bronze

A view of the sculpture showing rusty rings, the bronze bezel, and the lens

Myopia

Scrap steel, cast bronze, brass wire, reclaimed glass lens12″ x 12″ x 12″ This fanciful navigation device, fabricated loosely after an armillary sphere, is a representation of our own internal universe. At the center of an armillary sphere is the…

Baba Yaga's House

Baba Yaga’s House

3.5″ x 5″Cast glass, bronze, brass Still wrapped up in walking house imagery. Took a break to focus on more whimsical folk stories, like Baba Yaga and her house in the forest with chicken feet.

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American Dream 2: Fairbanks, AK

Bronze, bronze braising wire, patina10” x 38” x 10″ This piece is a continuation of my experience living on discontinuous permafrost. The dynamic nature of ground in Interior Alaska cannot be understated. Houses are built on unstable ground, and sometimes…

An angled bird's eye view of this sculpture to showcase texture and surface.

The Navigator

Bronze, reclaimed glass lens, brass bezel6.5″ x 9″ x 2″ This piece is an introspective reflection on the forces that have lead my path through life. What will I be? Where will I live? How have I come to be…

A ladle cast from bronze

Food Issues, Bronze

What does it look like to shorten the distance between an individual and the food that person desires? What if one’s mouth was part of the utensil? This piece became an exploration into casting the inside of my mouth. It…

Food Security

This project, Food Security, is the intersection of my interest in and experience foraging, and the Roman practice of making death masks. These masks, imagines maiorum, were made from beeswax which made remarkable likenesses of the deceased. The mask here…