Now that Peter has come back from Burning Man and decompressed, the weight of the piece and the expenses are in the forefront of his mind.

The co-creator Colin, as well as Peter, put not only their heart and soul into the piece, they also put in their wallets.  The price tag on Fly By got to $25,000.00, and they ran out of time to complete it before leaving for the playa.

In order to try and raise some money to finish the piece, friend Alexis George has started a GoFundMe page for "Mark," the nickname some people in the shop gave him.  This manta ray is ready to fly onto bigger and better things, but it really needs your help!  If you can't donate monetarily, please go to the page and share it to Facebook.  Thank you to all our fans for your continued help.  -Team Peter Hazel

Click Here to go to the GoFundMe Page and donate.

While the Manta Ray was being worked on, we launched a series of "Fish Eye" lens photos on our Facebook page.  In case you missed them there, here they are all in one place!  The bottom photo is a bonus shot of the fire feature we weren't able to use on the playa.  Enjoy!  -Team Peter Hazel

Jane Baldrige spotted our awesome tomatoes in Yountville, CA last week and was nice enough to snap a photo.  Thanks Jane!

Peter has returned from Burning Man!  This was such an amazing year in terms of art, and we were so proud to be a part of it.  We are going to take you through the process in reverse because we know you'd like to see the finished product first!  We were featured in the RGJ with a photo, as well as having some amazing Instagramers capture "Fly By." Please check out the gallery below and email us at peter@peterhazel.com if you have any of your own pictures you'd like featured on the page!

-Team Peter Hazel

...Time I started writing down some of the adventures we are having in the studio. Seems to me there is always something going on here that could be of interest to you, my lovely readers and patrons, and this is where you’ll find it. I can’t promise a new blog every week - I have art to make after all - but I will put something down regularly, and I invite you to comment, or ask questions, or even come by the studio if you are passing and do it in person. 

The creation of this blog is part of a total re-vamp of my website, and that was initiated when we came up for air after an explosion of activity in the studio over the summer. So what were we doing? Locally King’s Beach, CA invited us to show at their art walk DeTours, and we made four beautiful fish that can be seen swimming past Plumas Bank until the end of September. 

The giant daffodil sculpture for Burning Man took up a lot of time, and figuring out how we were going to transport this 9,000 pound sculpture was also quite a challenge, but the art and the crew survived unscathed, and the awesome feedback we received made the whole adventure totally worthwhile. I already have a super cool idea for next year’s Burning Man piece, so watch this space, and be prepared to be amazed!