These works are prototypes of potentially manufactured devices to facilitate control. They are made out of surgical stainless steel and some wood. They help the user control the subject to better help them, and to show them their love, but asserting control over behavior. However, as in most relationships, with family, pets, and friends, we end up being the subject and the user at the same time.
These pieces are carved from cedar beams from a house that was torn down. They are realistic in size, and they are mounted on metal mounts. They sit on a museum-style pedestal that is a footprint of the size of the creature that would have been standing on it if it were still here.
These were old chairs that had been discarded. I disassembled them and transformed them to have human characteristics, particularly those that illustrate ailments or disabilities. I am focusing on functional chairs, with arms, seats, backs and legs, and reforming them into non-functional art.
Cat Restraint/Human Pleasure Device: Surgical Stainless Steel, 2008 ©
Cat Restraint/Human Pleasure Device: Surgical Stainless Steel, 2008 ©
Toddler Control/ Rest Easy Device: Stainless Steel, Carved Cedar Wood, Brass 2008 ©
Toddler Control/ Rest Easy Device: Stainless Steel, Carved Cedar Wood, Buckle 2008 ©
Toddler Control/ Rest Easy Device: Stainless Steel, Carved Cedar Wood, Brass 2008 ©
Toddler Control/ Rest Easy Device: Stainless Steel, Carved Cedar Wood, Buckle 2008 ©
Felis Domesticus Skull: Carved Cedar, Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Felis Domesticus Skull: Carved Cedar, Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Felis Domesticus Skull: Carved Cedar, Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Homo Sapien Clavicles: Carved Cedar, Steel and Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Homo Sapien Clavicles: Carved Cedar, Steel and Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Homo Sapien Clavicles: Carved Cedar, Steel and Brass Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Equis Olecranon: Carved Cedar, Steel Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Equis Olecranon: Carved Cedar, Steel Mount, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Canine Legs: Carved Cedar, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Canine Legs: Carved Cedar, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Horns: Carved 2x4's, Brass Mounts, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Horns: Carved 2x4's, Brass Mounts, Pedestal, 2007 ©
Osteoporosis Chair: Bent Red Oak, Area Rug, 2008 ©
Osteoporosis Chair: Bent Red Oak, Area Rug, 2008 ©
Conjoined Chairs: Painted Pine Chairs, Blanket, 2008 ©
Conjoined Chairs: Painted Pine Chairs, Blanket, 2008 ©
(Birds Eye View)
Poliomyelitis Chair: Oak, Carved Cedar, Leather, Linoleum, 2008 ©
Poliomyelitis Chair: Oak, Carved Cedar, Leather, Linoleum, 2008 ©