Basically I made a giant beach ball out of ultra thin Plastic drop cloth and an iron. It was inflated it with a small pressing agains every object in the room creating 360 reliefs of the world outside.

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“An autumnal rumination using biological elements that power a sunflower to remind viewers to keep a positive attitude toward unavoidable suffering. Just when comfort seems within reach, unexpected changes can violently shift perceptions of normal and question our discipline, concentration, patience, and faith. Schaeperkoetter-Cochran seeks to encourage us that, like the seasons, human needs and conditions are similarly moving and adjusting, and when we find meaning within our suffering we can continue to grow as we put one foot in front of the other."

Description curtesy of Adam Newman & the A Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

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Reconstructing my own bottom half with armatures, chicken wire and dacron, Me “getting into painting” was the closest I ever got to painting.

This box is lowered over the experiencer who is then trapped in a slightly off plum container, but reminded of true center by a thin slit at true 90 from the ground they stand on.

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A collection of ever softening bulbs suggest the beautiful fade to black the future our beloved incandescent bulbs hold.

Exposing the most private and familiar of places by manipulating its orientation and interaction. The tiles are two color screen prints.

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