This is Bob in England in 1969 and was sent to me to point out the fact that the English had made Rhinos over a century before I did. I was making African Animals at the time.

This piece, "Funk John" was rejected from the "California Ceramics" show in Oakland in 1963 and was replaced with "Ernst" becasue of the ceramic feces or as Arneson called them, "ceramic emblems", inside the toilet. "Ernst" also had ceramic emblems under the tie but these somehow got past the curators.

Another picture of Funk John taken in TB-9. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a picture of the inside of this piece.

This was one of the most heavily "crafted" things made. Tiles had to be glued on a wood base and the inside of the toilet was lined with fur. The feces inside this cast aluminum toilet was enameled and Bob refered to them as Op Art Turds. This piece is the culmination of the previous toilets and was the last toilet made.

Close up of the Op Art Turds.

No Deposit, No Return 1962.

7-up 1964. This is a stoneware sculpture using a mixture of high fire and low fire glazes.

Diet Cola 1962

Red Armed Pot 1962. This is a piece that was made prior to Bob's arrival at TB-9. I babysat his kids to earn this pot. Wish I still had it!

Ernst (1963) was a bronze shirt and tie. This piece replaced the rejected Funk John in the "California Ceramics" show in Oakland.

1964 can of Crisco with some of the delicious, nutritious things made with it coming out of the can.

This is a stoneware pot made for the first Christmas Pot Sale in 1963. Pot sales were usually held about twice a year to raise a little extra money. A surprising number of these are still hanging around in homes in the Davis area.