In 2013 I was commissioned to build a very large punch bowl for the University Club in Denver, Colorado. It has a diameter of 24 inches and is embellished with twelve different scenes of jesters engaged in different activities. Every part was painstakingly sculpted in bronze, applied to the bowl and silver plated to create a uniquely historic centerpiece.
Wave riding Jester at the base of the Punch Bowl.
Detail of the bowl and engraved plaques.
A grouping of the various, interchangeable vignettes.
Scene of the jesters creating Artillery Punch on a table made from a 50cent coin. The punch is then brewed in the canon for a week to increase its potency.
Botticelli's Venus with clown jesters
Dancing Jesters
A jester laughs as his friend gets bitten by a crab.
Rodin's Thinker contemplates a vote with his friend the Snail.
The King and the Fool