I investigate the increasing volume and rate of new discoveries in the world around us, and how this is creating new horizons for human comprehension. Whether these new perceptual shifts are industrial, scientific, cultural, political, or personal, they have created a need to modify our personal and public belief systems as we search for meaning within new contexts.
The Scaffolding Series researches relationships between the hand and machine-made to create works that merge the two in form and content. In this body of work, I focus on the significance of the JCPenney brand as a uniquely American icon, specifically the JCPenney Home™ Collection. JCPenney employs the word “home” to brand this collection of utilitarian dinnerware which, because of its mass-produced and monotonous nature, do not contain qualities that would normally be associated with the notion of the “home.” By appropriating these vessels and suspending them in a scaffold structure that is hand-made with ceramic material, I am creating a support structure that is shaped by the very thing it is supporting, emphasizing the influence that mass-production has on cultural norms and customs. These works create situations for forms to respond to and influence each other’s final role as part of a whole.
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection, Set of Two 8 3/4″ Salad Plates
earthenware, epoxy, imported chip-resistant and microwave safe porcelain
14” W x 14” D x 9” H
2018
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection, Single Coffee Mug
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
12″ x 11″ x 11″
2017
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection, Set of Five Coffee Mugs
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
26” x 10” x 9”
2017
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection, Set of 4 Round Canapé Plates
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
11” x 11” x 10”
2017
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection 9″ Soup Bowls, Set of Two
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
12” x 11” x 9”
2016
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection 7″ Tandem Stack, Salad Plates
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
8” x 19” x 10”
2016
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection 10″ Standing Dinner Plate
Earthenware, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
13” x 13” x 5”
2015
Scaffolding Series: JCPenney Home™ Collection Single 12″ Dinner Plate
Wood, imported chip resistant and microwave safe porcelain
14” x 14” x 5”
2016
Scaffolding Series (with stack of four JCPenny Home™ Collection 10″ Dinner Plates)
earthenware, epoxy, imported chip-resistant and microwave safe porcelain
12″ x 12″ x 6″
Scaffolding Series (with JCPenney Home™ Collection 14″ Oval Platter)
earthenware, epoxy, imported chip-resistant and microwave safe porcelain
18″ x 5″ x 13
Scaffolding Series (with JCPenney Home™ Collection 11″ Dinner Plates)
earthenware, epoxy, imported chip-resistant and microwave safe porcelain
12″ x 12″ x 9″
Scaffolding Series (with JCPenney Home™ Collection 12 oz. Mugs)
earthenware, epoxy, imported chip-resistant and microwave safe porcelain
14″ x 14″ x 8″
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