http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392171879030-6FGVJHLUVD4NDT16VD0Z/a+pheas+detail.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392169255794-LKB8COS6NGJ9IQA3GJF5/green+and+blue+platter.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802947418-7ON39VD9FZADNILSIRFQ/image1+%284%29.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1406424063566-CE5EX6O3ILQHX7B1TSHE/image-asset.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571607229976-CL57BU9RG96T1JC67Z65/side%2Bdrip%2Bb.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170078367-9SHBI1SDG7UOYQGA1XCT/side+fire+bottle+2.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571564207646-MCA9KRJ92NG64S9ZQDXT/pot.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170032802-D3O2JNG4O041PTVODMHA/11.5x5.5sd+fr+sml+top.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170237008-NNSSRI43TQFLRE08H0M5/3x8brown+and+orange+bowl+detail.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170478343-OHVT3QPYFC14T902F7NF/tri+milo+4.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392184641480-4Y5IR51OKB3PYW3AWQSN/kami1.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170445722-261R2SPLYTQPZLQYVX2A/lg+camani+bowl+2.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170519951-NSGPZAN2BDA6N3SMNB4Y/kami2.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187029710-SM7D2EAGDSJWASF5Z1LO/tear+drop+milo+above+.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392169982116-E7SWXQITJ9U8N26JXGCE/ging+jar+2.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392186817664-J3C6ZTRQ44LJGMZLFAWQ/a+milo+detail.jpg New work Wood always rewards you for looking closer. The kinds of wood that I love are those that have complex and vibrant grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570084802536-L9Y3G7YBDRHREQYJR8MC/image2.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392419957565-DHVY6MB4YCV7JIC0X6DF/detail3.jpg New work Most of the work on this page is available for purchase in my ETSY store. Some of them have already been sold. I add new work to my store fairly often so be sure and check in from time to time and see what's new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392171602819-9O5I7FJ5OOKN6DNM6MGT/purp+detail.jpg New work One of the fun things about living with functional art is that over time you begin to notice and appreciate new details that you may not have seen before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570084756766-5QC5GS8YNEJ2ZTOFLM3A/image3.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187319059-HMY4D12QM6G6GE02BHTW/red+and+rutile.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392171889690-WGK07RZ84HVXJWH8EXFD/hau+detail.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187358299-LXCYQVHBHKSV0E94PQUD/saggar+mug+4.5x32.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187793787-KJTER2PAVSTYV9975RF9/3.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1406429364174-N0XBQV4GU5YM32IHYUKJ/image-asset.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392171723343-HT2IXD3BCGGE1J8BM3UI/peanut+bot+detail.jpg New work I like it when a piece demands that you look close, or touch it to appreciate all of its qualities. Touch is an under used part of appreciating art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1406424299278-ZXYOXKVZ5E3OSB385JUD/image-asset.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571564410020-IR44KTFCKT2BKBG4HO1B/bowl.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570084841164-U8JIURWFES6BWRXJKP10/image1.jpeg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392170423336-8HC01GZMLGKVV77T3J06/cassia+bowl+2.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392171544751-P319XYSOYDJY22AHXOAT/a+bowl+drip.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187185407-Q21C4YNWN8WA90B6WRKD/large+pheasantwood+bowl.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392184901541-H9DVSEPCDHHBG1TRM0YT/side+fired+tear+drop+.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392187702089-K9KJBNI6VB2G49GZJXVO/wave+pot14x11+1.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392188492783-09RCGH08BIL26WB6S80Q/a+side+crop.jpg New work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1406429541900-T1L7G804ODYL2UEL7F4B/image-asset.jpeg New work http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/other-work-portfolio daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570079545299-6ROOZO6OUI0203OTF4GY/image2+%2811%29.jpeg Portfolio The craft of working with clay and wood is very demanding, so when I paint I like let loose and work with unconventional techniques. I used dirt, charcoal, wax and melted pastel crayons to create this piece. It smells like wet earth and citronella. Multi media, 18 x 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570417589414-7EBGE9RUJSWYXI8P37UY/image1+%2819%29.jpeg Portfolio When I paint I like to play around a lot. I love the emotive potential of color. Watercolor, 22 x 30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606630321-CKIV5CPDB838I8BB0UJ7/ss%2Bha%2Bhe.jpg Portfolio I did this