Industrial Deco

The final sculpted artwork derives from an initial “thumbnail” sketch. The preliminary shapes are often explored and refined through multiple iterations as 3-d computer models. These varied iterations may serve to refine the idea or may inspire the development of  an entire series of sculptural works. The work combines various techniques of old-fashioned craftsmanship with today's most advanced rapid prototyping technologies such as CAD modeling, 3-D printing, and CNC fabrication. 

This dichotomy of ‘handmade’ and ‘computer generated’ informs the development and execution of the work and is an important aspect of the story I wish to tell.

Particular finish applications such as weathering and rust recall an ‘earlier time’ in the story of certain pieces  - the scars of a past life.  Nevertheless, the work has a timeless quality - seeming to exist in the past, the present and the future - simultaneously.