Portfolio > Tiles

These works are groupings of painted wood tiles arranged on handmade shallow shelves. Each board is painted on both sides and they can be rearranged and flipped over to reveal new compositions. Some inspiration comes from children's blocks.

I began making these at about the scale of dominoes at the start of the pandemic, working with markers - something repetitive to do to keep busy, a kind of therapy of sorts. As the project grew in scale over time, I've shifted to a more complex geometric language. Titles are there primarily to help identify sets.

Untitled (for Dad)
acrylic ink on maple boards
8' shelf, set of 24 tiles, each tile is 12"x4"
2023
Untitled (8') #1 & #2
acrylic ink on ash boards
two sets of 27 tiles on 8' shelves, each tile is 10.5" x 3.5"
2022
Italia
2024
detail
2024
detail
2021
detail
2021
detail
2024
Untitled (for Rafi and Lisa)
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2021
Untitled (for Rafi and Lisa) detail
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2021
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2021
Primero (detail)
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2021
Untitled
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2020
Yasuke
2021
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2020