1
2
3
4
With my latest body of work, Functional Abjects, I bring the outside in and the inside out, by overlaying the domestic space with the greater built-environment around us. With this work, I perform the surrealist trick of merging dissonant forms and surfaces into oddly functional objects. The first pieces in this new series take the lowly manhole cover and the accessible curb cut as sources. Through this new piece, I turn my gaze towards the lowly cast-off mattress. These liminal objects, while being completely forgettable, often carry their own markers that serve to plant them firmly within a specific context. So, what does it do to uproot these dirty old things and take them from the street to make them a place for your precious objects?
Stemming from an ongoing interest in generating new forms using computer aided design and machining technologies, I have incorporated photogrammetry into my process. Photogrammetry is the creation of digital 3D meshes from multiple photographs of an object or environment. Once these meshes are created, I manipulate them in the computer and mill them from solid wood. After that, they are coated with steel, patinated, and sealed. They can be treated as a precious art object to be stared at, or used as a quotidian object to catch your citrus fruit or your spare change.