PERSONAL PROJECTS
La Salle (1+2) & Planter Box
Summer 2017
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Since graduation, I've continued tinkering, building, and creating small pieces in my free time. The first of which is a spontaneous art piece using found materials (leftover driveway asphalt, plants pulled from a ditch, and plastic containers) to create a set of sculptural planters titled after the location in which they were created. These were created near a suburban development in La Salle.
The combination of life (or former life) in a material wrapped up in the identity of death evokes irony as well as temporality as the grasses begin to age and die. The locations in which these pieces were made are in a liminal state. Development of suburbs on former farming land and the losing battle of preserving nature are wrapped up in this piece.
The second piece, Regrow, is a personal project using found materials (in this case rusted hinges and barn wood) and giving them new life and function in the form of a weathered planter box for herbs and vegetables. A waterproof membrane is installed between the aged wood and the soil to limit rot, and drainage holes shored up by rocks are cut into the bottom of the planters. In the planters I grew various herbs, wildflowers, and cherry tomatoes.