I continue to be fascinated by the way remnants and materials from a past project continue to call me back. The ways that I currently work to make a living include freelance fabrication, building/renovation projects for Public Space One, and making objects in my studio shop in Iowa City. The routines around each of these roles are interconnected. I am often pulling scrap from my shop, to repair something at PS1 and vice versa, gathering discarded materials from fabrication or repairs back into my shop...
I think because there is not much division between the ways I work, I feel a kind of relationship to the materials and can live with them in a long-term way. I get curious about them and move them around sometimes for years until I can situate them in a way that draws out the qualities that attracted me to them in the first place. (borrowed from a conversation with Katherine Harvath for the Billboard Creative)
materials like a piece of maple ply that came from a well loved pedestal at Public Space One. The insulated staples were found years ago in Chicago, the paracord and laundry line were remnants from summer 2022 projects in the artists courtyards at Public Space One.