Mouth Biships at the Stonewall

TwinkleToes and Perry Kroeger as "Mouth Bishops" for the gay pride parade New York City

Inspirations: Forms conjured from the past; vessels, baskets, bowls.

Integrated with the elements, fire, water, stone & experienced in a contemporary cultural environment.

Design: The design was collaborative effort between Brian and Matthew aka TwinkleToes.

The forms were loosly derived from the basketry crafted by the early indigenous people of Coastal California.

This work was a commission for the National Parks Service, Surfrider Foundation, and Burning Man, as the piees were to be experienced in nature the choice of using basalt as a material was made and was inspired by its inherent close connection with the natural world, fire, and water.

Cat's Cradle -by Matthew TwinkleToes & Tomi Paasonen, with Te'Sek, Moss, Mike Kolowska & Brian Malley

A sculptural play-space, in which participants dance and weave a web of white string, using the steel sculpted hands. Cat’s Cradle is a musical instrument. The sculptures are wired so that as a participant touches it sounds are created thus a minimal ambient hypnotic sound-design will accompany their thoughts as they weave their own paths through the space between the hands inspiring people to dance in relation to the web and hands.


The more people weave, the denser the web will become. Thus each participant has to face the actions and paths of previous players. The white string represents our path through life, our patterns, memory, and neurological network, as well as the consequences and interconnectedness of our own and other people’s actions.