Glassy Confines

Visual meditation
Passive observer
Silent witness

The mannequin’s reflected world is a constant interplay of light and shadow, form and void.

“The soul does not become intellectual except by coming into contact with things through the senses.” – Thomas Aquinas

Illuminative Display

Color balance
Flux per
Unit area

Complex radiation within a confined space.

“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber

Reflective Lids

Tone touch
Tuning stability
Long life

Between equally good functional products the user will choose the more beautiful.

“There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.” – Sigrid

Sense of Dynamism

Natural world
Creative power
Intricate design

Order and harmony underlie the universe.

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

Traces of Presence

Tangible impact
Direct physical effect
Deeply into place

The condition of thought and experience as a contingent unit of the always-already present.

“I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.” – Jacques Derrida

Herco

Imperial
620 snap shot
Camera

The Herbert George company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945 manufactured a slew of simple plastic cameras.

“The lenses are simple meniscus glass lenses, with a fixed aperture of about f/11 and shutter speed of about 1/30- 1/60 sec.” – Mark O’Brien

Underlying Tensions

Intersecting lines
Foundation scaffolding
Visual narrative

Art can reveal the grid as a human construct, subject to will and interpretation.

“Art becomes so specialized as to be comprehensible only to artists, and they complain bitterly of public indifference to their work.” – Wassily Kandinsky

Since 1959

Nietzschean perspectivism
Fragmented and overlapping
Reflectivity

By presenting no single,coherent message, the image reflects a multitude of possible interpretations.

“The eternal recurrence is the most affirmative thought.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Repurposed

Hand Forged
Wrought Iron
Meat Hooks

Breathing new life into old materials.

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.” – Carl Sandburg

Heart of a Greenhouse

Complex interplay
Forces converge
Within confines

The greenhouse, with its constant flux of light, temperature, and humidity, embodies the notion of process.

“The actual world is a process, and every actual entity is a process of concrescence.” – Alfred North Whitehead

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