For my Cabinet of Curiosities project I chose to physically make a cabinet as carpentry and woodworking has been a fundamental aspect of my family history rooting from my Grandpa starting a successful custom cabinetry business after being liberated from Auschwitz. I am glad I chose to do this because I now have so much …
I think the reason Mariko Mori, a Japanese artist and sculptor, is so impressive to me is because her art is the perfect representation of the things that are most challenging for me. A big theme in many of Mori’s pieces is the visualization of invisible or imperceptible forms. From her spiraling white “invisible dimension” …
Give or take every book I’ve read in my life supports this feeble desk. Despite its haphazard appearance, every book supporting the desk is carefully placed to symbolically display the imminent death of my childhood passion for reading. The Left Side: The left desk support consists of 3 layers: the foundation, the bricks, and the …
So, yeah I stared at this all weekend thinking about the endless number of things I could do with a guitar. I figured that after DAYS my brain might be able to come up with something that was a little bit creative… So yeah I basically decided to destroy it. Look I even made a …
Title: “2 Down” I called this piece 2 down because I think this hand pose is generally considered to be rock music associated, but for me it reminds me of playing baseball, raising up my hand to signal to my teammates across the outfield that we had 2 outs. I did not want to title …
I saw these 2 rusted structures on a walk through some woods near me and thought they were really interesting. After going back home and brainstorming a bit on what I could do with them, I kept thinking back to the parking lot at my dads old shop. cars had been sitting there for so …
The geometric pattern on the carpet piqued my interest. I thought for a while on what I could do to highlight the geometric shapes in the pattern, and I realized the rectangular shapes reminded me of little Jenga pieces. Naturally, my next step was to grab a box of jenga from the closet and start …
The grey hat is significant to me as just one of many examples of the wonderful person my grandfather was. I had told him that the hat he was wearing was nice, not thinking very much of it. the next day I saw him again and he had sewn together and made one just like …
