“The Old Fashioned Way”, feed bags, plastisol, landscaping tarp, packing plastic, and resin on MDF, 40x40”, 2024
“Attic Chorus”, coroplast, plastisol, aluminum oxide, and resin on MDF, 25.5x25.5”, 2024
“White Flag”, printer cleaning roller, billboard tarp, packing plastic, landscaping tarp, and resin on MDF, 24x24”, 2024
this little artifact was finally ready to meet its neighbors
“According to the Shadows”, packing plastic, coroplast, ash, and resin on shipping crate veneer and tarp, 72x48”, 2023
smelt, carve, pour, remove
metal casting into wood has its pros and cons
both can be seen here
to be continued…
“The Scroll Marked Six”, billboard tarp, printer cleaning roller, feed bags, landscaping tarp, wood, and resin, 132x91”, 2024
At 11 by 7 1/2 feet this is the largest work I’ve made so far, and is the culmination of months of (mostly failed) experiments with billboard tarp. I didn’t start it until a week before I had to leave for the show. I “saved it for last” on purpose (at least that’s what I told myself in an attempt to feel better).
There’s something about the immediacy of working with a hard stop looming that I’ve developed a love/hate relationship with. I’ve found that the absence of space to overthink produces a different type of focus and dependence on intuiton over intellectualization (@tynathanclark and I discussed this during a recent episode of @justmakeartpodcast). It’s stressful, but it’s a useful kind of stress- especially when paired with a perspective that it will ultimately be what it is supposed to be.
This all led to what became a love letter to layers (each area has anywhere between 7-15). There’s always something else hidden beneath what is seen- something else to expose. Excavating what’s underneath by cutting, scraping, and tearing is the part of the process that I look forward to the most. I have an idea what’s underneath, but I still get surprised by how it presents itself when uncovered.
I love the red stitching from the landscaping bags (last slide) but my favorite feature became the “cotton candy peekeaboos” created by the printer cleaning roller (5th slide).
These little clues are only noticeable up close- with a little digging and some investigation.
To be continued…
Sand casting:
My deep dive into the wonderful world of smelting and casting metal has led me to try a few different methods of mold-making.
For some of them I followed the rules. Others, not so much. Casting in loose sand like this falls squarely in the second category.
But since liquid metal is bad for your skin (the copper I’m using here has a melting point of 1,983 degrees F / 1,083 C), I am definitely following the rules that pertain to safety.
To be continued…
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#metalcasting #copperart #sandcasting #safetyfirst
details
process
etc
any thing / any where / any how
any thing
billboard tarp, hay ale netting, crushed brick, copper piping, printer ink, feed bags, electrical wiring, packing crates, coffee filters, shopping bags, coroplast, venting tin, shipping plastic, roofing tin, ash, rusted metal
any where
streams, dumpsters, construction sites, festivals, the beach, the woods, the side of the road
any how
melting, carving, ripping, dissecting, grinding, assembling, burning, stealing, sharing, cutting, attaching, recording, consuming, dissolving, pouring
this pretty much summarizes the last year or so
to be continued…
from billboard trash to art
What was once an advertisement on the side of the road is now something else. I call it art, but I’m open to being told otherwise.
#upcycledart #repurposedart #foundart #abstractartist
“What the Salt Said”, pallet wood, billboard tarp, paint, ash, and resin, 24x24”, 2024
“Do Not Be Afraid”, plastisol, resin, packing plastic, and terra cotta on MDF and sheet metal, 72x40”, 2023
copper & stream trash
carving & placing
On Touching Things
I have come to cherish time spent handling material, moving it around, attempting my best impression of organization.
relationships form
ideas multiply
menus of options develop
I was journaling about this today and thought I’d hop on a live and share. I try to share what I like, and I like seeing how creatives of all types go about their process.
These are just my observations- anything that looks like I might know what I’m doing is purely accidental. I don’t know if any of this is useful or interesting, but it happened, so here it is. 🤷🏻♂️🤣
The Brutal Edit
“Through this brutal edit we change our relationship to it. We come to understand its underlying structure and realize what truly matters, to disconnect from the attachment of making it and see it for what it is.”
-Rick Rubin
Listening back to The Creative Act by @rickrubin this morning. I have found that this brutal approach of editing works well for me.
It’s an attempt to disconnect the process of making from what the process makes.
It reminds me that none of this material is precious, and everything is free to be dismissed.
To be continued…
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#artprocess #artstudio #rickrubin
“The Old Fashioned Way”, feed bags, plastisol, landscaping tarp, packing plastic, and resin on MDF, 40x40”, 2024
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#abstractart #texturedart #repurposedart
There is no “right way”
There is no linear path from here to there
Experiment recklessly
Fail gloriously
It probably won’t work
But it also might
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From our latest episode of @justmakeartpodcast- available on all podcast platforms.
Special thanks to @laweekly for this article!
(I’d add more words here, but there are already plenty of good ones in the piece)
“Twenty One”, packing plastic, resin, plastisol, and MDF, 40x40”, 2023
