WEBVTT 00:01.267 --> 00:06.139 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% !!musiC@!!!musiC@! 00:06.139 --> 00:07.674 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> MY INSPIRATION FOR MOST OF MY 00:07.674 --> 00:10.010 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% WORK IS DERIVED FROM NATURE, 00:10.010 --> 00:12.812 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOUND MATERIALS, BUT MORE DEEPLY 00:12.812 --> 00:17.484 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROOTED IN THE TEXTURES AND SOME 00:17.484 --> 00:18.985 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE 00:18.985 --> 00:21.121 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% HAVE WITH NATURE THAT I THINK, 00:21.121 --> 00:22.956 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% YOU KNOW, MAYBE GO LESS 00:22.956 --> 00:25.291 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RECOGNIZED TODAY THAN THEY USED 00:25.291 --> 00:26.459 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% TO SINCE WE'VE DISTANCED 00:26.459 --> 00:28.928 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% OURSELVES. 00:28.928 --> 00:32.365 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% THEY DO STUFF WITH HANDS AND 00:32.365 --> 00:34.534 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% FEET WITH THOSE, THERE'S THAT 00:34.534 --> 00:37.003 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INTERESTING CONNECTION, OUR FEET 00:37.003 --> 00:38.538 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND HANDS ARE OUR INTERFACE WITH 00:38.538 --> 00:39.539 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% THE WORLD. 00:39.539 --> 00:40.774 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I MEAN, THEY'RE SOME OF OUR MOST 00:40.774 --> 00:45.011 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% IMPORTANT BODY PARTS IN THAT 00:45.011 --> 00:46.312 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% WAY. 00:46.312 --> 00:48.048 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% SO THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THOSE 00:48.048 --> 00:50.683 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND THESE ARCHITECTURAL KIND OF 00:50.683 --> 00:53.153 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% ELEMENTS THAT I JUXTAPOSE THEM 00:53.153 --> 00:55.555 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% OR HYBRIDIZE THEM WITH IN THE 00:55.555 --> 00:58.224 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% SCULPTURE KIND OF CREATES SOME 00:58.224 --> 01:04.397 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% OF THAT SURREAL KIND OF AIRS. 01:04.397 --> 01:08.668 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I CAME TO CCAD IN THE MID-'90s 01:08.668 --> 01:10.270 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% TO STUDY ILLUSTRATION. 01:10.270 --> 01:13.907 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I WANTED TO DO COMIC BOOKS OR 01:13.907 --> 01:15.675 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% FANTASY ART. 01:15.675 --> 01:21.414 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% SO THAT OBVIOUSLY CHANGED. 01:21.414 --> 01:25.285 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% !!musiC@!!!musiC@! 01:25.285 --> 01:27.120 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% I'VE ALWAYS MADE THREE 01:27.120 --> 01:28.688 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, WALKING 01:28.688 --> 01:30.156 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STICKS, JEWELRY, I DID ALL THIS 01:30.156 --> 01:31.758 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% KIND OF STUFF AND FIGURED OUT 01:31.758 --> 01:33.493 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOW TO DO IT BEFORE I EVEN CAME 01:33.493 --> 01:35.829 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% TO COLLEGE, I STARTED DOING 3D 01:35.829 --> 01:37.464 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THINGS, SO IT'S THE VERY 01:37.464 --> 01:40.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% BEGINNING OF ME DABBLING IN 01:40.600 --> 01:43.670 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% MAKING ACTUAL OBJECTS. 01:43.670 --> 01:44.671 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% SOME OF THEM WERE FUNCTIONAL, 01:44.671 --> 01:47.207 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TOO, BECAUSE THAT WAS A VEHICLE 01:47.207 --> 01:50.310 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO GET TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE 01:50.310 --> 01:51.678 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% MATERIAL, TO LEARN ABOUT THE 01:51.678 --> 01:52.679 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% MATERIAL. 01:52.679 --> 01:55.181 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% TO HAVE THAT FUNCTION AS A 01:55.181 --> 01:56.182 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% DRIVER. 01:56.182 --> 01:57.183 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% I ACTUALLY STARTED CASTING 01:57.183 --> 01:58.184 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% METAL. 01:58.184 --> 01:59.185 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE 01:59.185 --> 02:03.022 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BIGGEST IMPETUSES TO ME STUDYING 02:03.022 --> 02:04.023 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% SCULPTURE. 02:04.023 --> 02:05.558 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% METAL CASTING IS WHAT I WAS 02:05.558 --> 02:07.360 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% REALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 02:07.360 --> 02:08.628 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I BASICALLY NEVER LOOKED BACK 02:08.628 --> 02:10.263 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% AFTER MY FIRST BRONZE CAST. 02:10.263 --> 02:11.698 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL TO 02:11.698 --> 02:14.167 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% CAST IRON BECAUSE I WANTED TO 02:14.167 --> 02:15.668 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% MAKE SCULPTURES THAT WOULD 02:15.668 --> 02:17.203 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DEGRADE, 02:17.203 --> 02:19.272 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% THEY WOULD RUST, AND YOU COULD 02:19.272 --> 02:20.907 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% PUT THEM OUTSIDE AND DO THINGS 02:20.907 --> 02:22.876 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% WITH THEM THAT WAY. 02:22.876 --> 02:23.943 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% BUT THE THING ABOUT CASTING 02:23.943 --> 02:26.079 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% METAL THAT TIES INTO WHERE WE 02:26.079 --> 02:29.149 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE WORK, THE 02:29.149 --> 02:32.452 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% METAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY WAY TO 02:32.452 --> 02:34.921 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% MEET NATURE IN THE MIDDLE, TO 02:34.921 --> 02:38.124 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% RECREATE A FORMAL ELEMENT TO 02:38.124 --> 02:40.226 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% COMBINE WITH THE NATURAL 02:40.226 --> 02:41.828 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELEMENTS THAT I FIND OR NATURAL 02:41.828 --> 02:43.630 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% MATERIALS OR OBJECTS THAT I 02:43.630 --> 02:44.964 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% FIND. 02:44.964 --> 02:48.067 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% AND HELP TO BRING THAT MESSAGE 02:48.067 --> 02:53.106 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% OR CONCEPT OR IDEA OUT BY 02:53.106 --> 02:54.874 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% PARTNERING WITH THOSE NATURAL 02:54.874 --> 03:01.114 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% MATERIALS. 