Architectural Assemblages

Grammar of Architecture
2024
Vintage architectural  fragments and tin ceiling panel, vintage brass stencils, flash cards and wood type, Lumasite, graphite
32”H x 104”W x 8”D

The linear layout of found objects and architectural fragments are equated with sentence structure and punctuation marks. The sculpture acts as a three-dimensional sentence diagram.

Image sources:

L’Encyclopédie, Diderot & D’Alembert, 1751
Problems in Mechanical Drawing, Charles S. Bennett, 1908
Accurate Perspective Simplified, Howard Ashley, 1954
Of the Just Shaping of Letters, Albrecht Durer, 1535

Photos by Rik Sferra

Architect’s Handbook
2023
Found book, architectural salvage, vintage plumb bob, flash cards
48”H x 25”W x 5”D 

A new addition to on ongoing series of sculptural book works that connect tools, architectural elements and language play in works that deconstruct and fluidly reassemble the built object.

Photos by Rik Sferra