What materials did you use in the first piece?
I used melted asphalt over a grid. The form resembles a Japanese space divider and the surface is
reflective
I wanted to take a surface that you encounter everyday and
make it something else. I am interested in gravity and the speed and constant
flow of materials, particularly in how they are always moving.
I had been taking things in and reading about speed and
culture and then I just got into the studio and started working.
What have you been working on recently?
The next pieces I have been working on involve halves of a
mold of a boat. I had found the canoe and made a cast. I intended to pull the
form out but the shell was more interesting.
I had outbursts of working and energy; I wasn’t necessarily
working in a series. I’ve been working with found objects and then basing the sculptures
on them.
How did you become interested in sculpture?
I had been studying at the Savannah College of Art and
Design and working in house painting; I transferred to Mason Gross last year. I
became interested in sculpture because I wanted to work in the real world,
using the objects around me instead of with the confined but limitless field of
the blank canvas in painting.
I’m interested in time and degradation, and the speeds of
decay and of assembly, as well as ways of working that are sometimes compulsive
and at other times methodical. I think an interesting piece is made with more than one of these
languages. When you see a carefully crafted object you can see the amount of
time that is involved in it and when you see pieces that find ways of putting
found objects together you can see the speed and physical energy involved. Varying
forms, images, and languages can all be implemented within the same work.
Which sculptors and artists are you interested in?
I am interested in Brancusi and his stacking, Rodin, Al
Taylor, Martin Kippenberger, and Robert Rauschenberg. I’m also interested in
Carol Bove and the way she assembles and shows both found and precious objects.
What studio classes have you taken in other mediums?
I have taken video classes.
What are your plans going forward/ how do you plan to
continue working with sculpture?
I like to always stay working and be in a mode of productivity.
I plan on attending an MFA program in California.
