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Excuse Me
A physical representation of the things that demand attention.
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Other One to Drop
The tapping of the shoe conjures ideas of waiting. The repetitive movement is consistent, but the slow pace adds anticipation and may even require some patience as the shoe hovers, finally taps, and repeats.
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Fully Extended
Fully Extended, 2021handrail with brackets, steel A railing extends into space balancing on one “foot”. In a body of work reflecting on structures from home and relating them to the maternal body, this piece reaches elegantly, but loses the function of the railing.
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Make and Break
A flushed baby swing mechanism moves a broom to sweep the floor referencing the monotony and ingenuity of motherhood.
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Drawings for Sculpture
Drawing, as a preliminary or reflective tool, provides a different creative mode for sculptors—one without the constraints of gravity or limits of materials. These drawings were created alongside and exhibited with a body of work called “Push Comes to Shove” about survival and ingenuity in a domestic setting.
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Tight Spots
Tight Spots, 2021towels, motors, rods, tubing(site specific) Humor and empathy meet in Tight Spots as each small towel sculpture toils away, “head down” working endlessly in an absurd yet relatable performance. As each piece in the installation works individually, yet in a similar manner, relationships are formed through space. The overtone is humorous, the undertone…
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Sink In
The spaces of the dresser are filled with water. It spills over where the sleeve of a shirt might dangle as the tiered drawers become a waterfall creating an uncanny juxtaposition.
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Made Up
Made Up is a kinetic sculptural installation in which a series of tabletops spin simultaneously referencing furniture, dance and formal gatherings while making invisible forces and air patterns visible.
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Doubled Over
The bowed posture of the “Doubled Over” embodies the phrase typically used to describe someone bent at the waist from pain or laughter.
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Swarm
A large, mechanized mobile created site specifically for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, MI that mimics the motion of a swarm of flies or bugs. A single motor slowly turns a wobbly wire apparatus which supports multiple pieces of thread occasionally holding a bit of lead and black wax. As…