Gesture

laser engraving

wood-burning

sanding

carving

sawing

cut them into pieces

joining

re-enforcing

inscribing

routing

folding

creasing

Abstract​                                                                     piling

This Thesis installation is a living archive of functional pieces and ephemera that explore the design process and building of objects. These objects exist in both a functional and conceptual way, serving everyday uses within a living space, yet also act as a structural framework for holding personal narrative and experience. This active body of work is made up of materials that reflect various stages of being acted upon, where material captures the trace of my body's presence at a particular moment in time and space - a living journal that communicates through marks and texture, not words. Allowing process marks to exist within this work points to the physical labor and demands of the body that often go unseen within handmade objects, and bring alive the methods of fabrication through visual traces.

​folding 

creasing

piling

planing chiseling

wrapping

drawing

writing

mark-making

layering

measuring

leaning 

propping

arranging

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