Round My Edges

Round My Edges - wood, metal, stone. 2021

This piece is made from two wooden forms: one a smooth, polished voluptuous “drop” of finished Black Walnut, the other a jagged, sharp-edged, finished piece of spalted Sugar Maple.

Placed touching one another they create contrast and tension in their balanced dance growing from Faroese basalt.

The multi-wood construction creates a dialogue between the different colored woods and basalt base and stays consistent with other pieces from the “Transplanted “ series which present a form that is comprised of differing materials but represent a whole that is completely different.

This theme runs parallel to the idea that cultural, linguistic, and tradition remnants from countries of origin are blended and braided by a migrant with their adopted home and help create a third, more complex and nuanced existence.

It is also worth noting that there is but a small spot where the two pieces touch, creating an expectation that both pieces must weather change and grind down in order create more surface area, and fit together more effectively and comfortably.

In the same way, traditional expectations of migrants acclimating to their adopted countries gives way to both the adopting and the adopted mutually accommodating one another to create a more compassionate, diverse, and sustainable integration.