Going beyond a clock on the wall, my work seeks to give physical form to time. Like a clock hung on the wall, this series of work seeks to give time a physical form where we typically see it.
Each cube takes 10 minutes to make. 6 cubes are created in an hour. Using this math the viewer is able to actually see the amount of time hanging on the wall.
120”x 84”x 3.25” | porcelain paperclay
107”x 71”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
200”x 87”x 3.25” | Porcelain Paper Clay
48”x 48”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
40”x 56”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
36”x 56”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
107”x 71”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
36”x 36”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
36”x 36”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
36”x 36”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
56”x 36”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
56”x 36”x 3” | porcelain paper clay
25”x 25”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
13”x 19”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
52”x 52”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
25”x 17”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
24”x 24”x 3.25” | porcelain paperclay
25”x 31”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
60”x 47”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
24”x 24”x 3.25” | porcelain paperclay
24”x 24”x 3.25” | porcelain paperclay
32”x 34”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
32”x 3.25”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
31”x 16”x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay
This series started as a way of creating a space in time I could still exist even after I was gone. It has evolved into bringing other people into the space with me to create a conversation that will still exist even after those involved have moved on. The conversation may be over, but living with anxiety makes me constantly revisit what was and was not said at the time.
This is a new idea and my creative goal is to continue to have these conversations with people in different spaces.
10’x 5’x 1-2” | unfired clay
11’x 7’x .75” | three years of tiny cubes
7’x 9’x 1” | fired clay
10’x 7’x 2-3” | unfired clay
25’x 8’x 1.75” (vary) | unfired clay
10’x 6’x 1-2” | unfired clay
“Why do you get old people to help you? I may not be able to get up.”
7’x 7’x .75” | 1 year of tiny fired cubes
The Law of Horizontality states that the Earth's sedimentary layers were originally formed horizontally by gravity.
Growing up in northern Utah I had the mountains as my play ground. I have since been fascinated by nature's repetitive way of creating natural features such as canyons and even sand. It takes billions of years for these formations to be created and are continually being carved out today.
When looking at these and many more formations, I can't help but see time the way nature has given it form.
12’x 7’x 1” | unfired and fire clay
3’x 5’x 1.75” | unfired clay
Detail
32”x 32”x 32” | unfired clay, plexi glass
NCECA-Projects Space
Dim. vary | unfired clay
Detail
An 'event' (in Physics) is a moment specific to a place and time where a physical situation or occurrence is associated with a point in spacetime.
Seeking to combine the different ways I represent time, I create these ‘events’ that bring together the representation of moments in time (tiny cubes) and the continuous cycle of time (big cubes) in site specific installations.
I place each cube, one by one, in a grid along the floor. Being on the floor and same plane as the viewer, it forces the viewer to confront the work and to become consciously aware of their body in space and time.
21’x 22’x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay and unfired clay
Detail
5’x 7’x 3.25” | porcelain paperclay and unfired clay
18’x 42’x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay and unfired clay
18”x 33’x 3.25” | porcelain paper clay and unfired clay
24’x 26’s 3.25” | porcelain paper clay and unfired clay
This series started in 2016 as a desire to capture those moments in time we leave behind and never get back.
I started leaving my tiny cubes (moments in time) where ever I went and documenting it, knowing I would never return to them.
I always have clay with me where ever I go now.
These are just some of the hundreds of moments I left behind and I will continue this project for years to come.
In 2015, I started creating these tiny cubes I refer to as moments in time. Like time seemingly having no end, this project too will continue without a foreseeable end.
Three years ago I began documenting those people who have stopped to create a moment of time with me. I photograph the person with their moment and I document a piece of the conversation we have. Not everyone wants their photo taken so not everyone who has helped is here. I cherish these moments and so thankful for all the help I have had on this journey.
Having only a few hundred of these photos seems small compared to the thousands of moments people have helped me create. I seek to continue this part of my process and will use it in a future installation.
"Ok fine peer pressure. But I didn't agree to a photo"
"It's like a sous chef. I did this in two squeezes. See two squeezes"
“Do you think time has feelings? I do. When I’m sad or when I’m up set time feels it and seems to slow down. When I’m happy or have everything planned for the day time feels it and I am able to get everything done I need to.”
"So are you making the time or are we?" (Danny) "Y'all are making the time” "Wow you are form Oklahoma"
"I am gonna put a T on it. It's mine! It's my T!!l"
"Here give me a chunk. Can I balance it on my nose?"
