House of Shields

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Cardboard Menagerie

All of these big, beautiful animals were made by me and my friend Josh out of cardboard, paint, some glue and a giant black magic marker. Their short lifespan was lived out at a children's benefit party at a museum in New York City called the Asia Society.

a jumbo japanese koi

happy monkeys

the kids went bannanas!

a giant, gentle indian elephant

a family of bengal tigers

mr. & mrs. crane

the lantern juggling dragon

the wise lion of babylon

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

I Love This Town

San Francisco. So many colors and textures and patterns all at once. Somebody decides,"I'll paint my house purple and yellow and pink and light blue." Its sounds completely nuts. But then I see it, every day, over and over in a million different, unthinkable combinations. Around every corner, there's another psychedelic surprise.
I love this town.

Here are some recent watercolors that I've made. They are all 8"x 8".

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

ORNAMENTASTICO 2007!

Here are some highlights from another successful ornament making jam session!

poncho the space elf
by pat, lindsey and reuben

sushi snacker

by bk

lil' leaf creeper

moon age daydreamer

slope shredding cyclops
by brian

food man frosty
by steve

hostess with the mostess
by kylie

hooty hoot friend
by reuben

wing dinger
by lindsay

Monday, December 3, 2007

Ornamentabulousness!

Here are some highlights from last two years of ornament making festivities at the House of Shields. Everybody's genius juice was flowing as the glitter was sprinkled, the sculpey was baked, and the googly eyes glued. Its no exaggeration to say that people brought the heat and crafted some truly groundbreaking holiday ornamentation.
The tree is up and ready to be covered with this year's craft feast.
I can hardly wait...........!!!