STEEL & BOOKS
My studio was two blocks from a casting foundry, where crucibles glowed red against the night sky. Because of this experience, seeing molten steel recast into something new and useful, I always think of steel as alive, not static. These pieces play hard against soft, steel against twill tape, bluing against organza. The books I found discarded, yet still beautiful. They needed honoring, their titles providing the direction for each piece.
"Embroidery: my father, myself", 92 x 22 x 10 in, extension cord, steel, organza, 1991
"Whitman: Song of Occupations", 36 x 24 x 16 in, steel, poem on twill tape, 1991
"Sibyl", 36 x 24 x 18 in, steel, woven gum wrappers, candle, 1991
"Road Mender" 22 x 7 x 7in, wood, book, brick, 1990
"Funk and Wagnalls: 1934" 13 x 30 x 13in, mixed media, 1991
"Compression" 22 x 33 x 9in, mixed media, 1991