Drinking Straws
“Waverly,” site specific sculpture in private home. Repurposed drinking straws, resin, acrylic panels, hotmelt glue, acylic paint, 7’x5’x5’, 2019
“Waverly,” detail shot of poured resin puddles and drips, site specific sculpture in private home, drinking straws, resin, acrylic panels, hotmelt glue, acylic paint, 7’x5’x5’, 2019
Opposites Attract
Drilled holes in sheetrock wall, drinking straws, earth magnets
approximately 18” x 24” x 12” (varies)
Description: Interactive wall installation. Viewers are encouraged to re-compose the drinking straws that are attracted to the other drinking straws due to the pre-inserted magnets
Drip
Drilled holes in sheetrock wall, drinking straws, house paint, hotmelt glue; installation at Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR
12’ x 5’x 3’
Drip (detail)
Drilled holes in sheetrock wall, drinking straws, house paint, hotmelt glue; installation at Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR
12’ x 5’x 3’
Drip (detail)
Drilled holes in sheetrock wall, drinking straws, house paint, hotmelt glue; installation at Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR
12’ x 5’x 3’
“Oh Varian Sea”
The origin of “Oh Varian Sea” came from finding unusual used lab equipment in a chicken coop while I was on a residency in California. Mulling over the damaging effects of industrialization and consumer culture on the natural landscape, “Oh Varian Sea” is an imagined scientific landscape. In this piece, the mysterious lab sample explodes into a synthetic wonderland composed not only of the found scientific objects, but also miscellaneous debris, pvc pipes, multi-colored wires, and electric green drinking straws linked together, suggesting slime tubes. With references to nature and the blooming spring, this lab-scape, as the title suggests, is a play on production, reproduction, and the spirit of growth. Plastic drinking straws, mixed media
12’ x 9’ x 10’
Air-Orogeny
Site-specific installation at Weir Farm Art Center, CT. Plastic drinking straws, pvc pipe, monofilament, pipe cleaners, mixed media
12' x 9' x 10'
Air-Orogeny
Detail
Compulsive Consumer Cartography
Site-specific installation at Governors Island Art Fair. Plastic drinking straws, pvc pipe, monofilament, pipe cleaners, mixed media
8' x 9' x 10'
Compulsive Consumer Cartography
Detail at Governors Island Art Fair
Varian Sea
Floor installation composed of silica disks, laboratory equipment, water, cut drinking straws, multi-colored polymers, pompoms, and wire
Varian Sea
Detail
Varian Sea
Detail
Varian Sea
Detail
Varian Sea Revisited
Cut drinking straws, multi-colored polymers, pompoms, wire, watercolor on paper
Varian Sea Revisited
Detail
Varian Sea Revisited
Detail
Green Window
Site-specific window installation composed of plastic drinking straws, pompoms, Pearler Beads, colored wire
5' x 3' x 1"
Perelandria
Plastic drinking straws, pompoms, Pearler Beads, colored wire, illuminated pedestal
5 1/2" x 23" x 20"
Perelandra
Detail
Perelandra
Alternate view
Crawling Inside
Plastic straws and q-tips
10" x 10" x 8"
Crawling Inside
Back view
Swelling
Plastic drinking straws, pompoms, Pearler Beads, colored wire, mylar, packing balls, thermometer, electrical light
18" x 32" x 32"
Swelling
Alternate view
Swelling
Alternate view
Trap
Plastic drinking straws, colored wire, q-tips, pompoms, mirrored animals
18" x 15" x 12"
Trap
Detail
Fire Fungus Bluff
Plastic drinking straws, Pearler Beads, plastic pizza ring
5" x 16" x 4"
Fire Fungus Bluff
Alternate View
From a Home
Mixed media
10" x 13" x 13"
From a Home
Alternate view
Hormone Fertility Goddess
Pearler Beads, mylar, drinking straws, sewing pins, graphite, paper, pompoms
6 1/2" x 6" x 6"