Mugs for Memories. Ceramic with glaze and custom printed decals. The decal confetti are abstracted from old family photographs. This work is an on going fundraiser for The Alzheimer Association. Please email for more information.
Mugs for Memories. Ceramic with glaze and custom printed decals. The decal confetti are abstracted from old family photographs. This work is an on going fundraiser for The Alzheimer Association. Please email for more information.
untitled (window series), porcelain with glaze on steel rods. 2011- on going
Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and the blurred line between inside and out. Based on experiences and time living in Japan (2008-2009), the shoji screen is a catalyst and acts, like all architectural surfaces, as epidermis and intermediary between public/private, and the defined function and interpretation of a space.
untitled (window series), porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going.
Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and the blurred line between inside and out. Based on experiences and time living in Japan (2008-2009), the shoji screen is a catalyst and acts, like all architectural surfaces, as epidermis and intermediary between public/private, and the defined function and interpretation of a space.
untitled (window series), porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going.
Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and the blurred line between inside and out. Based on experiences and time living in Japan (2008-2009), the shoji screen is a catalyst and acts, like all architectural surfaces, as epidermis and intermediary between public/private, and the defined function and interpretation of a space.
untitled (window series), porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going.
Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and the blurred line between inside and out. Based on experiences and time living in Japan (2008-2009), the shoji screen is a catalyst and acts, like all architectural surfaces, as epidermis and intermediary between public/private, and the defined function and interpretation of a space.
| Taking Form | Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University. May, 2013.
To Touch the Sky with Two Arms. Exhibition at Holding House, Detroit, MI. 2016 (detail image of recording session with artist’s family eating homemade pasta made by the artist, following the recipe of his paternal grandmother, ate off an inherited ceramic plate with contact microphone mounted underneath)
detail of homemade pasta over artist’s hands.
The Mantle, The Home, and The Window. (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detritus, collected brick from abandoned sites cast as rolled carpet the equivalent weight of one brick. 2016
The Mantle, The Home, and The Window. (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detritus, collected brick from abandoned sites cast as rolled carpet the equivalent weight of one brick. 2016
The Mantle, The Home, and The Window. (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detritus, collected brick from abandoned sites cast as rolled carpet the equivalent weight of one brick. 2016
island and sandbox. black porcelain with glaze, sheetrock, steel, concrete, paper and ink. 2016
island and sandbox. (detail) The forms were derived from casting plaster into the root cavities of temporarily removed plants in my childhood yard, and making a mold of the plaster positive. The dimensions of the table are exact to that of the island in my parents kitchen.
To Touch the Sky with Two Arms. Two person exhibition at Holding House, Detroit, MI 2016
Holding House. Custom fabricate Porcelain Tape-Cast, Plexiglass, Sheetrock, Steel. 2016
wading in without, detail image. 2018
“wading in without is a large scale sculptural installation, utilizing cast concrete platforms as ground, for a range of fabricated and found objects. Materials and forms are withdrawn directly from a dislodged and abstracted autobiographical narrative. Utilizing the artist’s childhood home as site and source, wading in without addresses broader notions around dislocation and longing, and the enduring persistence of the human spirit.”
The Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University. August-September 2018