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Yasuke, 1 & 2
acrylic ink on maple
44" shelf, tiles are ~ 7" tall
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
acrylic ink on maple boards
8' shelf, set of 24 tiles, each tile is 12"x4"
2023
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2021
2021
2024
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2021
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2020
acrylic ink on ash wood
each tile is ~ 6" x 2"
2020
2021

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

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.