piece to demonstrate an assignment that I gave one of my sculpture classes. I was thinking about Marx's notion of "Homo faber" as apposed to homosapien, which is that as a species we are defined by what we make more than the fact that we think. I think that who I am is a combination of the two (what I make and what I think) that's why I did this self portrait of my head and hand. I am a maker and a thinker. The sculpture is a little odd looking but I suppose that's fitting for a self portrait. Stoneware, 11 x 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570079467478-7WSQL24ZJFVEOCFHYVSI/image1+%2815%29.jpeg Portfolio I love painting. I took a one year off of school between getting my bachelors degree and starting graduate school. During that time I taught high school and painted. My main passion as a painter is for abstraction. Watercolor, 22 x 30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802808760-C0MZ06OJHVPXXR49WI3F/image1+%285%29.jpeg Portfolio This is a drawing I did that was based off of a photograph that my friend Juan took. He and his wife swim with great white and tiger sharks all the time. I get nervous for them sometimes, but so far they haven’t had any trouble. Graphite, 15 x 19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606876342-4NLADMJXWBKISD7P6GEC/maui%2Bside%2B2.jpg Portfolio This is a piece I did to practice sculpting the figure since I teach it. I didn't use a model because I wanted to make sure that I had the anatomy memorized. I enjoy sculpting the human form but it's a lot of work. Stoneware, 12 x 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391824176561-SVQX0KQY51UJGJY6SBZ2/ss+small.jpg Portfolio This is an image I made by manipulating a photograph I took of a rusty piece of metal that had been spray painted. I like to find beauty in overlooked and neglected objects. I also like to think of a camera and a computer as an alternative to a brush and canvas. Digital media, 17 x 22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571563957724-RXB8AEL0SXNRUYVII37Z/poi.jpg Portfolio These sculptural forms were inspired by Hawaiian pohaku kui ai (stone poi pounding tools). The teeth and sculptures are made of clay that mimics the appearance of stone and tiger shark teeth. Stoneware and porcelain, 12 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391846409419-ZJXFXY4OWU7NTBTVZXKO/ss+pg.jpg Portfolio This piece started as a picture of a rusty old transformer box that had been tagged on, painted over and tagged again. I manipulated it quite a bit in Photoshop to get it to this point. I like the way that the rust and layers of paint are a record of the passage of time and people's disparate relationships with the same public spaces. Digital media, 17 x 22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606489157-CPXRCOO8CEP7N30Y3W5M/jake20129.jpg Portfolio This is some of my early work in wood. My first wood pieces were sculptural. I enjoyed making them, but I decided to start doing bowls because I wanted to make work that people could use. It is important to me to make work that people live and interact with as well as work that is expressive. Silk oak, 12 x 45. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571563781897-RG33N4D1QFSPMR164PLF/mozz.jpg Portfolio This is what I imagine my son Mozely will look like when he tuns 12 or so. I didn’t ask him to model for me because there’s no way he would have sat still long enough. Stoneware, 9 x 12.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391922177273-X0KRKIWGS3IKV7KAQFHF/ss+me.jpg Portfolio This is a plate I made that has a photo transfer image of me as a kid on it. The text says, "I wonder how old I was when I stopped being a cute kid and started being a Haole boy." It's a part of a series of pieces I made that are about growing up in Hawaii as a minority. High fire stoneware, 3 x 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606426771-WK3V35DWI7N0U63L2TVT/jake201214.jpg Portfolio This piece picks up where I left off with my clay bio forms. I made the shape a bit simpler than I generally do with the clay pieces because I didn't want to distract too much attention from the beauty of the wood grain. Indian almond, 32 x 40. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606699584-51XLM7XIDZAHF4WPL4RZ/10.jpg Portfolio In general red is a hard color to produce in a ceramic glaze. It's already a lot of work getting the crystals to grow but it is extremely difficult to get red crystals. I was excited when I got this piece out of the firing. High fire, porcelain, 35 x 46. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571624363045-HC0ZIBIXQBPIBSPEOE6G/image1+%2822%29.jpeg Portfolio I wouldn’t say that drawing is my thing but I spend a lot of time practicing so that I can teach it to my students. I’ve done a number of wave drawings. They are a good way of refining your ability to represent light, texture and value. Graphite, 18 x 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571564019940-RRR8K7Z6F9AUVR5SAMKA/spikes.jpg Portfolio This piece is carved from monkey pod wood with thorns from a floss wood tree added to the bottom. Monkey pod and floss wood thorns, 9 x 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571563834268-AHZUM814Q8IJXW32RIWK/rocks.jpg Portfolio Sometimes I use a model but I didn’t use one for this piece because I wanted to work towards building a 3D map of the human anatomy in my mind. Stoneware, 12 x 23. