Sierra Road Mud

In the 1980s I owned a small

house in a remote part of the

foothills of the Sierra Nevadas

of California. What follows are

figures formed from the mud I

collected from the side of the

dirt road to my place. Later I

cooked them in a hot manzanita

pit fire. Several decades later,

in another part of California,

I glued these figures to various

chunks of wood and sometimes

named them. Many suffered

from a nasty raccoon/cat battle,

so I glued the damaged fragile

objects back together and then

photgraphed them for this site.

In my making art for 57 years,

these objects are some of my

favorite pieces of art. Here, I

show them, dust and dirt and

glue, in all their ceramic glory.

That good old California dirt

I still love for what

she shows me.

MB - 2025

My Sierra Mud Sun Doll

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