New York based artist who specialises in Reliquarium Art
Some Secrets Should Stay Secret, 2010
Found bottle on wooden stand containing instructions on how to build a ship in a bottle
Winning Bingo, Losing Bingo, 2011
Two matching frames containing one single winning bingo card and a large uncounted quantity of losing bingo cards, each with a hand stamped metal plate.
The Entire Life of This Pen, 2011
ballpoint pen and paper in a handmade frame constructed of antique wood and glass
What is more
important to you, the subject of the work or the way it is executed?
This is a really
interesting question, I could probably rant about it for an eternity. I'm
interpreting it to mean the dichotomy between my ideas and my craft.
In my work, I'm
very concerned with the execution (construction of the shadowboxes, the mounting,
materials, etc) because I constantly find myself giving weight and importance
or celebrating and drawing attention to some fairly diminutive objects and
ideas. A solid and thoughtful construction and execution lead the admirer to
want to spend time with the artwork. I did struggle and toil with woodworking
and a poor shop and little knowledge of tools, it took some time (and some
neighbors in Manhattan that hated me for running a table saw in my living room)
for me to really get it down, and become confident and quick in executing my
artwork that it has allowed my ideas to flourish. I enjoy working quickly and I
have a hard time leaving things unfinished at the end of the day, but the
hardest part for me is to learn patience and skill within my craft, to really
refine my craftsmanship. I'm lucky that I haven't had a very long stretch of a
lack of ideas (I know at some point it will happen) But, to conclude... the
conceptual aspect of my work is the most important to me, but the execution is
what makes it worth looking at.