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571625390643-2RK48QB40PWH3V1PHKGR/image1+%2820%29.jpeg Portfolio This piece uses an abstract form as a three dimensional canvas for painting with glaze. Although the form is modern, the use of color and pattern adds something new. Stoneware, 10 x 13.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392098529384-APLYPN1RNIAFAZC4V97X/fam+pots.jpg Portfolio I wanted the dripping ash glaze on these pieces to make the forms feel like they are reaching towards each other. The tilting spouts follow that theme as well. Highfire porcelain, 7 x 34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570147486524-9NHB16F19FKN34V8XUCR/image1+%2818%29.jpeg Portfolio I find bones to be beautiful and mysterious. This is a pencil drawing I did that explores the space between the beauty of the form of a human skull and the discomfort it provokes as a symbol. Graphite, 18 x 24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391922952816-HVU502WGLMCBL1CFZKLV/ss+morph+2.jpg Portfolio This piece was inspired by a small hip bone that I found while diving. I'm not sure what kind of animal it was from. It was striking to me that although the bone was a reminder of mortality it was also beautiful as an object. The contrast between the symbolic and aesthetic meanings of the object is intriguing to me. Stoneware, 21 x 30.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606360306-TNB6QYG1WI6S446JNDD0/ss%2Bb%2Bmorph.jpg Portfolio This is one of a series. My idea was to create forms that are somewhere between a living creature and a modern sculpture. I coil built this piece out of stoneware clay. High fire stoneware, 10 X 15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570079596747-BP9XLLBU6339MF2EIYFV/image3+%288%29.jpeg Portfolio This is a water color painting that I did years ago. I love the visceral experience of laying down fresh color on wet paper. Water color, 22 x 30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391923072186-OE1VSXPV9H2AMM0NCO6V/ss+baloon+cryst.jpg Portfolio The snowflake like circles on these pieces are large crystals that grew in the glaze during the firing. Porcelain, 12 x 31. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391922124789-WVNUHIDEQCJRADFMDA03/ss+plt.jpg Portfolio This is another plate that I did using photo transfer. This piece predates the work I did with graffiti art but you can see the aesthetic confluence between the two. High fire stoneware, 3 x 18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571606773695-ZHMXHPWNHAZULPCEEAMN/clubs.jpg Portfolio Polynesian weapons made out of local woods are big sellers here in Hawaii. They are made of the hardest woods and many of the Hawaiian weapons have edges lined with rows of shark's teeth. I like them, but I feel a little uncomfortable about the violence implied in the forms. These clubs that I made out of milo wood have thorns and shark's teeth in the handles. The piece is a reminder that you can not harm another person without hurting yourself. Milo wood, 14 x 30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569827036933-JIAQXDZNZZCWVVY884AS/image1+%288%29.jpeg Portfolio The wood grain on this piece of Norfolk Pine was really amazing. I wanted to make a form that would compliment it. Norfolk pine, 14 x 28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391844908679-7GE0965PDD7CW4IZUU59/5.jpg Portfolio I don't do a lot of crystalline glazing any more but I spent a few years experimenting with them. Porcelain, 16 x 39. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391922010457-PHFDYI75DZ02JLDB8S1P/ss+cancer+bowl.jpg Portfolio Those are the shells from the legs of actual crabs that I incorporated into this piece. Inside the bowl are a hundred or so claws. The piece is covered in polyester resin. Crab legs, porcelain, polyester resin, 9 x 14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391824085317-EQAIEW8D5D53P5FGONGS/glaze+detail.jpg Portfolio http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/faq daily 0.75 2013-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391646875508-ES2ZZ4JKMVZ993EHCI2Z/blue+and+red+bowl+detail9.5x4.jpg FAQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391759695422-KH2X2QWWUI7YR7UZZ9RP/oval+pheasant+bowl.jpg FAQ The limb that this was carved from was cut off by farmers down the road. The tree that it came from was planted as a wind block and is still thriving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391645518778-7GT9BV66VCI1KJB7RBIS/oval+milo+2.jpg FAQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391647954366-HJY7ZM6QOOHCNJAOPC4F/4x11.5small+camani+bowl.jpg FAQ The piece of wood that this bowl was carved out of came from a tree that was pruned