W h e n T h e E x i t s i g n S h i n e s B r i g h t e r T h a n W e l c o m e
My work depicts a door of standard height that articulates an illusory collapse. Symbolically and metaphorically, it can both open a portal and act as a physical boundary that transitions us from one world to another, from one state to another, straddling the line between fantasy and reality. The material I used is solid pine, which I shaped with an angle grinder and other hand tools.
J u d g e s ’ c o m m e n t s :
Surrealistically carved narratives and digital shifts convey the living materiality of the forest and trees in this well-crafted study. The hard material, through the hand’s touch, becomes almost rendered and fluidly soft.