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My work could be described as metonymies, which Webster's
Dictionary defines as, "the use of one word for another that
it may be expected to suggest." By further extension, I would
say this literal definition comes closest to describing the conceptual
process and sculptural format I utilize. That is, my research process
involves the identification of those extant objects whose form and
previous function suggest to me the potential for new objects: hybrid
forms with multiple contexts. These new forms act as receptacles
for the memory of their original whole and at the same time as transmitters
of the new identities by the nature of their abstraction and installation.
My most recent wall sculptures are a further evolution of these
ideas, in that they explore the function of memory, and the role
of universal symbols. These sculptures, though primarily abstractions,
appear to refer to something previously "known." When
a number are placed in juxtaposition, a language or reading is suggested.
It is my intent that this research, coupled with the commonality
of their primary formal sources, results in sculptures which are
at once familiar, yet enigmatic, specific yet evocative, and practical
yet universal.
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