“Remnants”
These sculptures are abstracted representations of our remnants. The imprint we will leave on the geological record. These remnants are also portraits. The head is the archetypal symbols of civilization, conquest, overbuilding, technology, etc. The body is an agglomeration, a mix of past and present symbology that could allude to iterations, resources, byproducts, or consequences associated with the head.
Concept Sketches
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Remnant 1: Represents overbuilding: ceramics with metal inclusions, and glazes
Building the body components: Poured concrete with found objects inclusions, some of the found objects show evidence of agglomerization.
Found objects were gathered over several walks through the train-tracks near my studio. This railway carries cargo dating back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. The pieces collected include remnants from the railway maintenance (discarded track nails, molten hardware fragments from the welding process, cargo artifacts that fall of the carts: plastic, insulation foam, & metal recycling scraps). Additionally, there are discarded objects from human habitation; often times plastic objects thrown into a fire, melt and bond with other items, producing plastiglomerates. The cement cubes I am working on contain fragments from all of these items.
Glazing and staining the top object.
The finished piece.
Top details.
Body details.
