I use everyday materials to make common experiences into unexpected events - creating pieces or environments that explore feelings of displacement as a means to reconsider how we understand a place.

Built from common materials, the work looks familiar however, the altered scale and/or environment evokes a physical awkwardness and a sense of unease in the context of the pieces. Stacks of discarded boxes can become mountain ranges yet, at the same time, retain a sense of smallness. This type of shift in scale draws attention to the ways in which we use our bodies to understand an environmnet while evoking a means to reconsider what is familliar.

Unremarkable objects such as books, boxes, cars or couches are given a different significance while representing a desire to discover things that are commonly overlooked. A beat-up truck filled with cast off cardboard on its way to the recycling center reveals connections to a larger system and the urban community. Bringing peripheral objects, events or circumstances into focus allows for rediscovery of detail and understanding of objects and place.

-2007