woven copper form, chemical patina

blue II...copper, bronze, plaited, chemical patina 15.5" x 12" x 12.5"

tea bowl 6" X 6.25" X 6.25"

Our local woods are being smothered by invading flora. Chinese bittersweet, wild grape, stilt grass, purple loosestrife, Japanese honey suckle and more, form sculptural forms of impenetrable material surrounding and eventually destroying anything they encircle. I continually clear these invasive from our property. While cleaning out a small wood lot I saw what I thought was a natural form that looked like a miniaturized brick kiln with its huge chimney stack, imposing itself on the surrounding woodland. Upon closer examination I found an inverted Weber grill that had been engulfed by woody-stemmed undergrowth. hieroglyph: matted leaf litter/invasives copper 12"W X 17"H

While traveling, I am constantly amazed how many people feel it is appropriate to toss anything from fast food wrappers to mattresses on the sides of the roads and in our woodlands. Often I gather the waste and dump it in the next available trash can but normally this material presents only disgust not inspiration. But, on occasion a rusty piece of steel will catch my attention. A Trader Joe's soup can with its bulging midsection and copious layers of rust intermingled with an interesting graphic was one such object. The “cans, tea bowls and chimneys” series reveals ways in which the landscape has been altered by the careless jetsam of modern life. hieroglyph: corrosion/decay/waste Woven copper, applied oxides of silver and bronze, kiln fired. 2014, 15"x12"x12"

ama bowl X.....woven copper slitting, heat patina 24" X 28" X 28"

soccer-chimney I found a perfectly round, ball of honey suckle and multiflora rose in full flower. It's fragrance was captivating. I cut the vines, bringing the honeysuckle and roses back to the studio. For days the flowers perfumed the studio but eventually, the flowers faded and the leaves wilted. I could then see the greenery had concealed a heavily scarred, deflated soccer ball. hieroglyph: matted vine/ order emerging from chaos copper, 2012 14" X 10.5" X 10.5

enfield, plaited copper form, chemical patina

fiddlehead...oak log carved into basic form and sheathed in discarded roofing copper, chemical patina

discarded telephone wire sheathing found in the local woods steel substructure, sheathing woven into steel employing a traditional Japanese basketry technique hieroglyph: waste, disregard for the environment