Line is the most simplistic element in art; it has often been viewed as only a two dimensional element. However, I am concerned with the articulation of line in space and how it is used to produce sculpture. Through the use of simplistic lines I produce complex sculpture.
Traditionally clay is used to make very substantial pieces that are solid or hollow. My structures, however, are rather fragile and linear, making clay an interesting choice of material. Also, clay is from the earth, and one of the most primal mediums. For me clay represents the one of humanity's most basic connections to working with ones hands, a significance that seems to be greatly overlooked in today's culture, but one that is greatly needed.
By participating in the extremely laborious process of making thousands of components that come together to construct larger overall forms, I hope to connect with the physicality and the intellectual rigor of making objects, while also demonstrating the ever-growing importance of labor/craftsmanship in the work I make and the world we inhabit. Also by choosing to hand build each individual link, I hope to illustrate my current body of work is about extreme repetition, not replication.
The obsessive quality of the way i work factors into the final pieces that i produce. Hopefully the work is an interesting insight into methods of making, especially that of building many similar, but not identical objects.