Towards a New Reality 2014
Made from my retired Ford Explorer, a Red Oak tree that blew over during Hurricane Sandy and aluminum. This piece will be reinstalled as my daughter's playhouse in our yard.
Playhouse Humans have technologically removed themselves from the earth and its natural systems throughout the ages. In the Stone Age the homosapiens were connected to the earth in ways that we can only imagine. Their architectural shelters were made in the earth, of the earth.
With the advancements in the enslavement of animals, agriculture, and the ownership of property came the transition from a direct connection to the earth and its natural systems to an indirect connection. The Stone Age technologies were truly sustainable. Our houses and our shelters are being threatened by the changing climate and it will take more resources to build and rebuild the shelters that succumb to the forces of the storms.
Protection Motivation Theory suggests that we protect ourselves based on the assessment of the threat and required changes to deal with the threat. Most of the recorded uses of PMT are by marketers to change individuals' behavior, like how to get someone to stop smoking. I find it interesting to relate PMT to my daily activities as a father, as a sculpture teacher and a citizen of the world.
Milled from a red oak tree that blew down in my yard during hurricane Irene. This piece is designed to be reinstalled in my yard as a functional balance beam.
Functional solar panels made with over 70% repurposed materials.
Cognitive Dissonance by Degree of Measure Inkjet print
“It was true but seemed otherwise just a little while ago,” quote from Crazy Horse's father. 6”X6” Monocrystalline solar cells, reused glass, aluminum angle, epoxy resin, diode, wire, mirrors
“It was true but seemed otherwise just a little while ago” 6”X6” Monocrystalline solar cells, reused glass, aluminum angle, epoxy resin, diode, wire, mirrors This is a functional PV solar panel.
a functional heat exchanger Fabricated steel
Stovepipe Heat Retriever for Studio, Inside view
Cast silicon bronze and fabricated steel
cast silicon bronze and fabricated steel
Prefabricated cabinets from my kitchen, incorrect measurements, homemade shims, pine mahogany, cherry, purple heart, padauk
These cabinets were replaced with cabinets that I made with my father. Inside them are physical mistakes that occurred from poor measurements.
Cognitive Dissonance: by Degree of Measure 2012
Inkjet print
Electric motor, fiberglass rod, plastic model, paint
Cast plastic, electric motors, phosphorescence paint, UV lights, motion sensor, relay switch
Cast resin, Plastipaste, wood, paint, and clothes
Cast resin, Plastipaste, wood, paint, and clothes
Cognitive Dissonance 3/1 2011
Cognitive Dissonance
This piece is made from Sequoiadendron giganteum, commonly known as Giant Sequoia, my used motor oil, steel, colored lights, and a sound recording of the local casino
