Work > sociotecture

group of drawings
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2022
detail of drawings
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2023
drawing #8
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2022
drawing #5
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2022
drawing #7
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2022
drawing #10
earthenware with terra sig and washes
2022
For Sale: poolside lake view of the ocean
ceramic, maple, embroidery floss, linen on plywood, acrylics, paper, poplar, varnish
2022
flat tire on a Sunday
earthenware with terra sig, alder, drop cloth, linen on plywood, acrylics, graphite, rim tape, oak, nail
2022
wet foot
earthenware with terra sig, linen on plywood, maple, poplar, charcoal, acrylics
2022
they grow lemons over there
earthenware, acrylics, varnish, embroidery floss, charcoal, maple, poplar dowels
2022
blueberry
maple, oak dowels, earthenware, varnish, acrylics, spray paint, embroidery floss, graphite, Sculpey
2022
drawing #12
stoneware with terra sig,cone 10
2022
no love letters from the future
cone 1, soda fired earthenware, terra sig
21 x 7.5 x 11"
2022
2022
"purple noses"
cone 1, soda fired earthenware, terra sig
2022
"sunny side up"
cone 1, soda fired earthenware, terra sig
2022
the sunrise is never late
diptych, soda fired earthenware, terra sig, cone 1
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
without the map
cone 1, soda fired earthenware, terra sig
2022
more than flowers are growing
cone 1, soda fired earthenware, terra sig
2022
2022
2022
2022
Projected Fallacy
glazed earthenware, slip, underglaze
6 x 7.5 x3
2020
Flaccid-Scape
ceramic, thread, paint, plywood, newsprint, varnish
24x26x6
2018
Palm Tree, Palm Tree, Palm Tree
ceramic, slip, pine, plywood, paint, varnish, shirt
24x18x8
2018
Manifest Fallacy II
ceramic, thread, plywood, paint, varnish
24x18x3
2018
It Wasn't On the Map
ceramic, thread, newsprint, plywood, paint, varnish
24x18x3
2018
2018
2018

Work in this gallery explores the relationship of space and identity. The ethno-scape is a concept from Arjun Appadurai, an anthropologist and cultural theorist, who researched the complex network of spatial and object relations embedded in our cultural expressions or concepts. This is an influential framework within my practice as I consider the geologic nature of identity - our ideas of who we are have as much to do with the conceptual work we do as it does with our navigating the physical and material world around us. We are thrust into the world and we create an amazing patchwork of meaning oriented by a constantly fluctuating cultural-compass. Socio-tecture takes the relationship in a new direction with an attunement towards labor and craft. I am interested in exploring the nature of identity and social relations in the context of fabrication, craft and labor. Primarily I am interested in the communal nature of being and unpacking the various ways a society oriented towards individuality creates unethical tools for shaping identity. Space. Identity. Craft. These are fraught sites of cultural activity and subject to the unethical power dynamics of contemporary politics.