Welcome and thank you for visiting Bangorang! This site is a compilation of my life up to this point, September 2010, and will continue to change and evolve through my existance. I'm hoping to make this a living site of my work, thoughts and art that I produce from now on. On the menu to the left you'll find sections that have to do with projects. I'm involved in some neat things mainly to better spend my spare time and stuff I'm proud of and would like to just show off. If you also notice I do some hosting and website work from time to time for those I feel are in need. No that doesn't mean my time is invaluable it just means that after several heart attacks and strokes my time is limited and I want to help those I feel can really benefit the most from my help. I guess you could say I've been lucky to still be alive and I would love to do what I should've been doing all along.

I'll have some sections on the website that will be me telling stories of my life and experiences. I will also be posting information about subjects that hit close to my heart and stir feelings to the boiling point. So if you'd like to read my thoughts and possible join my band wagon sorta speak, I would love to hear from you. In closing here is the deal -

... if in coming here you learn something or need something that I can help you with,

and I am successfull in that endeavor, I 've accomplished what I intended

to do with the rest of my life, ENJOY!

Warning some material on this website is taken from nude models!

"Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "DAAAAMN ..... WHAT A RIDE!!"

Ceramics it is!

I think I've narrowed it done to ceramics. Over this summer I have done a lot of soul searching as far as what I would like to focus on and pottery and sculpture have seemed to bubble to the top. Although I still love painting and drawing I feel drawn to work with clay. The molding and shaping of mud, talk a fundamental feelings... The graphic I've included on the front page is from a figure drawing class I took back in 2009 and then transfered to clay!

I've shown it downtown and haven't got any feedback yet. It's done in clay and then shot with cameleon paint so when you move around the sculpture it changes color. It has beautiful purples, greens and browns to gold. I think it came out cool looking.

I will be starting a project here in about a month where I'll be following Simon Leaches suggestions on building a raku kiln. Really excited about this one as it will give me the ability to fire work at home. I'll also be getting a wheel and converting a room in my house for such usage. It's gonna be loads of fun! I'll link some videos to the site when I have time so others will hopefully get the bug like I did and get into ceramics for fun or relaxation...

Drop me a line if you have any questions.

Ceramics News!

Hello all, from the ceramics room on my website. Well the project that I started has now come to fruition. I will post the entire project on the website and I hope to get some feedback from interested parties, I've also taken it to the Bellmoore here in Bakersfield, California where it is on display, trust me the pictures don't do it justice. I will be attending Bakersfield College next semester for advanced ceramics and hope to do some larger pieces, that is if I can figure out how to get it fired....  :)

Don't forget about the Ceramics Arts Guild her in Bakersfield as well, there are just starting and are welcoming members and patrons as well. You can visit their site > here < ...