Lost and Found



Lost and Found, transit gallery 2006
installation view



My working process goes through different phases.  There is the 'making phase' at the end, which is the most intense, but before any of that can happen, there is the essential 'collecting' phase.  I used to worry that I'd run out of 'stuff' and then where would I be?  The treasures that I have been saving for many years went in to the work, and it was terrifying to think of losing them.  But then I realized that there were always more things to be found.

Lost and Found was an exhibition that celebrated the oddities and random rusty bits that I have gathered.  Working on a small scale, about 5x7", each box focused on a few specially selected items, turning rusty bits of metal, scraps of bone, game pieces and more into carefully-crafted objects.  It was a lot of fun, and went on to inform my approach to design in a lot of other works.



Lost & Found: Examined, 2006
mixed media, 5x7x3"

Lost & Found: Growth, 2006
mixed media, 5x7x3"

Lost & Found: Womb, 2006
mixed media, 5x7x3"

Lost & Found: Substructure, 2006

mixed media, 5x7x3"