Lifesize reconstruction of dinosaur Dienonychus antirrhopus
Tree Sculpture
Faces in Cellulose
When experimenting with repetition of materials, I became interested in combining disparate pieces into singular, unified forms. Clothing was attractive to me as a medium because of the wide variety of color and difficulty of manipulating cloth in a permanent way. This piece was assembled using several hundred cotton T-shirts and an armature, which were then compressed into a wooden form. The box was removed several days later. I consider this piece successful because of the way the colors of the cotton contrast one another and how the separate T-shirts retain the strict form given to them by the box.
Concatenation
I have always had a strong interest in art as well as science. I believe that art can serve as a powerful teaching tool for science in addition to being creatively enriching. During my senior year at Austin College, I was part of a collaboration between the Art and Biology departments to build a full-scale reconstruction of the dinosaur Dienonychus antirrhopus. The D. antirrhopus sculpture is not a just a set-piece; it actively creates learning opportunities. Students will ask why the dinosaur has feathers, and we are then able to begin a discussion on not only evolution, but physiological concepts like thermoregulation.
