Cubes were the first form I experimented with in shaped mirrors.  I found them to be uncannily illusionistic of space-occupying objects.  As I designed a system for affixing to walls, I noticed this quality especially striking when presented a few inches off the wall and at a slight angle.  

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Shifting my focus from the cube, I explored the four other Platonic solids. 

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Recognizing that the physically flat but 3D illusional Cubes and Platonic Gems have sculptural properties, I decided to enrich the experience by introducing actual sculptural aspects.  In this group, I construct volumetric objects by attaching and/or thermoforming layers of shaped acrylic sheet. 

As I worked more with the basic forms, I became interested in deconstructing* them to explore more challenging visual relationships.

*In the original sense of the word, not the philosophic. 

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I have been working in two materially different practices for a long time. They both start though with geometric forms or patterns and so are closely related. Most of the collaged work explores fusions of my materially distinct processes. 

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These drawings start as grids made of string, which I have colored with acrylic paint. Once the grid is established I work against the grid by cutting at spots, adding additional string, extension, etc. My intent is to allow more networked and organic abstractions to emerge.

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While each piece stands alone, I really like the effect of unconventional groupings. This display format emphasizes the volumetric sense of each object, and itself becomes an aesthetic element.  

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