Black Walnut, Ash, Poplar
Poplar, Steel
Peppervine, Charlotte, NC
Poplar
17" x 20" x 17"
Poplar, Acrylic
23' x 2'2" x 8' (each)
poplar, bronze, stone
poplar, bronze, stone
6' x 6' x 6'5"
Teak, Black Walnut, Ash, Brass wire
8" X 8" x 45"
Pine, Steel Cable
9' x 14' x 12'
Pine, Steel Cable
9' x 14' x 12'
Hackberry, Rainbow Poplar, White Oak, Ash, Black Walnut, Red Oak, Yarn,
Hackberry, Rainbow Poplar, White Oak, Ash, Black Walnut, Red Oak, Yarn
6' x 3'9" x 6'
Black Walnut, Ash
8'6" x 2'3" x 5'3"
The memories we create are often subjected to strong emotional upheavals, which cause an unexpected confusion. With this piece I am looking at the order of our memories and the measure of the chaos found in their interruption. There is an impending bedlam found throughout the natural world. How do we measure this? Entropy is the idea that we can measure this disruption. The entropic idea is only possible with some sort of order present. We must look at both the disorder and the order to fully understand it. In having such a philosophical, non-earthly idea, how then to best represent it in a tangible form? I believe this can be found through material that has connections to the human physicality.
To work with walnut and oak seemed only natural in that as with a trees rings we as humans show signs of aging. It is through the grain of the wood that we can see the order and disorder contained within; its own organization of memories.
In this piece I chose to work in somewhat figural forms to help ignite an interest that allows the viewer to find an initial connection. With this initial connection the viewer can now it turn look at their own memories and the perceived organization of them. To be able to look at our own disruptions on our memory allows us to see our own humanness.
white oak, black walnut, cement, steel
18" x 36" x 84" (avg. each)
