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 Spin Cycle 2006, shaddowbox construction
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As a native Washingtonian artist, I have been producing linocut prints for over 20 years. The two dimensional imagery in my prints is often interrelated to my other three dimensional and interactive computer based work. My three dimensional works are often constructed from foam board. I utilize a plentiful supply of recycled archival foam board from the process of matting and framing my print work. Foam board suits my purposes because of the versatility of material and how it is readily scaleable from prototype to final product. One example of this approach is when I wrap hand-pulled prints around geometric constructions. My objective is to break the traditional notion of the paper print away from its two dimensional standard picture plane. In my three dimensional work, I intend to add a dynamic and kinetic quality to standard print formats. Fostering an interactive experience between object and viewer is very important to me. As child, I would often invent various gadgets and devices
that I would show to my Father who worked at the U.S. Patent
Office. To encourage me in this pursuit, Dad would set me in
the search rooms there, to see for myself if these inventions
had been previously patented. I would spend many a day flipping
through file cabinets of old patents, full of meticulous mechanically
drafted figures. Much of my artwork is influenced by these experiences.
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