Click on each picture below to read a brief story of the piece, and see further images, including, in some cases, the materials used to make it!
Note, I started making these in January, 2024, and as of January, 2026, I have fifteen completed. I’ve had so much fun, using my sometimes whacky imagination, scrounging materials from junk stores and yard sales, and on occasion, my own home. I never spend more than a dollar or two, although in making Solvang the Ostrich I did spend $5 on the creepy doll. I generally let the materials speak to me, and the pieces evolve organically. With Solvang, though, I really wanted to make an ostrich. It’s the favorite animal of my oldest daughter Angelika’s longtime partner, Baldur. There’s an ostrich ranch in Solvang, California they visited a few years back, hence the name I chose for the piece. ~SueBee
No. 1 – Time Warrior, January 2024No. 2 – Charlene, Keeper of the Bees, February 2024No. 3 – Oskar the Owl, March 2024No. 4 – Midge in her Sports Car, March 2024No. 5 – Front of a single piece, Doughboys Ray and Roy, March 2024No. 5 – Back of a single piece, Doughboys Ray and Roy, March 2024No. 6 – Fastrunner, April 2024No. 6 – Cowboy Melvin, April 2024No. 6 Cowboy Melvin and Fastrunner on the old Chisholm Trail, December 2025No. 7 – They Paved Paradise, April 2024No. 8 – 49er Elijah in Jail, May 2024No. 9 – Charlie Tuna and Nemo, May 2024No. 10 – Mona on her Jet Ski, May 2024No. 11 – Cecil the Sea Serpent, May 2024No. 12 Caruthers, July 2024No. 13 Solvang the Ostrich, August 2024No. 14 Leroy’s Junkyard and Dog, January 2026No. 15 Lucille Churning Butter, February 2026Above photo from May 2024 shows the twelve sculptures completed at that time.
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