Cave Fish Studios

Fish

Fine art fish made from exotic hardwoods, found materials, and other unique elements.

This Mid-Century Modern fish is made from exotic woods including Wenge, Padauk and Canary Wood.

This gorgeous fish is made primarily from Black Limba and Padauk exotic woods, featuring a bright orange glass eye.

The type on this guy is from a page taken out of an old Japanese rice paper book, decoupaged onto the fish. His lower half is, fittingly, made from a process called “Sho Sugi Ban,” a treatment with fire was used to waterproof wood.

This guy has a lot going on, his fins are 100+ year old Japanese rice paper, his eye is from a CD case.

This fish is made from Purple Heart and… Zebra Wood, I think. His fins are a foreign currency, his eye is from a CD case.

This is one of a triptych of Cyber Fish made from old laptop parts and exotic wood

Pablo

Cubism-inspired fish, made from a mix of domestic and exotic hardwoods and a glass eye.

Kinetic Art

Mobile and interactive sculptures.

This is a 1.25” steel ball bearing that clunks with great purpose down the zig-zag track, then races back to the “lift,” where it lands with a satisfying thud, ready for another round.

This and the picture that follows are part of a mesmerizing continuous motion rolling ball track.

Mobile made from Japanese mulberry paper stretched over wire frames

Along with the following pics, this shows an element of an elaborate rolling ball sculpture, reminiscent of Rube Goldberg machines. Drop a marble into the snake’s mouth and it begins a circuitous journey to the bottom along one of four possible tracks.

Birdhouses

Jungle Temple

The tiny skulls are Tibetan Prayer Beads, the rest of the temple and the s-s-s-SNAKES!! are Polymer Clay. Tiny birds: Enter if you dare!

Mid-Century Modern Birdhouse, v. 3

I made one of these for my garden and have since had two nrequests from Instagram followers for the same birdhouse, this is the third model, and easily my favorite

Living in the Moment

Ommmm….

Magritte, You Magnificent Bastard!

As part of my “Hang Your Art in the Garden” series, this one pokes a little fun at Rene Magritte, who is undoubtedly rolling over in his grave as I type!