by maintenance workers at a local hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391759397919-83AIEXA5UTU8E7B9588G/3x8brown+and+orange+bowl+detail.jpg FAQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391756238836-NDQTK5Y35AYN7M6EQADM/11.jpg FAQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391759307484-EO99H598IY9NE4PB3FM1/tri+milo2.jpg FAQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391645942984-WPA7FSNR0CODLYI9I2R2/phes+hole4.jpg FAQ This bowl was carved from Pheasant wood. The grain looks even better in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391648091691-CK5O9JHUUODU3K0RGAX7/4.5x6small+round+side.jpg FAQ http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392255672668-9QX3T6PYZLF24RQGUSL9/jar+2.jpg Contact http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/about daily 0.75 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391068164735-O4W3XEN55EJ5NIB26JUO/green+and+blue+platter.jpg About The copper green rings around the spots on this plate are crystals that grew during the firing. Planned crystal growth often plays a big role in my designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391467369583-MBZCXHAY00HYB3376S2B/kami.jpg About Koa gets more attention than the other Hawaiian hard woods even though there are others that are at least equally beautiful. The bowl above was made with Kamani wood and the one below is made from Milo. Milo and Kamani are hard wood trees that grow closer to the ocean than Koa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391067967372-5BJ4KP6U7Q1NXI549776/sml+lp+side+fire.jpg About This piece was propped sideways on top of sea shells during the glaze firing. I glazed it extra thick so that the melted glaze would run when it got hot. It's exciting to open the kiln and see what happened during the firing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569805303601-V3942XFZ40DUG6U4GAKY/image1+%287%29.jpeg About This is me and my son Taiyo. We love hiking and swimming together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391070468867-HPRAIKR3YGNEPSJB2W1N/brown+and+tan+pitcher.jpg About It's worth ditching the plastic stuff that most people have and replacing it with useable art because functional art turns the mundane activities in your life into aesthetic experiences. I think it's important to take small moments each day and appreciate beauty. I want my work to help you do that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570085911162-3R1N6SRXD1QVIWE744ZI/image2+%281%29.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391048324803-YKT7S7PUPO27888NFFIE/vasuma_new_profile.jpg About We found this old piano while exploring and taking pictures on the North Shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391755190402-D589MUUDBBSTU6PW5I33/IMG_9538.jpg About This is my son Mozely as a newborn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391755554775-PJ5QS2N0ZP15DIBVZ70N/20.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1392418410976-GL8ZFW7G9CQCFV8TF1SZ/tear+drop+milo+bowl.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570085407819-CN70A2H242C2VLVHIY2Y/image4.jpeg About http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/home daily 1.0 2019-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391045275639-QPC8G29762EI2D5RW3B7/face+bowl+1.jpg Makai Wood and Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391761137679-YX0MYGV78LRSCJJJWXVP/detail2.jpg Makai Wood and Clay Even though you can see common design themes some qualities are unique to each medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391750898243-FJMM1VDL2WLZ5YL2TMGT/13x5strnt+parchzy.jpg Makai Wood and Clay The speckles on this piece are small crystals that grew during the firing. Crystals are unique to ceramics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391751359774-8U24Q80UOO2M2UVNVTKA/saggar+mug.jpg Makai Wood and Clay The outside of this mug wasn't glazed. The surface was produced during the firing with salt vapors and wood ash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391045648988-6G9YSGXJSTTLGIKG6VRB/sand_ny.jpg Makai Wood and Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391740021154-CGEY85RA92ZI9ID0GFLO/lg+camani+detail.jpg Makai Wood and Clay There is a lot of crossover between my clay and wood work. The colors and textures that I love in wood often carry over into my pottery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569826734809-OGP9GEF1GICS289ZIDLD/image2+%284%29.jpeg Makai Wood and Clay It’s very rewarding to see the beauty of the wood grain come through as you finish sanding a piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391044708221-ZPSPZNFJGESSSRX3FI53/lagomkeps.jpg Makai Wood and Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391045726886-4YOG888WC9CVTLM805MY/sand_vasuma2.png Makai Wood and Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391740363961-2W379ZKE0G7XS8OA5QRS/oval+bowl.jpg Makai Wood and Clay Forms also cross pollinate between the two mediums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391760830613-9R803D7XNWMOORMXQS6J/3.jpg