New Work for CORE Show 2010

Shipwreck

Large Flyer

Small Flyer

Generator

These are 4 sculptures I finished recently and will be in the 2010 CORE Show at the Penland Gallery opening October 8th.

Research!

Thank you Libraries of UVA.

Paint Samples

I am currently in Charlottesville, Virginia. There is a bridge near the Art Department building where students paint murals advertising events (the "Beta" Bridge). This has been going on since at least the 60's, and over the years these millimeter thick layers of paint have added up to over an inch of paint over the whole bridge. I was curious what a cross section sample would reveal, and above are the results. Pretty amazing and beautiful. This is from a relatively thin section, but you can see the amazing variations created by years and years of information layering. I'm not sure what to do with these objects, but stay tuned.

And, speaking of information layers, the UVA Library system is an incredible resource.

Current Topics of Research:

Technical Ceramic Material and Chemistry

Space Architecture

"Primitive"/ Vernacular Architecture

Swimming Pool History/ Construction/ Conceptual Ramifications

Historic Porcelain (Wedgwood)

Airplane and Ship Design

Gene Wolfe/ Book of the New Sun Scholarship

Vessel Chainsawed

I tried to create a vessel with the least amount of effort; using a chainsaw, I limited myself to 6 cuts, plus an indention on the top creating a cavity. It is cherry wood covered in a mixture of raw clay and milk paint, and gesso in the cavity.