Small Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 9" x 9" x 9"
Small Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 9" x 9" x 9"
Small Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 9" x 9" x 9"
Small Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6"
Small Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6"
Small Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6"
Small Thin Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/8" round — 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Small Thin Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/8" round — 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Small Thin Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/8" round — 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Small Thin Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/8" round — 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Small Thin Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel 1/8" round — 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Small Stellated Octahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 10" x 10" x 6"
Small Stellated Octahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 10" x 10" x 6"
Small Stellated Octahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 10" x 10" x 6"
Small Stellated Octahedron — mild steel 1/4" round — 10" x 10" x 6"
Short Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/4" and 5/16" round — 16" x 16" x 16"
Short Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/4" and 5/16" round — 16" x 16" x 16"
Short Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/4" and 5/16" round — 16" x 16" x 16"
Long Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 20" x 20"
Long Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 20" x 20"
Long Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 20" x 20"
Long Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 20" x 20"
Long Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 8 1/2" x 20" x 20"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Medium Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 18" x 18" x 18"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Tetrahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/2" round — 33 1/2" x 33 1/2" x 33 1/2"
Large Stellated Hexahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 35 1/2" x 35 1/2" x 27"
Large Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 36" x 36" x 22"
Large Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 36" x 36" x 22"
Large Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 36" x 36" x 22"
Large Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 36" x 36" x 22"
Large Stellated Octahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 36" x 36" x 22"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
Large Long Stellated Dodecahedron — mild steel mixed 1/8" and 1/4" round — 40" x 40" x 40"
These works are inspired by Plato's Theory of Forms; I want to make physical an idea. The polyhedra are imperfect, physical representations of ideas that exist in the strictly non-physical, conceptual realm. What qualities do all particulars share, and how do these properties inform a universal ideal? What makes a chair a chair, a triangle a triangle, a tetrahedron a tetrahedron?
The industrial throughline of steel brings a utility and strength when used to depict symbols of perfection in the world. I was initially drawn to metalwork over ten years ago because of the material's durability, and how the medium lends itself to industrial design applications. Plato’s inquiries into the timeless perfection of imagined geometric shapes, and into how geometries might lie behind all nature, inspire me to make objects that (though necessarily imperfect because they will never have perfect straight edges, and must eventually erode) tease our minds toward the perfect.