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Sculpture
Faculty
Much of my studio time is consumed exploring materials and ideas to fuel my work. This consists of generating a multitude of experiments testing new materials and new techniques, as well as traditional techniques and materials in non-traditional manners to find what best suits the piece. Through this research my concepts and forms are allowed to evolve as well as preparing me to create an efficient plan of construction. All of this makes these studies vital to my process.
One of my most distinct traits is a neurotic necessity for efficiency. This is shown in my experiments as well as the final work. My need for efficiency was fist set in motion during an extremely rigid childhood. The influence of being raised in a military family and the expected efficiency and perfection that go hand in hand with such an upbringing still hold tightly to me today. Efficiency and perfection were forced early on and I now self-impose these attributes.
All of this culminates in forms of a minimalist nature that confuse human perception. Through color, light, reflection and varying planes I am able to perplex the viewer so that what one questions what he is seeing and is drawn into the piece.
Contradictions deals with human communication. Based on the Braille language I placed white hemispheres within an enlarged grid. Braille is meant to be touched; it is how people read, how they communicate. Yet with a large expanse between each palm sized form it is impossible to communicate through touch. Instead, the language based on its tactile quality is transformed into visual language. Each form is a part of the larger whole. Seven words are created out of ninety-three hemispheres, each one of them contradicting something in the piece.