(click the image above to activate the gallery)David’s Totem Art is imagination made real. It is the creativity you possess coming alive. This piece took over six months to complete. A long time to complete this project. It involved the assembling of several...
The Totem It is still not finished Yet the end is in sight. Hope it is done soon As I am growing tired of waiting. Would like to see results From all my work But still have the last Three pieces to go. Very close but not there Feel as if it is too...
The Gooey Mess It is a messy entity. Gooey glue all over. Sticking to the sculpture, And table and fingers too. Shallow funnel. Making it flow. Spilling into crevices. Coming to rest. Creating a base. Sprinkles cascading down. Adhere to the surface. ...
Totem Project Process The idea for a large sculpture came about after making a smaller four sided piece. This is bigger than anything done before. A long term project taking more time than any other work. Collaboration with another person necessary. Can not build...
Totality Individual pieces become complete when placed side by side. Finding the balance to bring out the best in each. Side by side to form a whole. Art is many pieces creating playful designs. Material of all different shapes and sizes. Complement each other in...
How many coffees? Placing one empty can next to the other. Glue and hold in place until they are secure. Create another row. Make a change in order. Paint it black like dark coffee. Getting it right . Balancing one cylinder on top of the other. Circles going round...
Puzzle pieces Many colors and shapes Coming together to form a whole Like pieces of a puzzle Making a picture with individual frames. Now only one piece not eight Putting the sides together All remain complex Each unique within its own frame. Making new art out of...
joining opening up. coming together. like a crater. joined in the middle. linking ideas. new comments. more powerful. meeting of the minds. each section similar. each section distinct. sharing a bond. yet remaining apart. david stahl...
interwoven strips interwoven strips create a maze. inside the sculpture are connections. on all sides the piece reflects movement. a solid base supports the tangled bands. start from the bottom and work up. very fluid over and under. stamping clay to make intricate...
Thoughts on the gala it was a nice recognition to be included with well known artists and an honor to give something i made at the JCC to Mr. Rothschild. having people see my work makes me proud. i can not interact with them which is why i write about my art. if by...