Over the past four decades, I’ve amassed a substantial collection of outmoded technological devices that I treasure for their aesthetic design qualities.
For my “Tech Totems” series, I enshrined some of these vintage utilitarian objects onto a variety of archaic supports including a printer’s typesetting tray, an antique mantelpiece, a hand-made checkerboard, vintage drawers and old cigar boxes.
By transforming these mundane objects into artistic 3-D assemblages, I have elevated them to totemic status while commenting on the transient nature of technological tools.
CONNECTED – 16.5 x 32 x 1.5″
MANTELPIECE – 9X42X2″
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- Checkerboard- 15 x 15″
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- Caliper 4- 8 x 6 1/8″
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- Caliper 1- 6 5/8 x 3 3/4″
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- Caliper 6- 10 7/8 x 7 3/4″
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- Caliper 2- 11 3/8 x 9″
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- Caliper 5- 9 1/4 x 6 1/4″
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- Caliper 3- 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1″
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- VT1 – 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 3 3/4″
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- VT2 – 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 3 3/4″
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- VT3 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″
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- VT4 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″
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- VT5 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″
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- VT6 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″
For the following series of totemic hand tools, I cleaned & enshrined some much-used screw drivers in black frames – transforming and elevating them into artistic assemblages. Sizes range from 12×6” to 16×16”.
