Collection: Houston Llew

35 products
Allure
Allure
Allure
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Andiamo
Andiamo
Andiamo
Ascent
Ascent
Ascent
Balancing Act
Balancing Act
Balancing Act
Bubbly
Bubbly
Bubbly
Cherish
Cherish
Cherish
Corduroy
Corduroy
Corduroy
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Depth Perception
Depth Perception
Depth Perception
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Dreambound
Dreambound
Dreambound
Elysian
Elysian
Elysian
Fair Winds
Fair Winds
Family Tree
Family Tree
Family Tree
Flourish
Flourish
Fresh Ride
Fresh Ride
Fresh Ride
Joyride
Joyride
Joyride
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Liquid Courage
Liquid Courage
Liquid Courage
Meander
Meander
Meander
Miracle
Miracle
Miracle
Mushroom
Mushroom
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Nurture
Nurture
Nurture
Peace
Peace
Peace
Perfect
Perfect
Perfect
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Ride the River
Ride the River
Ride the River
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Sancerre
Sancerre
Sancerre
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Sea Mate
Sea Mate
Sea Mate
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Solace
Solace
Solace
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Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach
Tack
Tack
Tack
Take Off!
Take Off!
Take Off!
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Tardis
Tardis
Tardis
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Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita
Turner Heart II
Turner Heart II
Turner Heart II
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Untamed
Untamed
Untamed
Walk With Me
Walk With Me
Walk With Me
Wing It
Wing It
Wing It

I started enameling in a poorly constructed leaning garage in Atlanta.  I was unemployed in the middle of the great recession during a record breaking hot summer.  Through fortuitous circumstances, I befriended the master enamelist Zingaro, I shadowed the artist around his studio until he gave me the keys to enameling that would later evolve into my first works - Spiritiles.

For months I spent every waking hour over a kiln, experimenting, sketching, living on only "ramen and beer".  The only reason my art exists today is because I had no other option - no job to fall back on, no security other than what I could create myself. Tenacity keeps me going.  When one thing doesn’t work, step back, retool, and try a new path.

I love spitballing ideas and trying seemingly crazy things just to see if they work. By harnessing that constant experimentation, art evolves.  That’s how it’s possible to create a dueling form  of enameled imagery and with bending stories and quotes out of context into something entirely new…I call it “design” but it’s something unnamed. 

What pushes me forward is the uplifting thoughts and musings. This is the cornerstone of my work- creating art that uplifts, and brings a hopeful connection to life.

- houston