Array

Array is a combination candle holder and dish that can be used individually or stacked into a customizable candelabra. Array is an examination of sand casting, a manufacturing process still fairly common in North America. Both the asymmetrical form of Array and the mechanical relationship (close fit, arrayed from a central axis) between pieces when stacked are derived from the types of parts traditionally made using this process.

Deliberately revealing the idiosyncrasies of the process, the sand-textured surface and part lines are left untouched. This also creates a counterpoint the designs precise CAD-generated form. Array is cast in aluminum and comes with a black or white powdercoat finish.

Materials: Aluminum
Dimensions: L 170mm x W 115mm x H 40mm
Status: self production

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Beads  

Beads is a hanging lamp series influenced by beaded objects like bracelets, necklaces, and rosaries. These lamps are both primitive and sophisticated, like the stuff that inspired them and like the human concerns that inspired that stuff: our vanities, aspirations, and superstition. 

Materials: wood, acrylic
Dimensions: maximum 100mm D, 1000mm H
Status: self production

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Add Bank

Traditional piggy banks have it all wrong. The coin slot in the Add savings bank has been altered to graphically illustrate the mathematical operation involved in saving pocket change.

Materials: stained porcelain
Dimensions: 127mm D, 75mm H
Status: prototype

Customs Plates

The image on each plate in this series represents a different category of object that is commonly smuggled. Though at first they seem unrelated these items are component parts of an unofficial but healthy market economy. Whatever else the health of this economy implies, it has to be viewed as a testament to both the porosity of man made barriers and to the tenacity of human intentions.

Materials: modified ceramic restaurant plates
Dimensions: 150mm D
Status: limited edition of 40 / sold out
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Customs Platter  

Each image on this platter represents a different category of objects that is regularyl smuggled. They're arrayed to capture the dynamism of an uncontrolled economy.

Materials: modified ceramic restaurant plate
Dimensions: 350mm D
Status: limited edition / sold out