Distill

Distill #4

2015, 10” x 13” x 9”, cast iron with rust patina, photo credit: John Michael Kohler Arts Center/ Kohler Co. in the permanent collection of MOCA Jacksonville.

In Distill, small cardboard boxes holding ancient flora such as conifer, lichen, and ferns were arranged with miniature furniture and domestic objects to create small-scale dioramas, forcing the relationship between prehistoric and current geological eras. The uncanny environ was created when the casting process produced replicas and destroyed the landscapes, translating vignettes into fossilized depictions of the Anthropocene era.

Distill #3

2015, cast iron with plating and rust patina, wood, silver, permanent collection, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, photo credit: John Michael Kohler Arts Center/ Kohler Co.