My work deals with the intersection of craft, material phenomena and aspects of the human condition. I incorporate enlarged implements, manipulated by the body, as a metaphor for the fragility of life. Common building materials such as: wood, metal, plaster, ceramic, cement are augmented with wax and hot glue. The sections are dissected, revealing the methods, materials and tools employed in their construction. The wax and hot glue are chosen for their translucency; as it pertains to the skin and viscera of the body. The opaque materials: wood, metal, plaster, ceramic, cement are chosen as stand-ins for the structure, various bones, spinal column, etc, that hold the membranes of the body together. Stratified layers are permeated with references to: strands of DNA, identification tags, architecture and cells. Rather than depicting a collection of these images, I strive to implode the work, visually, so that it appears as residue from an action. Akin to current events, I think of these investigations as “fragmentary incidents”. It is in the deciphering of the various fragments that yields a sublime sense of materiality and loss. Areas in the studio and elsewhere are mapped, pointing to the visual drama of order. The state of these projects, centered around a control of organic structure, is in constant flux just as in laboratory experiments.