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About the Artist
My art is largely inspired by midcentury architecture and design. I have long been enamored by my hometown of Wildwood, New Jersey, where midcentury architecture was prevalent throughout my childhood. By using a combination of wood, metal, and various fabrication techniques, my goal is to bring those nostalgic design elements into the future by adding my own voice. A recent favorite of mine, Atlas, employs many mediums and techniques that I use. I began by bending square bar by hand to create a rough overall shape that was slowly refined, until being tig-welded solid. I hand-cut metal tear-drop and elongated star shapes out of thin sheet metal to fill the negative space. I then adhered a walnut veneer to the elongated star pieces, carefully selecting which section of the wood grain to use for symmetry and continuity. For the teardrops, I used Photoshop to experiment with different color combinations, before masking off and painting the sculpture. The wood and metal were sealed with a lacquer to preserve the raw patina of the steel and also add depth to the walnut. While this piece had a more linear progression, that is not always the case. What is difficult to describe is the fluidity of my process, in which I arrange raw materials like building blocks letting my hands guide my creativity.
