Creative Ceramics And America's Game

Over the years, Stephanie and I have watched a couple of contestants fail on Wheel of Fortune. In one instance the puzzle showed "GO TO THx FROxT OF THx xxxE". Everyone but this unfortunate contestant knew the last word was "LINE".  She decided to solve and said, "GO TO THE FRONT OF THE CAVE". There was shocked surprise from everyone as you would expect.

In her ceramics class, Steph made me a very nice mug to commemorate the event.

Quiet Passing Of A Quiet Artist

Arriving home last night I learned that Bill Sanders had passed away back on March 12. I remember Bill was open and welcoming to a group of us from the Spokane Bicycle Club when we stopped by to see his sculptures last June.

A Welcome Sight

Towards the end of my lunchtime walk I found this fellow working on a piece at the STA Plaza. Unfortunately, I had to get back to work and I couldn't stick around to see how the greatest story turned out. I was looking forward to seeing it finished.

You don't see street artists in Spokane very often.

World Naked Bike Ride Day

Yeah, that's a misleading, but attention getting title. Every once in a while I lead a ride for the Spokane Bicycle Club and today was one of those days. I joked with everyone that since although it is World Naked Bike Ride Day, we would wait until we got away from "civilization" before we disrobed. Uneasy laughter all around. People who don't know me tend to take me seriously.

Going up the hill on Fairview, I heard someone yell, "Ahhhhhhhh!" and then a crash. Bob's chain came off and he couldn't disconnect a shoe from a pedal in time and down he went. Fortunately, all he hurt was his pride.

The route was to take us to the sculptures of Bill Sanders I stumbled across back in March. We unlatched a gate and went inside the fence to check out the sculptures. Not long afterward a dog came out and started barking at us. Soon after Bill Sanders came out of his workshop yelling at the dog to be quiet. Bill graciously showed us around a little and invited us inside his shop to see his latest project.

This is Alice. Alice will unceasingly bark at you. Bill says he got Alice from the pound and she is afraid of people. She won't bite you as long as you don't try to touch her. So if she invades your personal space, just leave her alone and everybody gets along real nice like.

A Spanish Conquistador Bill just finished. He said he's trying to get it to a school in Florida.

It's Great To Find Something When You're Not Looking

Yesterday on Cycling Spokane I posted about my bike ride where I stumbled across what seemed to be a "Lion King" themed place on Fairview. I've since learned that these are painted bronze sculptures made by a local artist named Bill Sanders. The Spokesman Review did a piece about him a couple years ago.






Colin Mulvaney did a wonderful video about Bill Sanders which you can view here. According to the video, made almost two years ago, Bill Sanders planned to donate or sell his sculptures. It looks like he has done so since I didn't see some of the sculptures that are in the video. If you want to see what's left, here is where you go. It's a nice bike ride.


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