Peter Leue Designer/Craftsman

Cigarette Smoker

1997. Corian and cigarette holder. Precarious ash is terminated with a glowing "ember" that is intended to look like one long, last drag on a cigarette.  The two "grain of sand" bulbs in the center of antique velvet eye sockets glow continuously. The laminated, carved Corian was modeled after a real human skull.

Stolen

Homage to Horace

1997. Mixed media. When the crank on the base is turned, a bellows is activated, and Horace puffs smoke from the pipe via a model railroad engine smoke generator. French glass eyes are covered by leather eyelids, making them appear to be in a dream-like state. The hat, which inspired this sculpture, belonged to a gentleman friend of Peter's mother-in-law, who died of emphysema.

Stolen.

Pot Smoker

1997. Mixed media. This smoker was inspired by a friend's sunglasses, left in the woodshop. It represents the quintessential stoner whose eyes light up as the joint is lit by opening the "stash." It also conveys the essence of Peter's friend.

Price on request.

Pot Smoker "Lit"

Detail of the lit smoker with illuminated eyes and joint tip. Stash was created with a Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger tea box and sawdust-filled "joints."

Confessions, 25 Cents

1998.  Mixed media. Through the use of a digital voice recorder mounted in his neck, the Holy One hears "confessions" through microphones mounted in his ears.  The stole provides detailed "commandments" on the proper way to leave a message intended to be passed on to the next listener.  First Place in show: 16^th Northeast Fine Crafts Exhibit curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Art and Design), NYC.  Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY.

Head of the Holy One, Confessions, 25 Cents

1998. Close up of the head of the Holy One.

Confessions, 25 Cents

Face of the Holy One. Peter was introduced to the plastic he made the ears from at a rehab center, after severing his right forefinger, now successfully reattached.

Hunter/Measurer

1997. Mixed media. Leather cartridge belt, with nickel-plated 45 calibre blanks, and Sheriff's hat. Peter's first "wearable" sculpture, which was part of a series of sculptures that featured iconic hats.

Stolen.

Hunter/Measurer (extended)

1997. Detail of the six-foot measuring tape attached to the stylized phallic portion of the sculpture.

Stolen.

Brunhilde

1997. Mixed media. Functioning radio, with antenna in helmet. The volume control and tuner are the aluminum breast cups. The speaker is in her mouth.

Price on request.

Riveting Stare

1997. Mixed media. Metal mask connected to touch-sensitive circuitry that lights the mysterious eyes at three levels of illumination. Finial on helmet is an antique harpoon tip.

Private collection.

Time Bomb

Rocket Gnome

1997. Mixed media. When picked up, the bullet counter-weight opens the mask to a terrified stare.

Price on request.