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In The Tool Series, I explore definitions of skill and the ways it can manifest through interpretations of a tool, namely, a hammer. Using the simple vocabulary of a hammer- steel head and wooden handle- I approach various ways of exploring skill and its place in our society. Such as the social activity of skill as it is passed from one individual to another, and subsequently to the relationship between parent and child, master and apprentice, and so on. While in more subverted ways, I’m confronting the duality of ability and disability as it contributes to the broader concept of skill and it’s acquisition.

Three Handle
Steel, Hicklory Hammer Handles
2" x 14" x 18"
2011
Three Handle (detail)
steel, Hicklory Hammer Handles
2" x 14" x 18"
2011
Precarious (Detail)
Steel, Hicklory Hammer Handle
2" x 2.5" x 13"
2011
Chode
2012
Wedge
2012
Cloth
2014
All Wrapped Up#1: Chasing Hammer
Steel, Hicklory Hammer Handle
3" x 2" x 12"
2011
All Wrapped Up#1: Chasing Hammer
Steel, Hicklory Hammer Handle
3" x 2" x 12"
2011
2012
All Wrapped Up#2: File
Steel, file handle
.75" x .50" x 9"
2011
All Wrapped Up: Ball Peen
Steel, Hicklory Hammer Handle
5" x 3" x 13"
2011
Hand Held
Wood, Brass
5"L x 3.5"W x 3"H
2010
Hand Held
Wood, Brass
5"L x 3.5"W x 3"H
2010
User Interaction
Woo, Steel
7"L x 6"H x 3.5"W
2010
Cooling
Woo, Steel
8"L x 5.5"H x 3.5"W
2010