This is my 3rd year with an installation project in the medium to small category; often about the size of a Volkswagen bug. This one is the most personal project to date as it goes back and reaches deep into the very dysfunctional relationship I had with my father growing up. The melting side is the abusive and harsh words, actual phrases of the abuse, swirling and melting into the middle. The fam
ily dining experience has a division where words of hope repel the abusive words with a strong finish; clean and ordered after a new outlook from the opposite perspective. My father is actually an established artist in his day working in a medium that he was extremely talented in. One might figure he may have encouraged creativity in his children. He was discouraging and completely crushing to one of his kids in particular and that is the one building this piece. The Impact
Maybe other people will see the words in here and find strength or inspiration in some way. The contextual content is connected to the image and will merge into the three-dimensional table top so that they are legible and clean. It will be a complete table-top, chairs and dishware with a sculpted surface and suspended on an "invisible" metal rack at an angle above the ground and at eye level. It will be coated in copper with corrosive elements strategically placed as if oxidizing naturally.
