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 Carol, Bob and Jean Plywood, String, Ink, and Metal. This series came together as a kind of hands-on conversation between myself, the materials, and whatever wanted to emerge in the moment. I didn’t go in with a strict plan. I did want them to be cohesive though. Each sculpture started with something broken or overlooked, and I built from there, layering textures and shapes until the pieces felt like they had taken shape.  There’s a lot here about change how things fall apart, how we patch them back together, and how that process can make something even more meaningful than it was before. I’m interested in the rough edges, the imperfect joins, the way something can look fragile but still hold its ground. At the end of the day, this work is about holding space for transformation and balance.  In Process Images

                                                                       VillaZorChurch                                                       Cardstock, wood glue and balsa wood.   SchoolTimuca Cardstock, wood glue and balsa wood.  

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold Final Digital Photograph,  inspired by the movie "Kill Bill" In this still life, I explore the dualities of nourishment and violence, tradition and rebellion, control and chaos. The central plate—an everyday object associated with sustenance—is bound by a metal chain, a gesture that speaks to captivity, denial, or ritual. Surrounding it are tools of precision and power, a chef’s knife and a sword hilt. These objects, each carrying connotations of both craftsmanship and destruction, form a kind of altar, placing the domestic in conversation with danger and discipline. My choice of materials was deliberate: the chain restricts and can harm, but also protects; the floral elements nod to fleeting beauty and loss; the notepad beneath the plate implies that this is a message, not just a meal. Red tones hum beneath the surface suggestive of both passion and peril while shadows keep parts of the image obscured, allowing tension to gather in the qui...

Ben Becker Student work, Folded Landscape 16' x 10' x 2.5' https://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2019/06/ben-becker-student-work.html  Diagonal Line

  “Тhe world’s most beautiful and collectible graphic design journal” https://graphicmama.com/blog/global-design-magazines/ Installation view of “Letha Wilson: Fields of Vision,” GRIMM, London, 2023. Photo: Rob Harris, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Amsterdam | London | New York https://sculpturemagazine.art/it-doesnt-end-with-the-image-a-conversation-with-letha-wilson/ Keiyona C. Stumpf https://www.ceramicsnow.org/artists/keiyona-c-stumpf/ Barkev  https://www.printmag.com/design-news/merch-motel-altadena-fundraiser/  

  Salt, Fat, Acid, and Heat is my favorite "cookbook". I call it my bible I cook pretty much daily and I refer to it very often when I do so. Not only is it a cookbook but it's educational and extremely well written, I'd recommend it to anyone.  Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" is my favorite book as of lately, it houses so much depth and perspective especially from the gaze of a woman.  "The Horror" is my favorite deck of playing cards that I own. I have several decks of cards that I have collected over the years but these are special because they're vintage and I thrifted them in mint condition still in the wrapping. One of the card faces is from "The Shining", one of my favorite films.  My 1981 Minolta XG-A is my pride and joy. Refurbished from Japan. It takes 35MM film and i've shot some of my favorite moments on that camera.  The polaroid photo is a picture I took several years ago of my favorite furry guy, my dog Dexter. He...