Various works, 2014-2015.
Concrete, steel, pvc, foam, found objects, photography.In the fall of 2014, I began observing and photographing interesting objects I would see in cities I traveled to. I started calling them ‘municipal sculptures’, due to their functional, yet formal qualities. The objects in these photos became the foundation for my BFA Thesis. As I continued my research, I began experimenting with and creating objects using the same industrial materials that the objects I had photographed were made with. Merging my interest in lighting, I began making lights with these materials, playing with compositions and relationships between different components in each object. The following images show some of these experiments and the resulting objects.
![Study for a leaning light. Concrete, steel tubing, light bulb.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2156c84a73c3e5439483951000f1b9911ba5926da7b013a10ba9dddac4aba71c/IMG_0380.jpg)
![Two Cone Lights and various concrete sculptures](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2e9aafbe92a01a2d536af963542fbeb998246ca8401187d93fc2c03ee875a71/IMG_0791.jpg)
!['Your New American Houseplant' (#1 and #2), with succulent](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fbeb0be0c742a2f893375e32e80970d7352e26e2b402ac8561d5ca27df9ac68/IMG_0855.jpg)
![Painted concrete sculptures](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bd1e45cd5853782576de08644f097555e05e23b4528de75e8b54641b79f54a4/IMG_0810.jpg)
!['Your New American Houseplant (#2)'. Concrete and foam tubes](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dd4890e917f1900c96bfd9f26252030c409621ad3f5f0f094dfc094b98c6f20/IMG_0840.jpg)
!['Cone Light (with Red Ring)'. Concrete and foam tube](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e94e91b4919911967970f1c1a5e5ae6a7f8ef4426c03065bf40f1ec7f171362/IMG_0819.jpg)
![Untitled Light. Concrete cast into construction pylon](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c69a77edf50748323ed0f32ce8dae24b4898b668a060968540d6cfec43bf3e2/IMG_0627.jpg)
!['Larry', 2015. Found chair frame, construction cone, PVC pipe, light bulb.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5da81535bfd57e19b12f4a462d27f8a5bf24834fbf9fa81066c4bf56384c0890/IMG_0665.jpg)
!['Bendy Tube Lights', 2014. PVC, concrete, light bulbs, legos.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff17d6ea838e287eee5694cda5e25e79b6e452d42e8dcce6a3d07b5973061275/bendy-edit-01-copy_o.jpg)
![Photograph from Copenhagen, Denmark](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa5837c7480b88988fc546a948ff13a89fa062f3ee1c89267fa607be7e24064b/20140731_194731.jpg)
![Photograph from Paimio, Finland](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/703704e7b9625c4f30a222ab2b2a1d4e8921b93d87ce84511af3f5537f5d39f5/20140630_172140.jpg)
![Photograph from Chicago, IL](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/927d58575e87b444e0ac7ab696304c447fce8b2a094c08295d7efe7ea024cd2f/20141129_141111.jpg)