The Difference Between a Cinderblock

The Difference Between a Cinderblock, 2008
Ash, epoxy putty, foam, rebar, cast concrete.

Two "prototypes" of the voids within a cinderblock are "weighed" and compared. Directly below sits a cast concrete form. The cast form matches the dimensions of a cinderblock, but solid of course. The thin shelves cantilever about 4' off the wall with a 1/4" space between them. The space is dramatized by a black-burned edge. The vertical element of the shelf is invisibly attached to the wall.
(This is a bad studio shot.)

Fountain

Fountain, 2008
wood, oil

Hollowed logs filled with black oil. Over the 2 week installation, the oil saturated the wood, rendering the cut edge almost black.
I hoped to create a truncated forest of self-reflecting pools.