'The Jars' is an ongoing work in progress that is now over 40 years old. There are over 1,200 glass gallon jars that are filled with things, and topped with sculptural headdresses.

The headdress for Jar 80

The jars are my personal histories, stories, memories, time-capsules, and familiars. A particular focus these days is to label and catalogue each jar. To date, I've now labeled 586 jars, out of the 1,200 that I've collected.

The 1915 Underwood typewriter that I am using to create the jar's labels. The catalog number on each label refers to more information about the jar in a Microsoft word document on my computer.

Having worked in San Francisco restaurants for 45 years, I've always asked the bartenders to save for me the gallon jars from martini olives and maraschino cherries.

The top half of a chest of drawers that I made 30 years ago.

The headdress for Jar 575

A photo of Gertrude Stein by Carl Van Vechten

Bronze bust of Mark Anstendig

by German sculptor Erich Ruether (circa mid 1960's)

To learn more about this sculptor and his work, visit Mark's web site, click Ruether

The headdress for Jar 585

Detail of the headdress for Jar 539

The beginning of a new headdress that was created on April 3, 2020 for Jar 574

A new headdress that was created on April 3, 2020 for Jar 574

Jar 139

To see a photo of the construction site where these pieces were found, click photo # 5, on this page of Yerba Buena Cove images.

The headdress of Jar 139

The golden headdress in the foreground is for Jar 62

The headdress of Jar 270

The headdress for Jar 186

The headdress of Jar 91

The headdress of Jar 258

The headdress of Jar 348

The headdress of Jar 188

The headdress of Jar 308

The headdress of Jar 287

The headdress of Jar 289

The headdress of Jar 269

The headdress of Jar 288

The headress of Jar 291

The headdress of Jar 603

The headdress of Jar 285

The headdress of Jar 401 (L), and Jar 183 (R)

To see photos of the site from where I found these pieces, click here: Yerba Buena Cove

The crack of dawn on April 7

The early morning's light, illuminating a corner near my computer

The morning's sunlight, illuminating a headdress