Artist – Craftsman

Sketchbooks from past and present.

Open the Books

Dreamer – Seth

The Dreamers project is an ongoing series of photographs that explores what people of different ages want to be when they grow up if they could be anything.

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Touchstone

[note: this page contains incomplete documentation of this piece.  more documentation, including video, will be coming soon]

Touchstone is conceptually kindred to Less Than Three.  This piece is designed to react to changes in the wearer’s emotional state and externalize them.  Touchstone reads changes in emotional arousal through a galvanic skin response sensor embedded in the brim.  The sensor detects small changes in the wearer’s skin conductivity, which is related to their perspiration rate.  Once the crown is placed on the wearer’s head, it takes a brief period of time to calibrate itself, forming a baseline reading.  After that point it reacts to changes in conductivity, spinning the main top gear and corresponding sprockets at varying speeds based on the current reading.

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Husk
Human Scale
Mahogany Veneer

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Watchglass

This is a piece in a series of pendants representing different aspects of the psyche.  The symbolism in this particular pendant refers to the “watcher” or the skeptic, the part that looks inwards and assesses whether the decisions we make are sound and our emotions are genuine.  The use of a lens element creates an illusion of depth within the piece, so when it is worn it appears that you can see inside the wearer’s chest.

Sterling silver, brass, copper, bloodwood.

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At one point in my life I intended to pursue a career in music recording.  I also played the piano quite a bit, so I recorded a number of CDs, which were titled “Piano Stuffs” largely out of a fear that a more serious-sounding title would give the wrong impression and set the listener up for disappointment. These are some of my favorite recordings from that period of time.

Quartet

Carolina Red

Ode To Orgoth

Five

Duet

Last Minute Rush

Big My Secret (by Michael Nyman)

Less Than Three

Less Than Three was conceived as a wearable that would make it difficult to hide emotional changes. Often in our culture to be unaffected is valued; emotional reactions are seen as a sign of weakness. Less Than Three undermines the wearer’s ability to hide internal change by externalizing fluctuations in heart rate.

Less Than Three consists of a large pendant with accompanying battery pack. It reads the wearer’s pulse by a Polar brand transmitter strapped to the chest beneath clothing. The internal electrical components that drive the unit are lit with white LEDs that pulse with the wearer’s heartbeat.

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Megan

This is a series of photographs exploring the meaning of digital identity, and how that identity increasingly shapes our perception of individuals today.

In nearly all popular online forums for communication, users have the ability to select avatars, or pictures to represent themselves in dialog. Often the images that people choose are not pictures of themselves; rather, they serve as signifiers for some aspect of their persona they would like to highlight.

As these venues for communication become more popular and greater amounts of time are spent communicating virtually, rather than in real life, the avatars individuals choose begin to distort the image that comes into our head when we think about those individuals.

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As we spend time paddling, we become a part of the river and it becomes a part of us. I travel with groups of about 120 people – children, craftsmen, teachers, and leaders. We witness the power the river has to bring vitality to the communities on its banks, as well as the effects of our culture’s abuse.  I hope to convey some of the beauty of that place so others understand the importance of our waters.

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