Iron Age Wonder Valley / WYSIWYG, SVA Sculpture Center

Wonder Valley WYSIWYG, (Plaster, aqua-resin, video projection, custom software)

Iron Age Wonder Valley / WYSIWYG was a solo exhibition installed during participation in the SVA Sculpture and Digital Media Residency program. The largest work in the show features aquaresin relief castings of a vertical stone surface near an abandoned iron quarry in Wonder Valley, CA. Video projection mapping is used to display generative textures from processed photography and video documenting the strip mine and related sites.

Wonder Valley WYSIWYG, (Plaster, aqua-resin, video projection, custom software)

Gale Crater with Copper Mine

Gale Crater with Copper Mine is a speculative 3D model which sites Bingham Copper Mine on the surface of Mars. The famed Utah strip mine is the largest human excavation in the world and the site of one of Robert Smithson’s proposed land interventions. The Martian site, Gale Crater, is currently being explored by the NASA Curiosity Rover. The model is exhibited in renderings, 3D printed studies, and a real-time 3D simulation. The work urges us to consider the ramifications of anthropogenic change and radical land alterations beyond Earth.

Gale Crater with Copper Mine, digital rendering
Gale Crater with Bingham Copper Mine, Shadow Computations, (Rack Mount PC, Military Flight Case, Video Projection, Custom Software). Installation view from the SVA Sculpture Center lobby.
Gale Crater with Bingham Copper Mine, Study #1, 3D Powder Print, Plaster
Gale Crater with Bingham Copper Mine, Study #2, 3D Powder Print, Plaster

Models and Studies

Models, studies, and artifacts that show process and inspiration are presented on a series of low plinths. Included are casting studies in plaster and resin, 3D printing tests, and natural stones that I have used for reference.

Cast plaster and aqua resin studies, samples of alabaster, salt sample from Salt Lake, UT, 3D printing studies in PLA with copper filament. (Installation view from the SVA Sculpture Center lobby. )
Carved alabaster, cast resin with sand and pigment, salt sample from Salt Lake UT, 3D printing studies in PLA with copper filament, chalk and silicate samples from Farhult, Sweden.
Cast resin studies, 3D printed studies, geode samples, plaster miniature landscapes, unopened geode samples from Quartzite AZ, chiseled alabaster, low grade e-waste gold. (Installation view from the SVA Sculpture Center lobby.)