Returning What I Borrowed

MFA Thesis Exhibition, April 27, 2018

Cast iron, scarves and hats I knit for my family (and borrowed for the exhibition but returned after the deinstall)

Cast iron, scarves and hats I knit for my family (and borrowed for the exhibition but returned after the deinstall)

cast iron, lead, steel, walnut, purple heart

cast iron, lead, steel, walnut, purple heart

purple heart splines on walnut

lead roses

I started with a recording of my voice reading letters I have written to myself before every significant life event, and had it cut into a vinyl record. I took a mold off of that record and cast it on bronze, then a mold off of that record cast in bronze, then another, then another, then another…

I took a rubber mold of the space between my and my partner’s hands and cast it in bronze

I took a rubber mold of the space between my and my partner’s hands and cast it in bronze

I took a rubber mold of the space between my and my partner’s hands and cast it in bronze

cast iron and bronze plumb bobs

cast iron, bronze, letters written to me

cast iron, bronze, letters written to me

Cast iron, sunflower seeds, lilac candle of a finch bird, scarf I knit for my mother

Cast iron and cigarettes collected from friends

Thesis Research – Returning What I Borrowed