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Six Models of the Universe02025 It’s said that the fabled Yggdrasil--an ash tree--grows at the center of the cosmos. Disease and emerald opportunists threaten the ash trees in the world we know.

In a world of undead gods and rotten kings, The Hanging Tree reminds us that that there are many worlds.

As part of the Folklore of Math, these forms express impossible places we know are real.

Form 01: Pinched Wormhole
Form 02: Cat’s Delight
Form 03: Einstein-Rosen Bridge
Form 04: Seed Bud
Form 05: wyrmhole/solaranus
Form 06: Entangled Worlds



Carved ash wood.

Dimensions variable.
Oppeneheimer’s Ghost02012-02023 The central hat--evocative of noted alchemist and cult leader Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer--was cast in a pate de verre process during the 02012 Creative Glass Fellowship residency at WheatonArts.

Completed thanks to the generous support of The Aldritch Contemporary Art Museum and Richard Klein in 02023.

Technical assistance thanks to Matthew Day Perez.



Cast uranium glass and carved ash wood.

Dimensions variable.

Approx. 72in x 20in x 13in
The Vitrified Man: Fleshy Variant)02012-02025 The dream of a body of a human body transmuted (grown?) into a glassy, geologic substance.

There are real life examples of this dream, but they manifest only fractionally.  A few examples:

Casts made from bodies in Pompeii.

A brain flash vaporized into glass-like residue.

All kinds of curious mineral growths that evoke the flesh.

A dream body like this would inspire projection in the living mind and would not easily conform to what we would commonly understand as a “lving” thing.

Cast glass and carved ash wood.

Approx. 16in x 9in x 6in
The Atomic Priesthood Project (APHP)02010-PRESENT A 10,000+ year proposition put forth by Dr. Thomas Sebeok (1984)* to design a cultural relay system to insulate and retain information about nuclear waste management, the legacy of atomic weapons/power, and deep time ecology.

Beginning in 02010, Sebeok’s proposal  was taken on and has illustrated the symbolic order, protocols, and designs that can endure on the proposed scales of deep time.

The Atomic Priesthood Project (APHP) has included historians, glass workers, engineers, designers, textile artists, and other collaborators from around the world, has been hosted by museums and universities across the United States, and has been included as keynote presenter and contributor to many academic symposiums internationally addressing nuclear waste management.

More information available at:
https://www.theatomicpriesthoodproject.org/

Archive instllations have been hosted by:

+Museum of American Glass
+James Madison University
+Otis College of Art and Design
+The Mildred Complex(ity)
+Kathryn Markel Fine Arts
+Proteus Gowanus










Multi-media installation archive.

Dimensions variable and site-sepcific.
Tyger Collapse02017 Tigers aren’t always what they seem.

Paper pulp, pigment, glass, porcelain.

Dimensions variable
Approx. 24in x 24in x 10in

Fragile Model of the Universe02017 The Universe is a fragile thing.

Daemons work hard to maintain and guard such structures.

Paper pulp, taxidermy blank, ink.

Approx. 72in x 32in x 24in

The King Divided02014 Alienation is the price of power.

Glass, LED lights, wood.

30in x 24in x 6in

Crown02014 As natural as anything.

Glass, LED lights, wood.

30in x 24in x 6in

The Stars Are Out Tonight!02014 Look how they shine.
Glass, cockroaches, paint, specimen pins, LED lights, wood.

36in x 24in x 6in

The Hanged Man (Rubido)02014 The final stage of enlightenment for The Fool.

Not what you expected.Paper pulp, found stone, steel, epoxy resin, nylon rope, paint, aluminum, pigment.

Dimensions variable.

Approx. 82in x 52in x 24in

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