As a child, I would often spend time sitting on the floor of our local village hardware store creating a little world from knobs, hinges, pulleys, and anything else shiny. Since then I have developed a decorative aesthetic that explores relationships between decorative art, novelties, manufacturing, consumer appeal, and hand-crafted objects. My inspiration is often derived from seeking a resolution between today's consumer marketplace culture and an idealized American past. I seek to unite hand-crafted and fabricated components with altered & deconstructed found objects, commercially available parts, decorative accents, household hardware, jewelry findings, and sewing accessories. Each sculpture may be temporary and often reconfigured, a collection of parts physically held together by tension.
Parts of Spinner, A Balancing Act lived in a drawer whose contents I tinkered with while contemplating time. At some point, I found the ending for this one, but there are still more parts.
HORSEHAIR SCULPTURES
A series of small to mid size sculptures that utilize horsehair repurposed from violin bows, altered objects, metal, and hardware to explore physics, materiality, and narrative.
A Blessing and a Curse
A Blessing and a Curse
A Blessing and a Curse
Brass, Thimble, Steel, & Hardware
24" x 10" x 6"
2005
Undetermned Apparatus Circa 2005
Undetermned Apparatus Circa 2005
Undetermined Apparatus Circa 2005
Brass, Bushing, Horsehair, Springs, & Wood
32" x 10" x 4"
2005
Undetermined Apparatus 2008
Undetermined Apparatus 2008
Undetermined Apparatus 2008
Horsehair recycled from violin bows, brass, sewing machine oil funnel, jewelry findings, & springs
19.5" x 2" x 3"
2008
Music Boxes
Mele Chair
Mele Chair
Mele Chair
Mele Chair
Mele Chair
11” x 4” x 5” Found & altered commercially available parts, brass, & music movement
2006, 2016
Commissioned for Sculpture Space’s 2006 Chairity Auction Honorary Chair by The Mele Foundation-affiliated with the Mele Jewelry Box Company.
*Play’s Brahms’ Lullaby
All I Want II
All I Want II
All I Want II
Gift Card, MP3 player packaging, Music Box Movement, Ballerina, Cast/found or altered parts.
2.25 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Open 5 x 3.75 x 2.5 inches
2008
*Play’s Brahms’ Lullaby
All I Want I
All I Want I
2006 Barbie ornament, mirrored Best Buy gift card, & door stop
8" x 5" x 3"
2007
ON THE ROAD & MECHANICALS
The Carriage
The Carriage
The Carriage & The Golden Highway
The Carriage & The Golden Highway
The Carriage and the Golden Highway
Altered found & commercially available parts, eyeglass screws, forged metals, auto filler, touch-up paint & lights
3" x 2" x .75" (carriage only) 10” x 37” x 5” (display included)
2005-2007
15 Miles
15 Miles
15 Miles
15 Miles
Fifteen Miles
Steel, Concrete, & Hardware
2.5" x 36" x 14" long unit. Intallation is approx. 15 feet long
2005
The Hand that Rocks
The Hand that Rocks
The Hand that Rocks
The Hand that Rocks
The Hand that Rocks
The Hand that Rocks
Cast bronze, steel, altered found & commercially available parts
21” x 2.5” x 30”
2005
The arm can be positioned by turning the bobbins with a key. The arm hangs from the bobbins with beading wire & jewelry closures. There is a tunnel in the brass that runs the length to the shovel.
My Magic Wand
My Magic Wand
My Magic Wand
Forged Brass, found & altered commercially available parts
12" x 7" x 3" as shown- extends to 34.”
2008
*The Brass Wand has magnetic tip & is attached to a retractable chain/ cord. The handle is a
promotional pen part. The base is made of pen parts, cosmetic jar lids & a large magnet.
