Study Tables

In my studio, I have always kept little objects for inspiration-- natural forms like rocks or seeds, but also oddball manmade objects that strike my fancy. I also have used kneadable erasers and types of clay as a tactile starting point-- to get my hands working and my mind ready to be in the studio. At some point, I realized how much I loved to set some of these objects on top of my drawings when they were horizontal on my work table; it made them into game pieces or landscape features, and made the horizontal nature of the drawings notable as a place of study and observation (think: maps, plans, charts). The small objects in relationship to drawings slowly blossomed into sculptural pieces in their own right, yielding a variety of installed spaces that I call "Study Tables."