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Hanging in my current studio is one of the oldest gargoyles I’d ever made (1996?). Dark brown and lovely, Della Robbia clay is an “air dry” clay that can be heated in a kitchen oven to obtain a certain hardness but it would still dissolve in water.

Gargoyles

January 27, 2023

Sometime in the mid-90s, I had the opportunity to visit Harlan Ellison and his wife Susan at their home in Thousand Oaks, CA, and what I remember most was the gargoyles they had hanging over the garage entrance. When I got home, I just had to try making some of my own….

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In Life of an artist, Creativity, Pottery Tags gargoyles, wall sculptures, Ellison Wonderland
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