Cut and Assembled Tile Wall Pieces

This body of work is ongoing, using porcelain tile. Some of the pieces utilize pieces of porcelain tile from previous projects that I found interesting and started looking at the assembled pieces and shapes as footprints of imaginary architectural buildings. I enjoyed the design exercise and proceeded to make a series of smaller pieces, which led to the much larger pieces. The vibrant China painted oval shapes are my visualization of celestial activity, with a focus on black holes. The cut tiles that resemble folded screens challenged my ability to take a single rectangular porcelain tile, cut it with my diamond saws and then stitch it back together. The China paint and ceramic decals are applied once the porcelain tiles have been cut. The much longer horizontal wall piece is the latest incarnation of this investigation utilizing black and white tiles that I acquired and then designed the decals to create a linear visual story. This body of work is ongoing.

• 2019 - 2024