var paul = new Selectable("Paul", FIRED_CLAY, BUSTS, RELIEFS, MEN);
paul.quote = "Art is man determined to die sane.:Bernard DeVoto";
paul.setSize(10.5, 8, 1);
paul.materials = "Fired ceramic clay, no base, can be placed on easel.";
paul.description = "This clay only needed a waxing to draw out the white finish of the fired clay. I display it on a small black table easel. Customers like to touch this face.";
paul.statement = "Like Jesse, this model is often used by the computer game industry to fashion the images of the action figure heros. It's so different and cool doing a bas relief and capturing the feeling of muscles, mass and kenetic energy found in the male form. I created the crack as part of this tension.";
paul.price = 450;
paul.setImages("paul", 1, true);
paul.shipping = 19.00;


var reflections = new Selectable("Reflections - Balboa Park", CLOTH, FULL_FIGURE, WOMEN);
reflections.quote = "Making the inner world meet the outer world is the function of the artist.:Joseph Campbell";
reflections.setSize(13, 12, 12);
reflections.materials = "Cloth figure with hand painted lily pads made from aluminum wire, aluminum mesh, paper clay and paint; hand-dyed silk ribbon and cotton fabric, beads, wood base, fabric, plastic, cheesecloth.";
reflections.statement = "Don't be fooled by her green face and the frog prints of her body and clothes. She is a lotus flower in process. I was delighted to see how the stems of lotus plants curve in spirals and their leaves float parallel on the surface of the reflecting pond in Balboa Park.";
reflections.description = "I wanted to include her surroundings of the reflecting pool where she sits, so I put a plastic pane on her dark base to reflect the color of the underside of the lotus leaves which are a brilliant, soft peach color. In concert, I made her underskirt from a brilliant frog print which shows as it curls up on her leafy perch.";
reflections.price = 1800;
reflections.setImages("reflections", 3, true);
reflections.shipping = 24.00;
reflections.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "SDMA Artists Guild Exhibition", "Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA", "The show was juried by D. Scott Atkinson - Chief Curator and Curator of American Art at the San Diego Museum of Art and G. Pasha Turley - Gallery Director and Photography Professor at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA");


var rememberedMelody = new Selectable("Remembered Melody", BRONZE,RELIEFS, FULL_FIGURE, MEN, SPONSOR);
rememberedMelody.quote = "I think the artist has to be something like a whale, swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.:Bearden Romare, artist";
rememberedMelody.setSize(9, 9, 0.75);
rememberedMelody.materials = "Bronze sculpture relief, no base, can be hung on the wall, hung in a frame or placed on an easel.";
rememberedMelody.description = "This time the model Silk relaxes against a cloth covered back cushion and casually rests his guitar between songs. It was later I discovered how much the drapery resembled wings.";
rememberedMelody.statement = "The scene is in Hiawaii. Especially difficult to capture were the correct placements and angles of his legs, arms, knees and guitar to the bench where he sits. I liked the drama of the angles sticking out of the background tile and the dangling flip flop.";
rememberedMelody.edition = "5 0f 9";
rememberedMelody.price = 564;
rememberedMelody.setImages("rememberedMelody", 1, true);
rememberedMelody.shipping = 21.00;
rememberedMelody.addCredit(Credit.HONORABLE_MENTION, "Fine Art Exhibition", "SD County Fair, Del Mar, CA", "");
rememberedMelody.sponsor = "Glenda Woodward of San Diego, CA";


var reverie = new Selectable("Reverie", BUSTS, WOMEN, SPONSOR);
reverie.quote = "Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.:Samuel Butler";
reverie.setSize(10, 6.5, 6.5);
reverie.materials = "Plastilene clay on sculpting stand in process with mock-up of base. In bronze this sculpture casting will resemble CALL TO PRAYER with a polished black marble base.";
reverie.statement = "This model teaches ballet dancing for many years. A habit of slipping into another dimension in her thoughts gave her face a dreamy expression I hope to show to you. Like poetry and music, thoughts floated just above her eyebrows in little muscular movements.";
reverie.description = "Her curly hair is clasped in back off her neck and a silken scarf drapes over her shoulders and down over the base.";
reverie.edition = "1 of 9";
reverie.price = 1140;
reverie.sponsor = "Available to Sponsor and receive edition #1 of 9 for $1,140 + shipping and handling."
reverie.setImages("reverie", 3, true);
reverie.shipping = 31.00;


