The final bend home on my return from the coast along Estero Americano Some days I like to do things that help me maintain a Traveler’s Mindset, so critical to sustaining the enjoyment and success of our wowhaus projects. Yesterday I rode the tide down my favorite local waterway, Estero Americano, to the mouth where […]
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Morphic Resonance
plate from ‘Kunsterformen Der Natur’ (1899-1904) by Ernst Haeckel For the better part of the past two weeks I’ve stopped all production in order to spend time with family and nourish my exhausted body and brain. Over the holidays we’ve been making leisurely day trips, hiking the beach, cooking, napping and reading, seeing movies and […]
Wowhaus Convivium #1
Convivium: (ecology) A geographically isolated population of a species that shows differentiation from other populations of the same species; becomes a subspecies or ecotype. Participants: Yvonne Mouser, Adam Reineck, Jacob Mouser, Leif Hedendal, Nicole LaBue, Colby Eierman, Peter Eierman, Mimi Robinson, Aili Osteraas-Constable, Ene Osteraas-Constable, Scott Constable. Menu: focaccia with rosemary; mushroom and barley soup […]
An Exploratory Paddle down the Estero
Idyllic launch where Estero Americano meanders along ranches below Valley Ford Over the weekend I made an exploratory paddle down Estero Americano to the coast. The tides are in a similar phase as the dates of our planned Expedition, so I wanted to make a trial run to see what the CCA students might expect […]
Wowhaus Projects Update
‘Rockfish’, one of two monumental fish sculptures to be installed at a new library in SF Ene and I have been preparing to install two major wowhaus public art projects we’ve had in development over the past year. ‘Abundance‘, which consists of two monumental, ceramic tile mosaic sculptures honoring the significance of ‘feeder fish’ to […]
Shadowshop
Stephanie Syjuco’s Shadowshop project opens at SFMOMA this November My friend, the artist Stephanie Syjuco, has invited me to participate in her Shadowshop project at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, opening this November through May, 2011: “A temporary and alternative store/distribution point embedded within the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s fifth floor […]
Fairy Godmother of Surf
Donald Fortescue is my Fairy Godmother of Surf Over Labor Day weekend our good pals Sandra Kelch and Donald Fortescue stayed at our new wowhaus retreat. Sandra has been working over the summer with Ene and our friend Kathleen Monroe on renovating the interior, and it’s been fun to share the compound with friends and […]