Lolly’s Shoe
Shoe 69 Location: On exhibit with Habatat, Detroit Michigan Lolly the Magic Clown spent most of his days clowning around in Jackson Michigan. He was an active member of Clowns of America and founded the Grand and Glorious Galaxy of Mid-Michigan Clowns and co-founded the Midwest Clown Convention. Lolly introduced the National Clown Week Competition […]
Mask & Mirror
They say that the artist who started a piece isn’t the same person when the piece is complete. We evolve during that time – through our experience, we learn more about our world as well as ourselves. Not long into my project, I overheard the story for Still Me while viewing the Smithsonian Exhibit, The […]
The Practice
While waiting for shoes and stories, I would grab an old shoe and work with it in a different manner. This is the same shoe I used for Graduation Day. What would it look like if I turned down the tongue and loosened the shoestrings? What if I chose a different color combination? These explorations […]
Jeff’s Shoe
Jeff and his wife Yaffa are glass artists here in Western North Carolina. His shoes are well worn and full of glass studio dirt. They were black but I thought I’d try clear in hopes of getting a translucent shoe that better represents their history. I created the other shoe later, using recycled colored glass […]
Still Me
I just left the gym after playing ball with a friend. On my way home, I hit the store to pick up some groceries. I was getting ready to leave when the security guard at the door stopped me to see the receipt. He insisted I stole something, and even though I was cooperating, he […]
Leaving an Impression
aka Baltimore 2019 In February 2019, I was an exhibitor at the American Craft Council Baltimore show. I had my trusty sidekick, Jim, and thanks to very concerned cousins, an old phone as a decoy (in case we got robbed) and money safely tucked under my coat. Jim was wearing the Creighton Bluejays ball cap […]
Garage Shoes
Whenever my sneakers were too dirty and used to wear with “regular” clothes, they became yard shoes. Mowing, weed eating, and anything nasty. This pair was in my garage for several years until I gave them to you. I would wear them until they fell apart. You saved them and honored them in perpetuity. Thanks.-JJ
Ghosts in My Driving Shoes
Got my driving shoes on. Five-hundred miles coming back from Pemaquid to Ithaca for the umpteenth time, and, as always, it’s all ghosts. It’s from over fifty years ago, the first time, my domineering, doubtful Dad brooding over the steering wheel, driving us home after our introduction to the cabin, but we were all simply […]
YARD WORK SHOES
Texas is a challenging environment and yardwork in Texas can often cause one to want to run away. These loafer-style tennis shoes are a heavier canvas and can handle the bugs, stones, stickers and other odd foot encounters as one wades into weeds or tall grasses! For years, these shoes were Cliff’s shoes that all […]