“I’m 85 years old!! Look at my crippled hands.”
“The only time we can actually see time is when it bends and slows down in and around black holes.”
“We live in a fourth dimensional world but why not six? We have no exact answer for what time is or why it exists.”
"There isn't no time like the present time." (Lisa) "Are you dunking your time in your wine?" "Yes I am"
"Wait I have to get your picture with your cube!" "Oh shit which one is mine?" (Megan) "Just make another" | "Yes it has to be mine"
"Well that's a little creepy but I'll do it"
"Her social anxiety is still a work in progress. Most of the time she just sits and listens."
“It’s about this and that and the social aspect of things.” (Renee) “Can you scoot this way so we don’t get Dan in it” me (me) “Yeah we don’t want his rear in it”
“Oh no. Not the face. You can have the hands”
“This is a quantum mechanical representation of a point in spacetime.”
“I don’t do photos” -said in his best British accent
“Those look like grey bacon bits.”
“We could do like a couples thing with it"
“distance=rate x time. That’s how you get time. ”-Jim “I’m not well known” -dee
“and i’m dooooooone”
"Ok fine give me a piece. Here ya go that's what you get."
"Yeah I'll help you make it. I have done ceramics before."
"I have to make a cube? I don't know if I am up for that." (Andrew) "It's your moment in time you can make whatever you want" “Can I make it into a cube hexahedron?” "Only if you can spell it."
"This is going to be a wee little one. A weee little one. Weeee little one. Can I have my wine in the photo?" (Jeanne) "Why yes you can"
"It's like changing a grain of sand. We are changing the universe here."
"Let's make a dish and sell it. That was very capitalist saying. We all need dishes"
"So I can make a moment in time? It will be our moment? Heck yes I will make a cube."
"Do I have enough for this? I need more" Jen "Look mines pretty perfect" Seth
"If you bring it back to god he was wanting us to make cubes " (Ryan) "How so?l" "Cubic feet that's how"
“Be a sphere in a world of squares"
"All these cubes and I finally get to be a part of it."-his sphere in a world of squares
"How do I make a cube again? Oh I got this"
"Make sure to get the brewing company shirt in the picture. Not my face"
"If you want it to be a cube then tell me"
"I can make it look like a tooth"
"Drunk lance. In the store club. With a cube"
"I am making it perfect. Gotta scrape it so it's a sharp edge...You need to re take that. what did you take form our conversation? Oh that it?"
"We know a girl who makes balls. We helped her make balls. It's was about just being together in that moment. She didn't fire them. She had a lot of balls"
"Oh what squirrel did you get?" (Chandra) "The happy little guy with a sunflower on the back" "My eyes aren't crossed in the picture are they?"
"Can it be a butt cube?" "Heck yes it can be a butt cube" (me) "Good cause mine has a butt. Did you get the butt in the picture?"
"Ok I have to know what you are doing. I will make one."
"I am curious on what you are doing" (Bre) "Make s moment in time for me and I will tell you." "Oh that makes sense"
"I need to make a structure" "Why" "Cause I am structural"
"And now this one has my finger print on it."
“I don’t think this is good enough.”
"What if I don't want to make a cube?" "Well it's your moment in time so you can do whatever you want with it" (me) "Fare enough I will make a cube"
"Wanna help me make a cube?" "No" (Sam) "What?! You'll be my first no" "Good. You should have expected that" "You are still going to be part of my story though. You'll get a blank photo. You aren't getting out of this that easy" "I appreciate that"
"I'm trying to make it smooth but I can't see it!!"
"You gave me such little. Oh wait it will work. So you are saying my finger prints will be in this till the end of the earth?"
"I get to help? Of course. What do I do?"
"I gotta get my hands dirty? Oh all right"
"Thats in Norman right?" (Matt) "Yes it is. I take it you know Ou then?" "I lived in Denton and graduated from UNT" " I have two is that ok?" (Cindy) "Oh you both have two that's awesome!"
"Oh I seen you making those I can do one" (Rosemary) "But my hands are ugly I don't want a picture" (Cindy) "Then just put it on your arm!"
"Well here ya go. I just came for a brush so now I am leaving."
"I only have time for one cube!"
"Yeah I'll make one......ok here ya go......bye" “Man that was fast.” (me)
"Sure I have time"
"She didn't make a very good cube" (talking about Louise)
"Can we make a sphere?"
