Pete and I took this photo one windy night at a very busy Mesquite/Gene Autry intersection with headlights whooshing by. I can't pass th...

Time is on my mind. Not lack of it, or schedules, but the nature of it. Something tugs at my edges, gently, relentlessly. Papier mache popp...

These photos were taken at the home of Kenny Irwin, a Palm Springs artist who likes making giant robots from found objects. It's afte...

It's Christmas Eve. A few hours ago we stopped doing Christmas-Eve stuff, Orion and Pete and me, and put on our coats and got in the car...

Not everything has to come from a store... We mangle boxes that would normally just be thrown out. It seems not a terrible idea to keep a p...

I have now decided that what it takes to hand paint 123 Little Red Poppets to look exactly the same is: 1. many hours 2. the mind of a se...

I suited this Little Red Poppet up in a safety orange parka. Soon, it will accompany our friend Lawrence to Equador for a mountain expedi...

David Kirkpatrick and his lovely daughter Alia (who is nine) have made a Poppet movie, called Book Tour. It can be found here: www.lisasnell...

As of this Saturday afternoon, the Lisa's Winter Art Sale is open. We're still listing things for the ebay auctions so feel free t...

A little sneak preview: Inertia Today, just two days from the opening of the Winter Sale, we work on the kinetic fortune teller. Ben tinkers...

If ever there was a blustery day, this is it. Behind me, through the window, the sails we put up in the summer to protect us from the sun ...

I'd thought to have a sort of winter queen poppet for the holidays, so last week I started painting some poppets, looking for the 'r...

I have no words of wisdom tonight, fool that I am. I’ve been making poppets though. Lots of poppets. And toy...things. I can always mak...

The War of the Monsters booms and crashes behind me. Ben and Orion duke it out. Sometimes you’ve gotta forget about the alphabet, left and...

Possibly it's the current marathon reading of Chomsky's work that has me so language-conscious. Orion, seeing what Winter left for ...

Orion and I are off tomorrow, in search of colder air and adventures. It will be his first trip on an airplane. We may wave from there, i...

I'm incredibly glad I attended the World Fantasy Convention for the same reasons as last time I did. I'm incredibly exhausted as we...

yeah, i couldn't resist one more hijacking while Lisa is gone <maniacal laughter> i'm reposting this from my friends Ego Liken...

hehe, ravyn here....... this time it's really me <cackle> While Lisa is at the World Fantasy Con , i've decided to hijack her...

Phillip sent these two photos. They have nothing to do with one another, really. Poppets on a grenade do what poppets on anything do....