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Graduate Work (2023 - 2025)

Making Friends

The following are selections of work from my Creative Technologies MFA program at Virginia Tech, either included in - or in service to - Making Friends, my Thesis Exhibition show put on at the Armory Gallery.

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Draw

Wood-assemblage sculpture depicting a bristling cowboy surveying the room, finger guns cocked-back and ready to draw.  Movement facilitated through arduino.

2025 | Wood, brad nails, screws, servos, steel

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Pet'n

Wood-assemblage sculpture of a man with a dog head petting a dog with a man head.  Movement facilitated through the use of a corded drill.

2024 | Wood, brad nails, drill, bolts, steel

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Shepherd (and his Sheep)

A wood-assemblage shepherd guiding a flock of ceramic sheep

2024 | Wood, brad nails, fired clay

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Big n' Small

Ceramic and metal man holding a smaller ceramic and metal instance of the self

2025 | Steel, fired clay, wood

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Steel Cattle Driver

A large steel cowboy driving a not-too-large plasma cut cow

2024 | Steel Scrap

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Rocker

Too large man in a too-small chair

2025 | Wood, steel, wire rope, brad nails

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Daytime Television

Assemblage metal man watching television

2025 | Scrap Metal, wood, nails, pen & paper

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Iterative Texture Animation

Experimental animation based on the buildup of texture through iteration: from stop motion to charcoal, laser cutting, then wood burning

2024 | Mixed Media Animation

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