Walkin' Boss (shovel, pulaski, d-handle, and axe) 2005
bronze with patina
dimensions vary, tools are life size
 

The ebb and flow of the twisted relationship between humans and Nature In particular the physical contact points of the two through history, such as early settlement technology, agriculture, and the harnessing of raw materials of which both industry and sculpture have always shared.

The transfers of energy from a river to a mill wheel or from a plow to the earth are intimate and powerful relationships. The hand on the shaft of a shovel, made of wood that once was growing now becomes the contact point between our hands and extends back down into the earth, which provokes some connection; as does the spade of the shovel, made of extracted minerals, penetrate back into the ground from where the minerals came. The enclosed action becomes highly conductive, from the earth to our hands and from our hands down into the earth. When we push down into the earth, will the earth push back?

Could we map this point of inversion?

Could we trace the potential and kinetic energy generated between Human Intervention and Nature…