var ribbonsInHerHair = new Selectable("Ribbons in Her Hair", BRONZE, BUSTS, WOMEN);
ribbonsInHerHair.quote = "We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.:Pablo Picasso (1881-1973 Spanish painter)";
ribbonsInHerHair.setSize(8.5, 3, 3);
ribbonsInHerHair.materials = "Bronze sculpture with polished black marble base, 24 carat gold hoop earrings with beads and metalic French ribbons.";
ribbonsInHerHair.statement = "As I began to sculpt the exuberance of this model's body impacted me. She had come from exercising so I included the sweat band that encircled her hair to show her strength and liveliness. This is the first sculpture I took to the foundry to make up in bronze.";
ribbonsInHerHair.description = "the head and neck of a young woman with ribboned pony tails, and gold earrings on a tall marble base.";
ribbonsInHerHair.edition = "2 of 9";
ribbonsInHerHair.price = 660;
ribbonsInHerHair.setImages("ribbonsInHerHair", 3, true);
ribbonsInHerHair.shipping = 21.00;


var sathyaSaiBaba = new Selectable("Sathya Sai Baba - Medallion", BRONZE, BUSTS, RELIEFS, MEN);
sathyaSaiBaba.quote = "There is an art finer than music, sculpture and other fine arts. the art of living. Your responsibility as an artist is greater...to bring harmony and beauty to others.:Sathya Sai Baba";
sathyaSaiBaba.materials = "Bronze Sculpture relief, no base, can be hung on a wall, hung in a frame or placed on an easel";
sathyaSaiBaba.statement = "My first hurtle in creating Swamis face was choosing my favorite view. Working this small required a new tool. I sharpened the tiniest tip of a wooden dowel and then sanded it to the shape of a flat headed screw driver. So tiny to sculpt the gentliest of smiles playing along his lips.";
sathyaSaiBaba.description = "a side view bas relief of the head and top of the robe of Sathya Sai Baba sculpted from a photograph and my memory of an interview with him in India.";
sathyaSaiBaba.setSize(3, 2.5, 0.5);
sathyaSaiBaba.price = 50;
sathyaSaiBaba.setImages("sathyaSaiBaba", 1, true);
sathyaSaiBaba.shipping = 9.00;


var selfPortrait = new Selectable("Self Portrait - Feeling all Untied", CLOTH, FULL_FIGURE, WOMEN);
selfPortrait.quote = "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures:Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)";
selfPortrait.setSize(14, 12.5, 11);
selfPortrait.materials = "Cloth, a silk man's tie, cardboard, various cottons, oak wood flooring. The arms and legs in the boxes are jointed and not removable. The figure is not jointed and can be removed from the footstool. Her poem is printed on the cloth letter near her feet.";
selfPortrait.description = "Seated on a silk footstool, I indicate my state of disconnection generated by a psychological shift in my life and the physical shift of a move caused by the loss of my home, studio and family members. This was an expressive and pivitol sculpture in my career which brought me my first credit as an art dollmaker. Currently, this piece has been placed with me for resale by Diana Wenman, a six time Emmy award winning video director and editor from NYC where she enjoyed a career working with The Electric Company, The Metropolitan Opera and others.";
selfPortrait.statement = "The genesis of this cloth sculpture was a challenge issued in my quilt guild. We were given a brown paper bag with a silk mans tie inside. This material forms the torso of the figure and one of the extra arms."; 
selfPortrait.price = 7000;
selfPortrait.poem = poems[1];
selfPortrait.setImages("selfPortrait", 1, true);
selfPortrait.shipping = 52.00;
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "Mirrors of Humanity", "The Mengei International Museum", "Curated by John Darcy Noble - the curator emeritus of the Museum of the City of New York.");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.FIRST_PLACE, "Doll Art Symposium", "Santa Fe, NM", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.BEST_OF_SHOW, "Road To California", "Ontario, CA", "Awarded by Martha Longenecker, Director of the Mengei International Museum.");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.BEST_OF_SHOW, "Canyon Quilters Annual Challenge", "San Diego, CA", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.VIEWERS_CHOICE, "Road To California", "Ontario, CA", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "One Woman Show", "Riki Schaffer Gallery, Pontiac, MI", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "New York Toy Fair", "New York, NY", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "NIADA Convention International Cloth Doll Exhibition", "Anaheim, CA", "");
selfPortrait.addCredit(Credit.PUBLISHED, "Cloth Dolls from Ancient To Modern", "", "This book is published by the Doll Museum, Newport, RI");


