T. Unger's Firebowls." Interlochen Public Radio Arts and Culture Feature. WIAA, Interlochen, MI, 19 Feb. 2010. Radio....
Nelson, Christopher. "Scouting Report: Creative Spark" Charleston Magazine Jan. 2010. Print....
Drahos, Marta H. "Artist in Copyright Tug-of-War." Traverse City Record Eagle 13 Nov. 2009, Arts & Entertainment sec.: 1C-2C. Print. ...
Auction Catalog: Fall Masterpiece Auction, Presenting the Lynne Ingram Collection. Buford, GA: Slotin Folk Art Auction, 2009. Print. ...
McNatt, Cindy. "Midweek Home and Garden Update: Fire Pit by John T. Unger Doubles as a Focal Point." OC Register [Santa Ana, CA] 14 Oct. 2009. Print. ...
Chris Guillebeau interviews me on how I built a life and career on the back of disasters. This was one of the more popular interviews I ever did and led to a speaking engagement at Chris' inaugural World Domination Summit. Click the link below to...
Gilbert, Colin, Dylan Gilbert, Eliabeth T. Gilbert, Gabriel Guzman, Rebecca J. Razo, Sharon Robinson, Amy Runyen, and David Schmidt. The Daily Book of Art: 365 readings that teach, inspire & entertain. Walter Foster, 2009. Print....
Johnson, Garth. 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew. Quarry Books, 2009. Print....
Douglas, Nick. Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less. New York: IT Books, 2009. Print....
Rivadeneira, Ricardo. "El Aguacate." El Aguacate. BBC. Ecuador, 14 Aug. 2009. Radio Interview ...
Page, Peggy. "Fifty Years of the Art Fairs From Sixties euphoria to Aughts angst." Ann Arbor Observer 14 July 2009. Print. ...
Jarema, Morgan. "Ignite Bonfire Season: Michigan-made firebowls." The Grand Rapids Press 10 May 2009: K1....
Bertozzi, Vanessa. "Ruler of the Earth (-Friendly Items)" Etsy Storque. 20 Apr. 2009....
Enos, Denise Bate. "A Sense of ‘Repurpose’." Orlando Magazine June 2009: 52....
M., Angela. “Want It Now: a Modern Fire Pit.” Shelterrific, 4 Apr. 2009....
Croft, Jo. "Light a fire in that bowl" The National [Abu Dhabi] 28 Feb. 2009.
...Nordgren, Mona R. "Grona Vagen - Uterum i framtiden." Rosie Outdoor Living October 2008: 11....
Sanderson, Vicky. "Bottlecap bounty." The Toronto Star 30 Sept. 2008....
Boyarsky, Andrea. "Keep the home fires burning." Staten Island Advance 3 Sept. 2008.
...Condren, Debra. "Check out my Web Site." Metro New York, Metro Boston, Metro Philadelphia, 28 July 2008: 14....
Hulsbosch, Marianne, Alan Guihot, Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen, Paul Fitzgerald, and Ian Randall. Cambridge Senior Visual Arts. Stage 6. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Print....
Kessler, Jeffray. "Man of Steel." Antrim County News 23 July 2008: 3A....
"Red Hot & Green: Tropical Getaway." Red Hot & Green. HGTV. 14 July 2008....
Artish. "A Dude's Perspective: Men Who Craft." The Storque 30 May 2008. 30 May 2008...
Keene, Jarret. "The Great Wide Open: Can the Internet and Open-Source Technology Expand the Limits of Public Art?" Public Art Review Spring-Summer 2008: 34-36....
My Aloha Vibe: Rumfire, Sheraton Waikiki. Dir. Kimee Balmilero. Perf. Kimee Balmilero. 2008. My Aloha Vibe....
"How Do You Want to Share Your Passion? "Microsoft Home Magazine" 19 Mar. 2008.
...Lyons, Emily. "Best of Outside Spaces." Washington Spaces Magazine Spring 2008....
"Artist John T. Unger Makes Every Day Earth Day." Pages Magazine 26 Feb. 2008: 1....
Moniz, Melissa. "Igniting Waikiki." Hawaii News 8 Feb. 2008, Weekend Coverstory ed....
"Curio: Our Favorite Trickets and Treasures." Craft Magazine, vol 6, 5 Feb. 2008: 22....
Stanfield, Alyson B. I’d Rather Be in the Studio! Pentas Press, 2008....
Diebolt, Judy, ed. "Welcom Mat." Detroit News 29 Dec. 2007, sec. H: 3....
Cooper, Jeanne. "Holiday Happenings and News of the Islands." San Francisco Chronicle 6 Dec. 2007, sec. E: 2....
"Open Studio: Living Michiana ." Q Television Network. QTN, Burbank, CA.
...Surles, Joy. "Designed for Permanence: John T. Unger's Lasting Creations." Tattoos for Men Nov. 2007: 32-35.
...Twardowski, Lynda. "Up North Gifts." Traverse Magazine Nov. 2007: h17....
Risdahl, Aliza. Streetwise ECommerce. Avon, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 2007. 65....
"Imaginative Unger At Alden Art Show." Elk Rapids News 23 Aug. 2007: 23....
Podcast Interview with Gary Connolly. Daily Confection- She Unlimited. 11 Sep. 2007....
Kidwell, Kathy. "Peripheral Vision." Chicago Home Improvement Aug. 2007: 21....
Blakeney, Justina. "Summer Re-Discovered." VenusZine Summer 2007: 71....
Sullivan, Catey. "Art, Events Blooming on Harrison Street." OakPark-Leaves (Sun Times News Group) 16 May 2007, sec. B: 3....
Math: Grade 4, State of California. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2009. 260....
Cammel, Ron. "Firepits are the Hottest Accessory." Grand Gardens Apr. 2007: 1, 6....
Harris, Dana. "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire." Variety 30 June 2006: v4....
Click the link below to read the entire interview. Salmon, Felix. “John T Unger and Art as Investment.” Felix Salmon, 1 June 2006....
Johnson, Ashley. "Hit List." The Wave Magazine May 2006....
“Artist enlists Picasso in fight against war,” The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL , January 14, 2006,...
“Picasso painting becomes anti-Iraq war symbol,” Naples Daily News, Naples, FL , January 13, 2006...
“Picasso painting becomes anti-Iraq war symbol,” The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ , January 12, 2006...
“Gift Rapt: A green gift-giving guide for all the folks on your holiday list,” Grist Magazine...
Radio Interview, Spin 103.8, Dublin, Ireland, November 7, 2005....
“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....
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....
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....
Patty LaNoue Stearns, “Have a Seat,” Northern Home Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-February, 2004, 9...
"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...