Ripples is a grouping of nine ceramic sculptures coupled with a meditative audio file played on a loop. The sculptures are made using pre-existing clay and ceramic—primarily terracotta roofing tiles and planters that are broken into shards, glazed black, and fused together from the extreme temperatures of a kiln. Mimicking the deformations and changes of rocks within our own planet’s geologic time, the sculptures become slumped, bubbled, and twisted as they meld together. They are placed on or above rough, heavy concrete slabs that are lifted off the ground to remove them from the surface we stand on. Each sculpture is lit specifically to create dramatic shadows that further separate the works from the ground creating a floating visual effect. My intention is to create a beautiful visual landscape using discarded human-made objects that will inspire others to consider the use of similar materials for art and to think further about the future of all human-made things.

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By locally sourcing discarded materials—usually found on the side of the road or at construction sites as a kind of urban mining approach to sourcing materials—the resulting works become portraits of the cities from which the materials hail and underscore the aesthetic tastes, values, and embedded memories inherent to those places.