Moon and Tides

The hand-hammered metal discs represent the changing phases of the moon meeting the horizon. Hanging at the bottom is a metal disc with a rusted patina symbolic of tidal flows responding to the moon's pull.

sold

Table with a Round Wall

I'm intrigued by the concept of transparency within a society that loves building walls. Comprised of wheel parts, old pipes, and various elements of abandoned projects, 'Round Walls' denotes movement and work towards openness while maintaining rigidity. The three steel panels are hinged together so they can move apart from the circular wall which is attached to the base. The box is meant to be opened, and these walls are meant to be taken down.

33"h x 25"w x 26"d

not for sale

Descending Circles

A metal grinder, antique plate, can top, washers, gun round, and bolts all line up in colorful descension along charred and scoured driftwood. While circles represent unity, balance, and continuum, most of these objects are created without such intention--yet they interact perfectly.

33"l x 5.5"w x 2.5"d

sold

Antique India Lamp

This lamp is comprised of various antique, Indian candlesticks that I disassembled then welded together. It's finished with a vintage, frosted glass dome and antique yellow shade.

28"h x 15"w

not for sale

Star Agate

This hanging sculpture was created as a blessing for a friend's infant daughter. Coiled around driftwood is wisteria vine which represents reaching and growth. The small rose quartz stones sitting along the wire are for the heart chakra and inner peace, the star is for inspiration, and the agate is to imbue truth.

Chicken Coop Light

While again playing around with light and shadows, I created this with chicken wire, thin plywood, and a simple hanging light.

11" wide x 13.5" long

sold

Pieces of Time

This necklace is an amalgam of clock parts and brass hardware. I smashed open some old watches, and the result is a physical manifestation of my constant challenge with time.

commissioned piece available

For the Birds

Without meaning to, I started collecting all these quadrilaterals containing perfect circles. They decreased perfectly in size and reminded me of tiered bird houses. The top one is Nova Scotia driftwood, and the others are rusted metal bolts and washers suspended from wire filament.


sold

Three Ties

Made with wood from Plum Island, the three ties hanging from the twisted wire mimic the three crumbling nails protruding from the panel. While the nails have deteriorated faster than the pressure treated wood, the stains they leave behind will remain. I found the ties buried in the construction site of what is now the new Media Lab at MIT. There were countless remnants from the building that were ultimately just covered with turf and sprayed with seed. Makes you wonder what lies beneath all those pretty lawns.

$300

Red Balance

Calm settling over Plum Island after one of the biggest storms of the summer.














Made with driftwood from Plum Island and erosion fencing from Cape Cod that's been mangled by waves, this sculpture illustrates balance in the natural world. Red represents the fire of the sun; driftwood, the power of oceans; metal, the strength of resources; goldstone, all the precious gifts.

Finding such boldly colored wood is rare, but on this particular trip I gathered a bunch of it. Perhaps some poor hippies' love shack was toppled in a particularly fierce storm....


$200

Eye of the Storm

      Representing the suspension used in a dry dock to lift ships out of the water, the ironic element lies in the fact that the wood surrounding this metal "eye" is the only remaining piece of the structure. I discovered it off the coast of Portsmouth, NH and felt as though I'd just stumbled across buried treasure. It has incredibly rich color variations from green, to deep gold, to red. While there were many other large beams protruding from the water, I was unable to dislodge any of them.


$300







This sculpture was featured on  Etsy "storm-is-a-coming"  today. Check out the beautiful collection of work it's mixed in with.

Agate Embryo

A wing of driftwood represents the stork, the rusted wrench symbolizes the potential challenges of fertilization, and the agate illustrates the embryo. When light shines through, you can get lost in all the detailed complexities within the slice of rock just as you can within a new life.


$200

Falling Leaves

This curved piece of driftwood was found elegantly burned in the sand dunes of Falmouth, Cape Cod. Thinking it resembled a tree branch, I bent wire and added the brackets to mimic dried leaves falling from a limb.
21" x 19" x 5"

$400

Burned Cascade

Made with driftwood found on the shores of Plum Island in Newburyport and drill bits from the construction site of the new Media Lab at MIT, this piece symbolizes the horrendous BP oil spill of April 20, 2010. The charred wooden panel mimics the impenetrable blanket of oil smearing its way onto sand while the thin black wood pierces life. The bits are suspended from the wood using coated wire and a brass bead sits at the top of each.

approx: 9" wide x 26 " long

$500