The GateKeeper Vs The Masquerade

The human body has been utilized in these works as a mode of exploring science fiction and personal myth. I create armors and masks that often adorn as well as obscure one’s true identity. In today’s high‐tech era, these physical metal objects relate to the creation of a digital face as seen in Facebook and other social networking media. Masks and armors are used in my work to fabricate and re‐engineer personal identity.  Industrial materials such as copper, brass, steel, and aluminum are utilized as physical adornment in addition to electrical components. By dawning the mask along with a persona, it becomes possible to indirectly provoke discomfort from the lack of true information about oneself. As the kinetic sculptor and jewelry artist Ira Sherman asks, “Are people recognizing the moral consequences of their technological achievements?”

Thank you Elaine Bezold for the excellent Photography! 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Pop Performance and Penland School of Crafts

 

 

 

 

 

A Bit of Collage in Between!

While I mostly work in Found object assemblage, metals, etc, I have been more recently experimenting with a bit of Collage for fun.

 

  

 

Pocosin Artist in Residence

Today was a spectacular day as I found out that I have been selected for the Pocosin Artist in Residency program in Eastern North Carolina! It is a great honor to have such an opportunity and I am excited to work with as well as learn from the Pocosin Arts Folk School!



The Pocosin POCOSIN ARTS FOLK SCHOOL from Minnow Media on Vimeo.

Columbia, NC, Home of POCOSIN ARTS FOLK SCHOOL from Minnow Media on Vimeo.

Pocosin Arts Folk School CABIN FEVER RELIEVER from Minnow Media on Vimeo.

Pocosin Arts Folk School ARTS in EDUCATION from Minnow Media on Vimeo.

Tea Time!!

38th Toys Designed by Artists

Today I received an email informing me that the G23 Pneum-O-Matic has been accepted for the 38th Toys Designed by Artists at Arkansas Arts Center from November 21st to January 6th! So if your in Little Rock around then, stop by, have a look, and enjoy all the great work that will be on display during the event!

Show Synopsis  

"The Toys Designed By Artists exhibition engages museum visitors, delighting young and old alike. In 1973, the Arkansas Arts Center initiated an exhibition of toys designed by artists. Inspired by Alexander Calder's circus figures of the late 1920s and early 1930s, this exhibition was launched to stimulate the imagination of both children and adults and to engage them with toys of whimsy, delight and good craftsmanship. The tradition continues this season with the 38th Toys Designed by Artists. This international juried exhibition challenges artists to take the concept of "toy" and make a personal expression - a piece of art. The wildly inventive toys selected often hearken back to the days before plastic and mass production, when all toys were handmade and, whether simple or elaborate, engaged the imagination of both maker and user."