The Amazing Mister Adix

Dancing Critterman

Dancing Critterman detail

 After hearing that I was unable to take pics of his fab figures, seen in a Brattleboro gallery, the gracious and generous artist, David Adix, had his photographer, Wilson Graham, send me shots of his work.

Winter's Ghost

Kashari Clown

TOO awesome!

Dancing Critterman, at left and right, is made of plastic bugs and reptiles. I believe I saw this dude on an ep of Buffy. Possibly.

Go look through the galleries at his website. Seriously, what I’ve posted here is the barest snippet of his work.

In his sculpture gallery you’ll find:
Yellow Figure Seated, made of recycled baling cord.
Him and Her, made of recycled grocery bags.
Grieving, made of recycled computer cords and cables.
Blue Puzzled Man with Sphere, made of recycled jigsaw puzzle pieces.
Clean -- toothbrushes and zip ties.
Watchman -- recycled time pieces.
Ghost Warrior. made of 3,000 plastic army figures.

I find the figures constructed of the flotsam and jetsam of a person’s life magnificently compelling. They tell me a story and, boyhowdy, you know I’m all about stories.

Wounded Warrior (and detail)

With the onset of the first anniversary of mia madre’s exit, stage left, from this world, I’m of course imaging what a Lucy Fanelli Maderer figure would look like.

From David’s Commissioned Sculpture page:

Commissioned figures are constructed  from an individuals own ‘stuff’.
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What I look for: costume jewelry, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, broaches, pins, cuff links, clips, barrettes, old watches and time pieces. unused house and car keys, key rings, patches and badges, game pieces, crossword puzzle pieces, toys: army soldiers, cowboys and Indians etc. dominos, chess pieces, checkers, poker chips, stuff from the office desk drawer, stuff from the junk drawer, wine corks, napkin rings, crotchet hooks, golf tees, stuff from the old sewing baskets. 

The stuff we’ve held onto and don’t want to get rid of but don’t know quite what to do with it, because this stuff still holds a particular memory or a dream. All of this can be incorporated into a sculpture. Not only does it become a piece of art, but it becomes a visual time capsule of all the things we use and create from this particular time in our culture…

Mister Adix paints too.

My favs are Nocturne, Splash, Winter Sky Winter Earth. Go look, go look!

David lives out in Tucson. MAYBE when I’m visiting my pal Jenny in Phoenix this winter, we can make a road trip and visit his studio!

Would that be tremendous or what!?