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Desperate Measures / Metalworks

Even when “dry,” all wood continues to move, at least in the seasonal weather of New England. And very often, it cracks. We nurture its slow drying in big paper bags, which wick the water away, rather than plastic which traps moisture and leads to mildew. But giving in to the organic reality of wood movement, I also continue to work on this series of spoofy pieces called Desperate Measures, pretending to try to fix pieces which I’ve purposely encouraged to crack.

In a series of homages, I’ve made various small bronzes, cast in honor of representative artifacts from prehistory (all of which were ceramic or stone, not bronze).

All earnestness aside, sometimes it’s hard to resist the fun of found objects, especially at the fashionable town dump of Aspen, Colorado.

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