"Well we all created these moments at the same time so it fits we do the photos at the same time"
"Mine is bigger so it's better"
"I thought you said it had to be a cube"
-at Anderson Ranch
"This is harder than it looks" "You are doing great" "Yeah yeah yeah. This is the hardest thing I've done the last two weeks"
"Are we making balls?" "We are making little cubes" "They are all so little!"
"Ok mine's ready" (Desuan) "Alright let's do it" (Roosevelt)
"Heck yeah I have time now. I am a free now."
"Oh it's so cube."
"You mean like a real bone-ified cube? Like a geometric cube?"
"It's so personal I love it."
"Hey mine has a mouth. Now it's a marshmallow"- Jonathan "You gotta pose like the marshmallow man" Ryoichi
"Oh but I am a perfectionist so I have to smooth it out after i drop it."
"Can I make it into a house?"-Paige, Anderson ranch "Yes it's your moment" "What are you doing?" (While she is looking through rocks) "Finding a roof"
"So what kind of cube? Like cube cube or what cube?"
"Oh wow I am in the tree. So is there a way I have to do this? If you forget to turn it, you make mini marshmallows."
“I’m helping my friend hide these everywhere. I’ll make some time with you”
“This is my gallery. I’m playing security so no one walks off with anything.”
“Mine is very cubular.”
“I am the devourer of time.”
“What am I like dog? Do I get a treat for how many I balance?”
(Silently chewing fajita meat) “ you’re going the have the finger prints of everyone that ever helped you”
“Buy me a potato and I’ll stick it in a kiln.”
“This one. This one is my favorite. It’s so perfect.”
“The photographer becomes the photographed”
“Here how about me?! How about me?!”
“Where do you get all this clay?”
“Look at my little square!”
“Oh is this the clay that tears up your hands when you throw?” Had a long talk about art and clay and time and got caught up in the moment to forget to write anything more than what I did
“distance=rate x time. That’s how you get time. ” (Jim) “I’m not well known” (Dee)
“Here’s a kitty. I’m leaving cause Penny is right there.”
“Take a photo with this one cause I have to get back to work. Trey asked if I wanted cake and I was like who doesn’t?!”
“I wan more cubes! Oh man mine is a drunk cube.”
“Look a tiny little dragon head!”
“Do you want to be rebels and join my story and make some cubes” “We sure do!”
“Watch me make this perfect.” (Pat) “What if i fuck this up?” (Eric)
“Here. Do I just hold it?”
“Do I look at the camera or just keep working? I’m going to look like I’m working on it.”
“You mean like this? Here ya go.”
“What are we doing here?” “Creating a moment in time to add to the journey I’ve started.” “Alright here’s your cube”
"I’m not doing ok. Oh ok my mom did one."
"Do you burn metal for color? You know pecan shells give off a great red."
"Oh yes! I'm gonna make a tooth cube."
“Oh no!!”
"A moment in time with Michael O'Donnell. Like my radio show"
"The cube!"
"Oh you might know my sister Kelly. She is around a lot. I'm Kabeth." (I don’t know who her sister is)
"You've never asked me to do this before. I'd love to help out."
"Can I be candid?" "You're a unicorn you can do whatever"
"Heck yes let's do this!"
"I'm from Ohio and miss the tall trees. Ooo gotta get the glove in it."
"What's a cube? Oh you mean like an actual cube?"
"Oh mines not perfect" "They should be selling those s'mores." "You can have a bite of mine"
"Ooo a cube. Yeah I can do that."
"Let's do it with fire!!"
"I'm Ryan's nana!"
"You're gonna need a tracker on her in Mexico. They maybe into the whole cow thing."
"It's only fitting our last moment together we make a moment in time."
"Can I put it in my teeth?"
"Hope this is good enough."
"Like a perfect cube?"
"I'm like a damn dinosaur, I gotta make everything perfect"
"Oh that cube thing. I got you."
"Here ya go."
"I'm gonna make this cube of the year."
"Oh wait now. I have to make sure I don't have chicken in my teeth."
"I used to tell guys to straighten up or I'd make them shit cubes."
(Was the quiet the whole time)
"Oh so that's what was in the Tupperware container. I thought someone was just munching on some diced ham."
"You should look up Holly Hanessian work. If this is what you're doing now."
