Artist's Statement
My sculptures are made from accumulated recycled objects using serial methods of construction. The meaning lies in the transformation of materials and subjects into something beyond themselves, something new and strange to experience. When I see manufactured objects repeatedly discarded, I begin collecting them, such as thousands of plastic six-pack holders, hundreds of broken umbrellas, lost gloves and colorful plastic bottle caps. I have no preconceived sculpture in mind when I gather these objects rather the nature of the object suggests to me content and form. Through investigating their meaning and experimenting with their physical properties, structures often emerge which reference those basic growth systems found in nature.