COUNTERPARTS
2008
During my time at the Maryland Institute College of Art, I developed a passion for working with wood. This series of sculptures is a body of work generated through my studies of Japanese music and performing arts, my passion for water, and the nature of wood in a simple and unfinished form.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOULMATE (I could enter you as easily as breathing)
2008
This was the first piece I created in this body of work. I wanted to create something that reflected symmetry and had a sense of bouancy or visual intergrity of something that was free floating. Created in three separate pieces, it is attached with threaded rod as the only hardware used throughtout the entire piece.
VARIATIONS OF
THE WORD SLEEP
2008
The four sides connect to the central cube through tension of aligning holes. There is no hardware holding the piece together, and everything was cut using a bandsaw to eliminate waste between layers.
SPHAERENBEWUSSTEIN
2008
I was always intrigued by the natural flow of clay, spending much of my youth manipulating it with my hands, and there was something so theraputic about sitting down at a wheel and pulling vasious forms. These pieces were a study of form, in it's most simplistic state. The movement of circles to create an undulating curve, and the ability to round a surface visually without the necessity to smooth out any gaps.
A VOID MORE CENTRAL THAN MY SOUL
2008
In order to create a bigger form than the initial material allowed, I wanted to create a circular form that was visually one piece. It was important to create the piece so that the viewer could see it from the inside out.
WAVE
2008
As part of my Master's program, I continued the exploration of Counterparts. With an interigue for the ocean, for a cyclical understanding of how all things are related and eventually come full circle, I generated this piece. The movement of the holes to cast shadows inside and out played out like music sheets. I constructed the pedestals so that the ends would rest close to eye height and the viewer could see all the way through to the other side.