Witness

The materiality of Witness is composed of a ceramic coated steel, which had been used as a chalkboard I had found in an old workshop. Once fabricated, I began to scrub the surface in an attempt to remove the chalk. It was then I noticed the word “witness”on the backside of the bodice. I thought it was perfect and decided to leave as is, for she appears to have seen a lot in her travels. She still though retains her dignity in spite of any hardships… something many of us can relate to.

The names of my sculptures come to me upon completion, I feel that they whisper their names to me. Each one is totally different. I do not draw them out ahead of time, they develop during the creation. A single piece of metal from my collection starts the process. I hunt through the piles of steel to find a piece that sparks my interest. The bodice takes shape first and that dictates the rest of the form. Their personality is fully developed upon completion, and that is when they divulge their name.