Makai Wood and Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1391044794319-WPUF3FWYJ1OYECWPV1OI/lagombeige.jpg Makai Wood and Clay http://www.makaiwoodandclay.com/student-work daily 0.75 2019-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569973913426-A9NZNV9HYAA5VFI6Y9HR/IMG_2547.JPG Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569801851428-1M9DYIG3LDJ008X223CT/chris.jpg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570071256888-GRJQGD2AC9M8ACRS1XX2/image4.jpg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570071167274-V0169C4AW4EXHFBZJ9S3/image3+%287%29.jpeg Student Work This is a drawing done by a BYU-H student named Sarah Kawaguchi. Her attention to detail and light in this piece is really fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802423212-JQ4TCNWT24AYRFQCFXZR/image1%2B%25286%2529.jpg Student Work This fun birthday cake sculpture was made by Linda Hess. She has only been taking ceramics for a little over a year and she is already showing work in galleries. I see bright things in her future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569805039610-TR6CXRWSDITL15MTMRS2/image1%2B%25289%2529.jpg Student Work The pictures above and to the left are of Devon Galios. He was an Early College student of mine at Castle High School. He didn’t think he had a talent for drawing or working with clay but he had work in each medium accepted into art shows. He won an award for the clay mask he made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569805113433-RMGX8KO1S8DTMVDB153G/image2+%285%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571474821141-VV1JN1USXK8DRKV2A64K/image1+%2821%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802492567-ACLU2NKM9RCPZ96PT8DA/image2+%282%29.jpeg Student Work This is a drawing by Emma Moore. She worked at an aquarium as a high school student. This is a self portrait of her working with a seal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802163764-DGE4AA4RIGZTFN9AHAFA/image3.jpg Student Work I love teaching drawing. This large charcoal piece was done by one of my BYU-H students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570071040421-RLQ88ILC6HCL0TOV6USS/DSC00407.JPG Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570131933452-DU67YY0J03DQQFY2XP7S/image1+%282%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802583168-RI1P48QBWQL5K92IXR0O/image2%2B%25281%2529.jpg Student Work This is a picture of one of my high school students named Amanda Tanigawa next to a multimedia piece she did in an art 101 class she took from me. She had several pieces that she did in my classes selected to be displayed in shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569973722927-UU3ACUROPW6CPVURR16H/BottleRocket%233.jpg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802665419-4TMSV782CLMQ3BSQGWDK/image3%2B%25281%2529.jpg Student Work I have been blessed to be able to teach college classes to high school aged students through the Early College program at WCC. This is a picture of Min Yi who was only 15 when she did this drawing. She and her class mates showed that younger students are capable of doing some pretty amazing work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569801985453-R038NIQVG1NINFAQWN3G/138-1.jpg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570131955001-G4X5L3XPZ8N88QIUZOXN/image3+%281%29.jpeg Student Work This is a large clay sculpture that Emily Takahashi did for a commission that she was awarded by the Volcanoes National Park Gallery on the Big Island. Emily has had work accepted into several shows and has pieces that were bought by the sate art foundation to be a part of their collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569804761510-2CNYWN2WIS00WKC9HVWH/image3+%284%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569804944460-FTTG8E7K0NT95054VVXK/image3+%282%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569802232966-6FACFVSP9XGTQI463OEN/image2.jpeg Student Work I try to instill a strong work ethic in my students. As I encourage my students to patiently spend the time it takes to to do their best, I see them create pieces that exceed their expectations. Gus Ahn spent hours getting those scales to look right and it was well worth the effort! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570071128674-YOSZ3VVSHWB3QG7PA7GG/image2%2B%252810%2529.jpg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1570054232595-IYPTRWFQWZ3397JSKT6H/P1020730.jpg Student Work This amazing vase was patiently and skillfully crafted by Stephan Ogasahara. Stephan is working on a PHD in clinical psychology and is planning on incorporating art therapy into his practice when he finishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1571474857772-EOU1PJH6UX2P0B8KM7MA/image3+%2810%29.jpeg Student Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e9a50ce4b071ea6730f4e8/1569973824077-B1QOPMKMNX7TLPX1M9EX/SpiralStairVase.jpg Student Work Forrest Leonard won an award at the Raku Ho’olauloa art show for this piece. He is now a graduate student enrolled in the MFA program at UH-M.