Recent Work

Arting Up Valentine's Day 2010

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:14:00 +0000

Janice gave me a stunning Valentine bouquet made of dried grasses, flowers, and plants she picked from our snowy yard. I made her a wooden valentine heart wrapped in a wire ball.

Valentine Yard Bouquet 2010

Valentine Wood and Wire Object

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"The Art Guys"

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:08:00 +0000

I'm calling this set of objects, "The Art Guys." If you're not familiar with The Art Guys, then click here.
"Rolling Rock"Round, rollable wire sphere containing a suspended rock. Approximately 18-inches in diameter. Steel bailing wire and rock.
"Rolling Rolling Rock"Rollable wire sphere containing a suspended, full bottle of beer. Approximately 18-inches in diameter. Steel bailing wire and bottle of beer.

To view larger photos of these objects click here.

Hole Hammer (#1)

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Present for Randi Bushman for her 25th birthday. Scrap wood, nails, steel wire, broken pottery, paint, small plastic figures, and small bells.

"ARTCITE--The Angry Sullen Years"

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Now on display at Artcite's annual Christmas art show/sale, “DOIN' THE LOUVRE," in Windsor, Canada.

Yard Tools

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:00 +0000

Leaf Rake (Aug 09) Garden Rake (Nov 09)Old wooden handled yard tools. Leaf Rake: vine and steel wire. Garden rake: steel wire and sticks.

Ladders and Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000

ladder with 2 rocks

ladder with 3 rocks

Spurlungar

Papar

Old wooden ladders, rocks, and steel wire.
click here for larger view

Something #3

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Salvaged wood, nails, screws, and bolts; 55 inches tall on rocking chair feet. November 15, 2009.

Something #2

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Salvaged wood & garden hose. Nails, screws, and bolts. November 7, 2009.

12 Halloween Masks

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000

click here for big picture

Tags for Evil Art objects

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Created a special tag for each of the five new Evil Art objects. A 2x3 inch photo sewn onto a piece of rubber cut from a Halloween monster mask. View all 5 tags here.

Ensemble of new Evil Art

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:17:00 +0000

Now on sale HERE

EVIL ART #5

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:10:00 +0000

Body Parts Rack more here

EVIL ART #4

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Revenge of the Tar Pit more here

Creativity Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Led a two day workshop with the incredibly smart and talented folks of Olson Zaltman Associates in Pittsburgh this week. This was as good as it gets for me. This is the "goofy" picture we took at the end of the workshop.

Something

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:57:00 +0000

Scrap wood, garden hose, bolts, nuts, wing nuts and washers.

Jasper Johns on creativity: "It's simple, you just take something and do something to it. Then you do something else to it. Pretty soon, you've got something."

Accumulated Materials

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:04:00 +0000

Long wooden handled tools salvaged over recent months from neighborhood trash. Awaiting creative uses.

Tomato Tomahawks Go On Sale

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:19:00 +0000

Sale here

"Toboggan Mystery"

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:46:00 +0000

A new story from Fluxus Midwest.
And a birthday present for my sister Marilyn.

Fluxus Indian Cruciform

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:12:00 +0000

I recently stumbled upon the discovery that two paddle balls with presses can be used to make a near perfect Fluxus Indian Cruciform. Not much is known about the Fluxus Indian Cruciform even though this symbol appears frequently in Fluxus Indian graphics.

Monument to the Coon RapidsGolf Swing

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:37:00 +0000

Fluxus Indian Twirling Stick

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Fluxus Indian Twirling Stick
now on display
as part of the Windsor, Ontario,
International Fringe Festival,
July 17 - 31, 2009.

Tomato plants

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Nightmare Before Christmas figures

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:54:00 +0000

Hats

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Hats I've made and collected.

Tools with long wooden handles

noreply@blogger.com (allen bukoff) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Tools recently retrieved from curbside trash. Now candidates for The Stick Garden.