Since the portable lawn bike is a tricycle it required complicated steering linkages similar to a car. This is not a difficult thing to fabricate. It merely takes more time than a simple bicycle. The next step will be pedals, chain and a hasty test ride.

Now that I have completed Big Red, I am taking a short break from my sewing machine. I still have a lot to sew for my show in Kyoto in June but I have been thinking about a bicycle project for awhile now. I have made countless bicycles in all shapes and sizes […]

After a test run at the University, I packed up my new inflatable suit, Big Red, and boarded the local train bound for Sakae in Nagoya, Japan. Sakae is a trendy shopping district and also has a large central park that runs north south through the city. Because […]

One of the peculiarities to notice in Japan is the level of cuteness of objects in the living world. Here everything has a “cute” value. I plan to make work for a show in Kyoto this June relating to this topic. Recently I entered a store called bulldog that sells many cute […]

Returning home from a gallery exhibition I entered the constantly moving arteries of Nagoya City which shuffle people and goods here and there with all the compassion of a well oiled cold machine. This is just one of the human transporters gliding down metal rails on a single spot of the globe among many […]

Big Red had its debut today. I did not announce the performance because of its status of a trial run. After unpacking the suit, I inserted the two modified 12v blower motors into their respective holes and connected the wire leads to the battery terminals in my backpack. After finishing some […]

Test inflation of my new suit called, Big Red. I am going to take it out on the next nice day.

I pulled some bikes from the gutter to use on my next project. My studio has filled up with stuff and now I need to turn these objects without value into art. Because of entrance exams for the new school year I was unable to use the studio during March so one day I […]