03:01.114 --> 03:02.849 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% SO BONE COLLECTOR COMES FROM 03:02.849 --> 03:06.519 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% THIS IDEA OF I'VE ALWAYS FOUND 03:06.519 --> 03:08.521 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SYCAMORE BRANCHS AND THEIR KNOT 03:08.521 --> 03:11.291 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WORK THAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SCAR 03:11.291 --> 03:13.626 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% TO BE VERY BONE LIKE, KIND OF 03:13.626 --> 03:19.599 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% LIKE A FEMUR. 03:19.599 --> 03:25.171 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% !!musiC@!!!musiC@! 03:25.171 --> 03:26.272 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THEM AS 03:26.272 --> 03:29.209 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% LOOKING LIKE BONES, SO I JUST 03:29.209 --> 03:31.611 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% DECIDED ONE DAY THAT I'M GOING 03:31.611 --> 03:32.612 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% TO START PICKING THESE UP 03:32.612 --> 03:35.081 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% STRICTLY TO DO A PIECE ABOUT 03:35.081 --> 03:38.718 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COLLECTING THESE TREE BONES, AND 03:38.718 --> 03:40.253 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% TOUCH ON THE BEAUTY OF THE 03:40.253 --> 03:41.588 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% NATURAL WEATHERING THAT THEY 03:41.588 --> 03:43.389 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% HAVE AND THE PROCESS THAT GOT 03:43.389 --> 03:45.158 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% THEM THERE, BUT ALSO WHERE I 03:45.158 --> 03:47.293 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% MEET NATURE IN THE MIDDLE, AND 03:47.293 --> 03:49.629 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% BASICALLY HAVE THAT MATERIAL 03:49.629 --> 03:51.431 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% ADOPT ANOTHER IDENTITY IN 03:51.431 --> 03:55.635 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% VOCABULARY. 03:55.635 --> 03:59.806 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% !!musiC@!!!musiC@! 03:59.806 --> 04:01.107 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I DO THINK WE'RE IN CONFLICT 04:01.107 --> 04:02.108 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% WITH NATURE QUITE A BIT, WITH 04:02.108 --> 04:03.443 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% OUR CHOICES. 04:03.443 --> 04:05.778 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% AND WE DON'T THINK LONG TERM, 04:05.778 --> 04:10.817 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AND NATURE IS LONG TERM. 04:10.817 --> 04:12.118 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I DO THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE 04:12.118 --> 04:15.421 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% MAKE CHOICES WITHOUT ACTUALLY 04:15.421 --> 04:16.823 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WORKING ON WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL 04:16.823 --> 04:17.924 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% BE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE 04:17.924 --> 04:19.959 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% OUTCOME WILL BE, AND A LOT OF 04:19.959 --> 04:21.060 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% THE CHOICES WE MAKE SERVE A 04:21.060 --> 04:23.029 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% MEANS TO AN END. 04:23.029 --> 04:26.799 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% EVER SINCE, EVEN MY EARLIEST 04:26.799 --> 04:28.901 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WORK, I WAS BRINGING NATURE INTO 04:28.901 --> 04:31.704 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE GALLERY, AND I THINK THERE'S 04:31.704 --> 04:33.840 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% A MAGIC TO THAT. 04:33.840 --> 04:35.742 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOING BACK TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY 04:35.742 --> 04:36.743 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% LIVE IN THE CITY AND THEY'RE 04:36.743 --> 04:39.245 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% CITY DWELLERS, AND YOU KNOW, 04:39.245 --> 04:40.446 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% THEY'RE -- ALL THEIR 04:40.446 --> 04:41.714 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% EXTRACURRICULARS IN THEIR LIFE 04:41.714 --> 04:43.116 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ARE SOCIAL, GOING TO THE 04:43.116 --> 04:46.019 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RESTAURANT OR BAR OR, YOU KNOW, 04:46.019 --> 04:47.353 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% ANOTHER EVENT AROUND TOWN. 04:47.353 --> 04:49.222 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% IT'S LIKE GET OUT OF TOWN. 04:49.222 --> 04:50.723 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% GET INTO THE WOODS. 04:50.723 --> 04:52.592 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GET IN NATURE, AND CONNECT WITH 04:52.592 --> 04:54.861 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% THAT. 04:54.861 --> 04:57.864 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I THINK MAKING WORK LIKE THIS 04:57.864 --> 05:01.301 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HELPS SOME PEOPLE RECONNECT WITH 05:01.301 --> 05:03.469 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% NATURE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 05:03.469 --> 05:06.306 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% AND MY JOB AS THE ARTIST IS TO 05:06.306 --> 05:08.408 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% KIND OF RECREATE THOSE MATERIALS 05:08.408 --> 05:10.109 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND REASSEMBLE THEM AND COMPOSE 05:10.109 --> 05:12.578 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% THEM IN A WAY THAT SPEAKS TO 05:12.578 --> 05:16.578 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% THAT.