free radicals

links to exhibitions showing related work
safety net at Loop, 2010
being natural at Durham, 2010
too cool for School art and science fair spring 2010

This sculpture was originally called Sui generis, a formal title for a playful work. The Latin means "of its own kind". In my recent sculpture,  it refers to experiments "establishing the form of things unknown", 3-D experiments which contain a shared sculptural molecule made from pipe cleaners, plaster, hats and paint, experimentation for its own sake and for the pleasure of making new and singular things.  It's a simple form that can change into more complex variables, like Primo Levišs slow and sublime carbon atom. Science tries to understand the natural world through rational testing of hypotheses. With a similar goal, but a different approach, I want to use artistic intuition to mimic growth and diversity in nature, inhabiting the process of growth. 
sculpture examples- please scroll across to view more images
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photo credit below left: Michael Tweed