var silk = new Selectable("Silk", BRONZE, BUSTS, MEN, SPONSOR);
silk.quote = "In art as in love, instinct is enough.:Anatole France";
silk.setSize(13, 5, 5);
silk.materials = "Bronze sculpture with polished black marble base.";
silk.statement = "Even his hair seemed to have a good time. I wanted to fill the sculpture with the individual spirit of his nature. I concentrated on the playful look of his locks, the crinkles around his eyes and his smile. Each lock required a separate mold.";
silk.description = "a mature male bust with neck and locks on a round base.";
silk.edition = "2 of 9";
silk.price = 1394;
silk.sponsor = "Drs. Robert and Joann Sandlin of San Diego, Ca.";
silk.setImages("silk", 3, true);
silk.shipping = 46.00;


var songOfTheSea = new Selectable("Song of the Sea");
songOfTheSea.edition = "Original";
songOfTheSea.price = 2000;
songOfTheSea.shipping = 27;
songOfTheSea.sponsor = "Jacquelyn Ellis, San Diego, CA";
songOfTheSea.quote="Dolls can bring us back to our childhood if we let them and p"+
"erhaps bestow upon us a future we hadn't imagined.:Cassandra Light in the introd"+
"uction to \"Way of the Doll\".";
songOfTheSea.description="Continuing with my marine series called Pacific Shores,"+
" this long graceful silicone shell reminded me of the Tibetan horns and their so"+
"unds remnd me of foggy mornings and bouy bells. She can hold the shell in any po"+
"sition as her hands are wired and flexible. This piece includes both the figure "+
"and the wall hanging (measuring in inches 21 high by 27½ wide.";
songOfTheSea.materials="Cloth, hand dyed cottons and cheesecloth, shells, hair is"+
" angora rabiit hair.";
songOfTheSea.statement="The sea creature who produces this shell gathers a mate a"+
"nd builds this silicone home around them designed to filter from the sea water a"+
"ll their needs for life. I just imagined how happiness would feel knowing I woul"+
"d always be safe and full rocking gently on the ocean bottom. ";
songOfTheSea.setSize(11.5,6,6);
songOfTheSea.setImages("songOfTheSea",3,true);



var summersDay = new Selectable("Summers Day", BRONZE, BUSTS, WOMEN, SPONSOR);
summersDay.quote = "I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare; my business is to create.:William Blake, poet, artist";
summersDay.setSize(7.5, 4.5, 3.5);
summersDay.materials = "Bronze sculpture with polished onyx base.";
summersDay.statement = "Remember the days of pearls, white straw hats, church on Sunday mornings and bridge on Tuesday afternoons. We wore white gloves and had teas. This sculpture contrasts with Flamenco Nights and mtogether they make a great pair.";
summersDay.description = "Wearing a white straw hat with applique and pearls, she looks particularly good in the green patina of her dress."
summersDay.edition = "2 of 9";
summersDay.price = 660;
summersDay.sponsor = "Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Reynolds of Indianapolis, IN.";
summersDay.setImages("summersDay", 3, true);
summersDay.shipping = 21.00;
summersDay.sponsor = "Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Reynolds of Indianapolis, IN";
summersDay.addCredit(Credit.HONORABLE_MENTION, "Fine Art Exhibition", "SD County Fair, Del Mar, CA", "");


