RE-Consumed Media, Enigmatic Anthropology series, and Experimental Pieces

Record albums, audio cassettes, video tapes, reel-to-reel film and audio, 8-track...so many objects we once coveted and even anxiously awaited their release are now virtually valueless. I have discovered quite a few people have held on to these objects, many times without even means of playing them. A combination of nostalgia and guilt for the original sticker prices they shelled out years ago seems to have made them cling to these collections. Once I made it known that I was looking to make art from old media items, the response was overwhelming-it seemed that many people needed a "cause" to finally say goodbye to these items that they had taken care of and moved from house to house for reasons they couldn't explain. Creating art from mass media items has given them renewed value and I believe helps people justify saving them long past their expiration date. One VHS cassette uses up to 1,410 feet of tape (more than a quarter mile!). Billions of these tapes (along with audio cassettes, 8-track, Beta, etc.) have been produced since the early 1970s, but unfortunately very few uses for a recycled tape have been found. With it taking fewer than 100,000 VHS tapes to cover the circumference of the earth, it is likely that humans have created enough tape to completely cover the surface of our planet! The response to this series has been such that I feel like it is a direction I will continue on for some time. There will likely be an inexhaustible supply of new "old" items (people are already giving me Compact discs, computer hard drives, etc.).

	Memory Vault Metal/found objects (chain, drawer runners, printer components, hard drive components) 22"x36"
	Analog Clock 38" Metal/Found objects (clock and printer components, bicycle chain)
	Silver Age 32" x 21" Silver, Aluminum, Glass, Brass
	The Last Picture Show 31x 27 Ink on Metal,found objects (reels, chain, VHS and printer components)
	Well Oiled 24" Etched metal, found objects (strainer, car timing chain, springs)
	Starcog 29"-Ink on metal, acrylic
	Saws, Lies and Videotape 30" metal, vhs, acrylic
	Slaughterhouse #6 32" Ink on metal, found objects(meat hooks, nuts, saw blades)
	iPhone Aught-2 5"x7" found objects (antique cash register, apple laptop, etc.)
	Sun Collector 38" ink on metal/found objects (bicycle gears/chains, pyrometric cones, components from hard drives)
	Sun Collector Detail
	Celtic Chain Drive 36" ink and acrylic on metal, found objects(lock washers, bicycle chains, wood frame)
	Key to the Past 34" Wood, cement, metal, acrylic paint, found objects (screws, wood stretcher strip keys, saw blade, wrenches)
	Celtic Saw 34" saw blades, metal, paint, found objects
	Mini Sculptures roughly 10" each-various metal found objects
	Celtic Memory Back-up 38" etched metal/ink and found objects (Add-on memory sticks glass beads, etc.)
	Shell in a Shell metal, acrylic, pistachio shells, found objects(saw blade, screws, etc.)
	Sun Worship 34" metal, plastic, acrylic paint, pistachio shells and other found objects
	Dream catcher/recorder 37" fiber, metal, canvas, found objects (trampoline, Spirograph parts, etc.)
	Tech, no logic 37" metal, canvas, ink, found objects, trampoline, glass)
	Crop circle locator 44"x44" metal, found objects (trash can lids, saw blades, screws and hooks)
	Energy Pulse 76" W x 36" H Acrylic on canvas, safety glass, circuit boards, sticks, etc.
	Source of power 3- 24"x36" panels Acrylic, slumped glass, found objects
	Serpent mound artifact 42" metal, plastic, cement, saw blades
	Celtic Recording Device 24"x29" etched metal, cement, foam core, ink, found objects
	Mayan Dividing Calculator 42" x 42" metal, cement, wood, saw blades
	Taking Pleasure in VHS's Demise 6"x6" found objects (made from a Sony Betamax player and videotape)
	Taking Pleasure in VHS's Demise Photo and article from the Columbus Dispatch
	Hungry For Perfection 6"x6"found objects (Perfection board game, Hungry, Hungry Hippos board game, marbles, Legos)
	Backspin 49"" acrylic/found objects (Wilson Staff golf clubs from early 1970's, mirror, wood frame, strainer)
	Champions Plaque Golf course designer Mike Hurdzan comissioned plaque made with vintage golf equiptment

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