THIS IS A SHAGGY DOG STORY.
KEN PRICE AND I LIKED THE IDEA OF HAPPY’S CURIOS (A LEANTO, KP AND I AS THE SLEEPING BOYS,
AND OUR CERAMICS TO SELL TO TOURISTS FOR ONE WEEK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TAOS, NM).
WHILE IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO, BETWEEN 1975-80, WE WENT TO TONALA AND WERE SO TAKEN
BY THE STYLE WE ORDERED 1000 BISQUED PLATES, PLUS OR MINUS, AND HAD THEM SHIPPED TO
US IN VENICE. HALF WENT TO KEN PRICE, THE OTHER TO ME. THEY WERE IN 3 SHAPES: OVAL, ROUND
AND SQUARE. KEN, BEING TOTALLY VERSED IN CERAMICS, FINISHED HIS AND EXPANDED IT TO
HAPPY’S CURIOS, THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION. MY FIRST START ON THE PLATES SUCKED SO IN 2002
I ESTABLISHED MOONTANG KILNS AND STARTED AGAIN. MY PLATES ARE IN THE SPIRIT OF
HAPPY’S CURIOS AND SLEEPING BOYS. ALOT LATE. SLEEPING BOYS LIVES. B
Untitled #1, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 1″
Untitled #2, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 1″
Untitled #3, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 x 6 7/8 x 1 1/4″
Untitled #4, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 1″
Untitled #5, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 1 1/8
Untitled #6, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/16
Untitled #7, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 1 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/2″
Untitled #8, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 3/8 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/8
Untitled #9, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/4
Untitled #10, Ceramic and Painted Glaze, 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 1 3/16
January 20 through February 20, 2013