Author: Daniel Moe

Design, Sanblasting

June 27th lava flow


Our active volcano Kilauea, has decided to flow in a unusual and different path, towards the East side of the island. It has been burning through the forest and making her way through our Pahoa town and some of the neighborhoods. A house has been burned down and many acres of forest have been completely

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Casting, Design

Casting in Colorado / Road Trip


Oct-Nov. 2013 Jacqueline Spiro, my “Glass Casting” teacher at Pilchuck School had extended an invitation for her students to go and further our learning at her home/studio in Colorado. We thought .. why not? Me and my wife decided to go but our trip to the mainland needed to be more than that so we

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Design, Playtime

Casting Part I – Bali masks


Returning from taking a class with Jacqueline Spiro’s sand casting workshop at Pilchuck, I got inspired to create some castings in my own shop. We pulled out some masks that came from our last visit to Bali, some of the molds I’ve been working on with Pele’s face and the Buddha and we all set

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Design, Playtime

Casting Part II – Pele’s face


That particular day we set to make 5 pieces: ** A Sun’s face, a Bali mask ( documented on Casting Part I)      * a Pele’s face (documented on this blog)    * a Buddah’s face AND an art piece called “The Enlighten Contemplation” ( documented on Casting Part III)  . Before I share the process that

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Design, Playtime

Casting Part III – Buddha


After a great trip I took with my wife to Bali, the only Hindu country in Indonesia, I was inspired by the artwork, images and stories of the Buddha. The Buddha, who left the confines of his sheltered life as a Brahman child, where he was never allowed to see sickness, suffering and death, realized

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