var sweeper = new Selectable("The Sweeper", CLOTH, FULL_FIGURE, WOMEN);
sweeper.quote = "The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.:Jawaharlal Nehru";
sweeper.setSize(16.75, 12.5, 12.5);
sweeper.materials = "Cloth figure on wooden base, the sari has ribbon borders with two lengths of Indian cotton. I made the Indian broom; her hair is a natural colored mohair. Her poem is printed on a front plaque on the base.";
sweeper.statement = "Watching the Indian women sweep is like enjoying a ballet. The broom straws are long and facile. Their design causes the women to bend and move gracefully as they sweep holding the broom in one hand using a backhand motion. I had to capture this dance shape for you to see and admire.";
sweeper.description = "The Sweeper is one of a trilogy of Indian women figures which also include The Rangoli and The Waterbearer and are part of my series called Work Is Worship. You can see the other two in the Archives. Currently, this piece has been placed with me for resale by Diana Wenman, a six time Emmy award winning video director and editor from NYC where she enjoyed a career working with The Electric Company, The Metropolitan Opera and others.";
sweeper.poem = poems[2];
sweeper.price = 4500;
sweeper.setImages("sweeper", 2, true);
sweeper.shipping = 39.00;
sweeper.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "Fifth International Show", "Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL", "Juried by Faith Ringgold");
sweeper.addCredit(Credit.SECOND_PLACE, "National League of American Pen Women","Washington DC","Poetry Competition");


var tara = new Selectable("Tara", FIRED_CLAY, BUSTS, WOMEN);
tara.quote = "With all of the human darkness that we are surrounded by, and all that we bring upon ourselves, the fact that we can still be moved by beauty is the only hope we have. That dichotomy is what turns an artist on; the balance between the sacred and the profane.:Julie Taymor, Creator of 'The Lion King' on Broadway";
tara.setSize(16.5, 17, 8);
tara.materials = "Fired clay, bronze paint, oak base.";
tara.statement = "I noticed how intimidating it felt to work at full scale in front of a living person. I love women's necks for their vulnerability and so I concentrated on the acceptance and protection of her neck by her shoulder muscles.";
tara.description = "A human-scale woman's bust with full head and shoulders."
tara.price = 675;
tara.setImages("tara", 3, true);
tara.shipping = 74.00;


var twoCalifornias = new Selectable("Two Californias", BUSTS, RELIEFS, MEN, WOMEN, SPONSOR)
twoCalifornias.quote = "The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else... was to be indifferent to that difference.:Al Capp, cartoonist";
twoCalifornias.setSize(16.25, 11, 0.5);
twoCalifornias.materials = "A bas relief shown in plastilina clay that is available to be sponsored into its final form, bronze. It will be able to be supported on an easel, hung on wall or hung in a frame on the wall.";
twoCalifornias.statement = "At one time California comprised Alta and Baja, north and south. The images come from early history and people who live here now. I wanted to capture the great diversity of California. With politicians dividing us by our origins, religions, nationalities, language and cultures, maybe an artist image can unite us in celebration of our diversity.";
twoCalifornias.description = "I didn't realize that measuring from the border Alta, California goes north nearly the same distance that Baja, California goes south. Some of the thumbnails are a dance hall girl, a minor, a G.I., an owner of orange groves, a Russian and a Chinese immigrant, an Indian, a Spanish lord and others.";
twoCalifornias.edition = "1 0f 9";
twoCalifornias.price = 2250;
twoCalifornias.sponsor = "Available to Sponsor and receive edition #1 of 9 for $2,250 + shipping and handling.";
twoCalifornias.setImages("twoCalifornias", 3, true);
twoCalifornias.shipping = 46.00;


