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Through collecting, combining, and subtly altering found objects alongside handcrafted original artworks and raw materials, this series of small sculptural work explores material history and memory of place.
Material List:
Plastic buoy fragments found on the beach in Iceland, steel, papercut of flax plant made from handmade flax paper dyed with indigo and walnut, nets made from plastic bags from Al Haramain, Honeybee Market, and JoAnn Fabrics, rubber fragment found on the beach in Iceland embroidered with title of a Lydia Davis short story, graphite drawing of a portal, steel rings from fishing equipment, handmade steel chain, images of Icelandic landscape wheatpasted on discarded shelves found in Reykjavic, embroidered plastic sheeting, handmade chain, wire charms, wooden moulding shelves, basketry reed, wool, rubber gasket from a parking lot in North Carolina, copper plumbing elbows, sponge slice stolen from Oloman cafe sink, reeds sewn with thread and brass wire, debris found on beach near the lighthouse on Belle Isle, wire pant leg, netted landscaping rock from corner of Second Ave and Willis St in midtown Detroit, image of Detroit River water from Belle Isle point, steel wishbone/ shield, wire drawing of a lemon branch and a fancy lampshade, ceramic shelf used to fire small geometric shapes, wooden kitchen utensils, burned drawings of an ulna found in a field in Colorado, 3 metal rings found in a dump in Iceland, and a netted ceramic shard washed up on the beach at Belle Isle, images of rope fence around moss-covered lava rocks in Iceland, image of Icelandic landscape from rental car, twine, netted ceramic shard found on the beach of Belle Isle, wire gestures, wood chewed by Frankie the pitbull, wire drawing of a hand holding something invisible, rope from a net factory in Reykjavic, images of American Steel plant on Zug Island and DTE River Rouge power plant, wood, flagging tape.
