Desert Impressions
I have always looked at the landscape (the forces of nature) alongside designed objects (the forces of culture) to inspire my work. This work is the most literal collaboration between these two interests.
Exploring this intense ecosystems of North American's Deserts I wanted to capture the feeling of place that only these extreme climates could produce, and transport it into the comfort of our domestic space.
In this work textures of wind carved limestone and dried/cracked mud become a seating surface paired with Panoramic photographs with an alternative printing process into Aluminum.
These are the first experimental products of the Desert Design Lab project, which was supported by the John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship in 2014. The project traveled across the country for two months with an RV trailer (a mobile studio) spending extended time in remote desert landscapes/eco-systems to gather images and textures in developing my Desert Impressions work also inviting a handful of artist/designers/writers/craftsmen to collaborate with me in these locations. See my Desert Design Lab blog for more information
Made in 2015, 17x60x22 in, cast concrete and Stainless Steel
These are the first experimental products of the Desert Design Lab project, which was supported by the John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship in 2014. The project traveled across the country for two months with an RV trailer (a mobile studio) spending extended time in remote desert landscapes/eco-systems to gather images and textures in developing my Desert Impressions work also inviting a handful of artist/designers/writers/craftsmen to collaborate with me in these locations. This bench was made by casting a cracked desert texture into a rubber mold and recasting it in concrete with stainless steel.
Desert Impressions Bench no. 2
Made in 2015, 17x60x22 in, cast concrete and Stainless Steel
These are the first experimental products of the Desert Design Lab project, which was supported by the John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship in 2014. The project traveled across the country for two months with an RV trailer (a mobile studio) spending extended time in remote desert landscapes/eco-systems to gather images and textures in developing my Desert Impressions work also inviting a handful of artist/designers/writers/craftsmen to collaborate with me in these locations. This bench was made by casting a cracked desert texture into a rubber mold and recasting it in concrete with stainless steel.
Made in 2015, 17x60x22 in, cast concrete and Stainless Steel
These are the first experimental products of the Desert Design Lab project, which was supported by the John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship in 2014. The project traveled across the country for two months with an RV trailer (a mobile studio) spending extended time in remote desert landscapes/eco-systems to gather images and textures in developing my Desert Impressions work also inviting a handful of artist/designers/writers/craftsmen to collaborate with me in these locations. This bench was made by casting a cracked desert texture into a rubber mold and recasting it in concrete with stainless steel.