var underTheMagnolias = new Selectable("Under the Magnolias", CLOTH, FULL_FIGURE, MEN);
underTheMagnolias.quote = "Although many meanings cluster round the word masterpiece, it is above all the work of an artist of genius who has been absorbed by the spirit of the time in a way that has made his individual experience universal.:Kenneth Clark";
underTheMagnolias.setSize(20, 17, 12);
underTheMagnolias.materials = "Cloth figure, silk, woven satin, tassels, leather boots, metal buckles, hand made felt hat, feathers, air dry clay planter, bamboo, magnolia seed pods, pearls, clarinet, fur pelt, balsa wood, cotton threads and mohair. Base: 12\" x 17\" x 1\" wood, fabric.";
underTheMagnolias.description = "In a sense the TV Show commissioned this sculpture. They asked me to design a new figure and allow them to film and describe my process. I was thrilled as the prospect of defining the process of developing a sculpture, which is the most important and enjoyable part for me of being an artist, would be on record. It was difficult during the two long sessions of filming to understand the whole of what was actually told until I saw the segment aired.";
underTheMagnolias.statement = "Under the Magnolias expresses for me those special moments when the sun breaks through the clouds, the butterfly lands on my hand or a stranger's child looks at my face and suddenly smiles for no good reason.  The half remembered melody of some magnificent personal prayer.";
underTheMagnolias.poem = poems[3];
underTheMagnolias.price = 3500;
underTheMagnolias.setImages("underTheMagnolias", 1, true);
underTheMagnolias.shipping = 34.00;
underTheMagnolias.addCredit(Credit.TV_VIDEO, "The Carol Duval Show", "HGTV", "");
underTheMagnolias.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "Combined Organizations of the Visual Artists Exhibit", "", "");
underTheMagnolias.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "Annual Art Exhibit", "Saint Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, CA", "juried by Ric Todd, Artist in Residence at Saint Paul's and Public and Cultural Arts Coordinator for the city of Chula Vista, CA");


var welcomingCommittee = new Selectable("The Welcoming Committee", BRONZE, RELIEFS, FULL_FIGURE, MEN, WOMEN, SPONSOR);
welcomingCommittee.quote = "Do not let the appearance of conditions stop you - go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway!:Robert Henri, author of \"The Way of the Spirit.\"";
welcomingCommittee.setSize(8, 11.5, 1);
welcomingCommittee.materials = "Bronze sculpture relief, no base, can be hung on the wall, hung in a frame or placed on an easel.";
welcomingCommittee.statement = "At first I worked from photographs. The cats live in Sunnyvale, CA. I wanted to reproduce the individuality of each cat, so I spent two days at the kitchen table in LuAnns home working out the details of each head shape, nose and fur pattern. The colors of the cats are patinas, not paint.";
welcomingCommittee.description = "A grouping of five domestic shorthair cats in an oval shape frame.";
welcomingCommittee.edition = "2 of 9";
welcomingCommittee.price = 1095;
welcomingCommittee.setImages("welcomingCommittee", 1, true);
welcomingCommittee.shipping = 21.00;
welcomingCommittee.sponsor = "LuAnn and Stan Mullikin of Sunnyvale, CA";


var waiting = new Selectable("Waiting", BRONZE, FULL_FIGURE, WOMEN, SPONSOR);
waiting.quote = "In our world, it is the artist who creates our meaningful symbols for us to help us to discover another dimension to life.:Karen Armstrong, author";
waiting.setSize(13, 10.5, 10.5);
waiting.materials = "Bronze sculpture with polished verdi marble base.";
waiting.description = "A woman sits among her luggage, a bottle in her hand for sipping and her coat draped over a large steamer trunk. She is also surrounded by a hat box, a small carry box, a back pack and a bundle.";
waiting.statement ="This sculpture took more than a year to complete and multiple molds. I switched around luggage until I found the composition pleasing, dynamic and reflecting several eras, locations and levels in society."; 
waiting.edition = "2 of 9";
waiting.price = 4200;
waiting.sponsor = "Kyle, Claire and Ms Elizabeth Rogers of Walnut Creek, CA";
waiting.setImages("waiting", 3, true);
waiting.shipping = 91.00;
waiting.addCredit(Credit.FIRST_PLACE, "Fine Art Exhibition, 2007", "Bonita Museum and Cultural Center", "Bonita, CA");
waiting.addCredit(Credit.SHOW, "SDMA Artists Guild Fine Art Exhibition, 2007", "San Diego Maritime Museum", "San Diego, CA");