Circles
6” diameters
Assorted woods
Constructed by inserting round plugs
Euclid Triangles
16” tall
Myrtlewood, English walnut, purpleheart, dyed veneers
A tricky assembly of mitered triangles.
Joys of Christmas
21” tall
Wenge and stone cabochons (malachite and carnelian)
This is an assembly of small cylinder components, tapered, and then joined with toothpick dowels.
Humanity
15” diameter
Mostly English walnut
Six squares forming an orderly tangle. We are all shades of brown.
Incarceration
23” diameter
Wenge, canarywood, ebony, bloodwood, yellowheart, and pink ivory
Inspired by events on the US southern border (children being taken away from their mothers).
Orderly Tangles
66” diameter
Redwood and steel pipe
Three triangles, six squares, and twelve pentagons. These freely rotate upon the supporting steel pipe posts.
Pathways
22” diameter
Bubinga, maple, mesquite, and walnut
This “orderly” tangle is comprised of twelve pentagon-shaped rings. Inverting, mitering and reassembling five sections of “turned” hula-hoop shaped rings created the pentagon-shaped components. The positioning of the pentagons corresponds to the faces of a dodecahedron.
Looking for Peace
22” diameter
Assorted woods
There is a peace sign hidden which can be found by looking downward from above.
Sierra Skies
23″ tall
Assorted woods
An example of “porthole” construction.