Shop Notes IV, 2022
For me there is a physical and mental curiosity about metal. A material, when molten it is a liquid, when cooled it is a solid, and when I tend to work on it when it lies between those two extremes as a flexible material. At it’s hot, orange, and malleable stage, it reflects the pliable nature of clay, having the ability to mold and shape it into desired forms but with a structural strength when cooled. The forging of hot metal can create both hard edge forms and soft curves within the same element. Pressing, hammering, shaping, bending and manipulating both surface and mass is the crucial structure of my sculpture and architectural work.