Cherry, cherry veneer plywood, graphite on mylar, block printing ink on paper.
This installation represents various artifacts from my childhood home built in 1775 in Frederick, MD recreated from memory and based on reference images. The family farm established in 1755 is known as Dearbought, it exists currently as a planned community of the same name on the 300 acres of former farmland. A palimpsest is a document on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.
Reference photo of Aldin Ct street sign from Dearbought development in Frederick, Maryland and installation view. This street is named after my middle name “Alden,” though it is spelled wrong.
Stone marker reference photo from Dearbought and recreation in cherry veneer plywood and solid cherry.
Carved cherry roller with wallpaper pattern from my childhood bedroom in the house at Dearbought, built in 1775.
Carved cherry roller with wallpaper pattern from my childhood bedroom in the house at Dearbought, built in 1775.
reprinted wallpaper detail
Graphite drawings on mylar and binder of architectural drawings and reference documents for the development of the Dearbought farm into a planned community.
Found ceramic, glass, metal, stone, painted MDF, numbered pins, metal mounts, and signage in display case.
detail of knapped found ceramic toilet and plates
ceremonial knife
barbed wire fishing hooks
arrows and knives
found glass and ceramic, metal, pine, fir plywood, ethafoam, foam core, tyvek, hardware
arrowheads and knapped points in shipping create
steam-bent cherry, cotton cord
woodblock carved left shoe – “hayfoot”
woodblock carved right shoe – “strawfoot”
installation view
cherry, hardware, woodblock printing ink
wood, woodblock printing ink
steambent ash, rawhide, spar varnish, leather, hardware
stembent white oak, rawhide
cherry, maple
Installation view with sewing frame, standing press, lying press. Handbound book of graphite and ink drawings.