Airplane Series

“Airplane Series"-  My airplane series was an attempt to make something sellable that I could make a living at. It failed. The planes turned out good but way too fragile. Each was hand-brazed steel rod, then covered with special thin wet paper, lacquered, and slowly dried. They were very fragile. Each pilot was different and handmade out of clay, then fired. The pilots were also fragile and fitted to each plane separately - no two were alike. The planes all broke at one point either in the gallery or at the buyer’s home…a lot of disappointed buyers!!! I later switched to fiberglass which was much more durable. Most of the planes were around 3 ft in size. 1980’s .
 
SOLD - Private Collections