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The tombstone on the gravesite of my hairless cat (San) Francisco. The earrings were Barbara's, a friend who died of cancer. She asked that the earrings be hung on my sculptural bell tower in the front yard (so that her spirit would mesh with the symphony of bells and chimes). This cherub at the time sat on the tower, and so Barbara's request was honored. When Francisco died, I buried him near the tower, and the cherub was taken off the tower and became the headstone marking his burial place.

The bell tower in 2011. The skeletal frame of this tower is rebar that was taken from the Fell Street Freeway Exit when it was being demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

 

I found this boot in a pile of mud alongside the hull of the Candace, an 1818 three-masted bark that came to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. The remains of the ship were dug up at Spear and Folsom Streets in January 2006.

 

 

 

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The International Orange painted concrete is from the 1930's Doyle Drive and the coke bottle was found during the coastal restoration near Marshall Beach and the Golden Gate Bridge

 

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The place-name cards in this jar are from Chrissie Martenstein's birthday luncheon that was held in the Big 4 Restaurant's private banquet room in 2006. Chrissie was 109 years old in 2006. She was the oldest living survivor from the catastrophic earthquake and fire that destroyed most in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Chrissie was a 9 year old girl when the earthquake hit. On the first night, while the city was burning, she and her family slept on the sidewalk in front of their house at Market and Van Ness because they were fearful of the aftershocks. Chrissie lived in San Francisco her entire life. She was 111 years old when she passed away. She always said that I was her favorite waiter. She of course, was one of my favorite customers.

(The girl on the place-name card is the 9 year old Chrissie Martenstein.)

Chrissie Martenstein

109 years old in 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sunday, 7:02pm

March 22, 2020

Sunday, 7:02pm

March 22, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bison skull that my Grandfather gave me when I was 9 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The round room of the house built in 1895

 

 

 

 

 

The phoenix rising (San Francisco)

A construction that I created in the early 80's. It's main form is made from a broken up plaster of paris lamp base. The three small pillars are plaster wedding cake ornaments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite photos of Jane Goodall.

It was taken at the 2011 Wildlife Conservation Network in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

A piece of old 19 century pipe that I found at the ruins of the Sutro Baths.

 

A golden fish

My homage to the Russian Fairy Tale Opera, Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov

Here is a great performance of the opera on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOChVZlKiK0

 

The jar on the left hold artifacts that I found around the hull of the Gold Rush-era ship General Harrison. The remains of the ship were uncovered during construction at Clay and Battery Streets in San Francisco on September 6, 2001. The photograph of the hairless cat is by Mark Anstendig.

 

 

 

Front room on the first floor

The 12ft. tall, 19th century San Francisco-themed Christmas tree, is a construction that I created for the lobby of the Huntington Hotel on Nob Hill. It comes apart in five seperate pieces. It was used for three years in the lobby of the hotel during the holidays, but the ownership has changed (twice), and the tree now resides at home in the front room on the first floor of the house built in 1895.

 

Entrance to the lost room

 

 

 

 

 

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An upstairs storage & tool workroom

 

the round room

 

 

 

Sheltered in Place

This homeless man lives on this windowsill in the Hayes Valley area. For the past month, each time I have driven by, he's here in this position.