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 I weave the wire using the loom on which I began my journey...an inflexible medium, a fluid application, a comfortable peace. Once woven, the precious metal “mesh” is treated with chemical patinas and waxed.
I am further humbled by Mother Earth, her beauty and her bounty, which surround my mountain home. My paths travel away from the trodden ruts, to the roots, fallen branches, burls that now lie dormant, unnoticed. After hours debarking, chiseling, sanding, oiling, the pieces emerge from their mud-encrusted coffins to dictate their woven partners. The process and the resulting construct seem to silence the noise of the mundane.
Myriad results form juxtaposition between hard and soft, copper wire and undulating woven mesh—flowing woven ribbons with the stillness of the wood bodies. It is this challenge, the weaving mystical beauty of something born of the earth, unforgiving yet at peace, causing a stasis of being, uncovering what has been buried, which races through my mind, moves my hands.
Initiating
12x16x10 |
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Branches Reaching
23x14x13 |
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Reflection
22x13x12 |
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Reflection 2
19x11x8 |
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Bridges
11x15x10 |
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Upward
12x16x10 |
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Slide
11x21x9 |
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Seated Vessel
16x21x14 |
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Trapping
12x23x14 |
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Planted
10x9x8 |
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Construct
7x7x7 |
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Winding
10x20x5 |
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Winding 2
5x20x9 |
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Seated
16x50x10 |
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Secret
10x27x6 |
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Construct 2
5x8x5 |
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Walled
10x15x10 |
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Structure
8x21x12 |
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Construct 3
5x8x5 |
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Construct 4
4x6x4 |
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Upward 2
16x16x10 |
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Winding 3
12x35x7 |
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Structure 2
10x27x14 |
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Trapping 2
15x42x10 |
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Winged
13x8x9 |
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Tributary Factor
31x32x80 |
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Stone in Repose
26x48x64 |
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Structure 3
30x10x8 |
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