Idea to material

Materials found or salvaged can be transformed into una idea.

The idea becomes the material — becomes the idea.

Steveston artifacts; found objects, industrial materials and pieces of stone. Beth, my favorite welder in Steveston now gone to Alberta, practiced her welding. Master Alberto salvaged the aluminum piece and gave it to me to make something with.

91 is about being on the edge. The stone represents ruins, a fortress on a cliff.

In Hebrew ‘metzudah’ translated is “a fortress on a cliff”, fortress on a cliff; ruins, open, hiding place, protection, shelter, fort, structure, dwelling

Precipice; noun a very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one: ‘we swerved toward the edge of the precipice’ angles accentuated by the paint, the working of the metal, and textures are meant to give the feeling of falling, straining and extreme pain