Photographer: Alex Martinez
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What I Do

Industrial design as art

If one were to reference my trade in the marketplace, I would be called an industrial designer. The skill set that is involved in producing my work categorizes me as such. What makes me different is that the few works I produce each year are sold in the marketplace as art. Producing such works, like the “Sisters" and the ”Ambassadors," requires the use of old world and new world technologies.

The processes involved in the creation of my works are a delicate balance of hand and machine. It’s not uncommon for the materials to be fitted into place within plus/minus measurements of the width of a human hair. Some of the finishing treatments involved in my work are common in satellites orbiting earth. When necessary, I use magnets to fit my work together, which allows me to transcend the "standard" and "metric" issues I had at one time selling my work in France and the United States.

For the past several years I have made one series of 6 and one or two commissioned one of a kind art works.  This schedule works best for me and I believe that it would be best to remain at this level of output.

"When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
R. Buckminster Fuller