Almost
Raw clay
25” X 31” X 25”
2011
Artifact Stack
With the Assistance of Yan Jiafei
Found ceramic, underglaze, glaze and plywood
30” X 11” X 11”
2012
Chinese Landscape Painting and consumer culture share themes of individualism and abundance. They form the basis for thirty separate mass-produced Chinese ceramic plates that align and stack to form one complete image. The rims of each plate are hand-glazed by painter Yan Jiafei after Wang Hui’s iconic painting “A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines.”
Artifact Stack
Saucer Stack
Glazed Ceramics
38” X 36” X 36”
2010
Saucer Stack begins with an individual teacup & saucer and expands over 44 wheel-thrown vessels to the moment when the saucer no longer insulates but isolates its user from the cup. Its production and use track the transition between individual and group tasks—between single importance and mass utility.
Saucer Stack
New Petroglyph (Spring 2018)
Thrown and hand-built porcelain, glaze, underglaze & luster on acrylic shelf
2018
All of the ceramics in the emoji dictionary as of Spring 2018 have been sculpted to the scale that they appear when sent singly via text and are positioned atop an acrylic shelf modeled after the shape and size of my iPhone at the time of production.
New Petroglyph (Spring 2018)
New Petroglyph (Spring 2018)
New Petroglyph (Spring 2018)
So Close
So Close
Glazed stoneware, compressed charcoal, drywall
Installation 60” X 36” X 72”
2019
So Close
So Close
So Close
So Close
The Color of Cake
Photographic ceramic decal (image of bottom of plate) and glaze
Each plate: .75” X 8” X 8”
2010
wo mass-produced commercial ceramic plates form this limited edition. The top of each is surfaced with a decal featuring a digital photograph of the backside of the same individual plate. The image transmits the structure, price tag and idiosyncratic blemishes—exchanging between allusions and illusions that the plate is inverted.
The Color of Cake
Platinum
Slip-cast porcelain
3 1/2” X 3 1/2” X 3 1/2”
2010
Three identical slip-cast forms refer to the absent material obliquely. They are sourced from microscopic images of deposits of platinum on Alumina substrates from the interior of a catalytic converter.
Platinum #2
slip-cast porcelain, glaze, and luster,
3 1/2” X 3 1/2” X 3 1/2”
2010
Platinum Cup and Saucer Set
Platinum Cup and Saucer Set
slip-cast porcelain, glaze, and luster microscopic image of platinum on alumina substrate, ceramic, glaze, and platinum luster each cup & saucer set:
5” X 3” X 3”
2010
Using a 3D modeling program, a microscopic image capturing the platinum on an alumina substrate from the catalytic converter of a car was translated into a 3 dimensional form based on its contrast. The form was then printed and subsequently cast in the same materials used in teacup designs and productions. These limited edition cups fit with their composite saucers and are surfaced with platinum over top of ceramic (alumina) with glaze.
Platinum Cup and Saucer Set
Platinum Cup and Saucer Set
Drool Cup
Slip-cast porcelain and glaze
3” X 4” X 4”
2010
The rim of the saucer has been reattached near the lip of the cup and a small hole has been cut right where the two meet. The saucer rim can be placed underneath the bottom lip of the drinker and is designed to catch extra drool, spittle, and backwash, and return it to the drink through the peripheral vision of the user. The cup has a rounded bottom with a nipple that is designed to spill unless returned to the matching curve of the coaster.
Drool Cup