3D Boxes

Compartments series: Mixed media, unique boxes, each 16 x 14 x 3.5 inches. My studio neighbor, Paul Hofmann, gave me six wood boxes in 2022. Shortly afterwards, while walking in north Berkeley, I found a biography of Joseph Cornell in a Little Free Library. These called me to compose photographs and objects in the boxes. The original box lids were replaced with gallery frames to formalize the arrangements and tie the group together.

Cigar Boxes: Three wooden boxes that came to me when my father-in-law died in 2008 sat in my studio until 2024. Now, they are lined with photographic prints: two are abstracted, making an unknowable space inside the containers, and one shows a window, transforming the box into a darkroom of sorts. The objects placed inside reflect upon knowledge, time, and space. Each is 7 x 4.25 x 3.5 inches.