FROM CHEST-BINDING TAPE, BINDERS, SURGERY, AND HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
HERE’S WHAT’S IN MY PANTS, THANKS FOR ASKING
summer 2023
cast iron from sock-packers and t-bottles
1.5 x 16 x 8” all together
AKIN TO BLEEDING OUT
spring 2023
cast iron from post-surgical drains, post-surgical drains and tubing, rope, steel rod, ferric nitrate, cupric nitrate, spit, blood
variable dimensions
BLOOD LETTING
spring 2023
cast iron from top surgery scars, wire, binding tape, ferric nitrate, cupric nitrate, pigment, blood
33” x 8” x 3”
long sleeves
spring 2023
cast iron from the sleeves of the shirt that i wore accidentally when i shouldn’t have, shame, self harm, ferric nitrate, cupric nitrate
11 x 9 x 5”
skinned
spring 2023
cast iron from binding tape box, binding tape, ferric nitrate, cupric nitrate
8 x 6 x 4”
scars and blisters
2022 - 2023
cast iron from binding tape, pigment, ferric nitrate
5” x 3” x 2”
boy tears
2023
aluminum bronze from testosterone bottles
variable dimensions, to scale of standard t-bottles
MAYBE IT ISN’T OKAY
january - february 2023
fabric, used testosterone injection supplies, chest-binding tape, rust, patina chemicals
variable dimensions, each sheet 9’ x 26”
there’s something wrong with Jacque and Martin
fall 2022
white bronze from chest-binding tape, album cover from an album she helped produce but he found useless to hold onto, animosity, spite
3 x 10 x 10”
NOT BREATHING FOR THE SAKE OF BREATHING
fall 2022
cast iron from my first two binders, one cast with a binder placed inside the sand mold
together: 1.5 x 31 x 19” ; reaction binder: 1 x 14 x 13” ; ‘normal’ binder: 1.5 x 14 x 13.5”
FULL-TIME
2022 - 2023
cast iron, from chest-binding tape. wrap patina with binding tape and buried in used testosterone bottles, needles and syringes (+ wrappers), pharmacy receipts, and binding tape backing
2 x 20 x 23”
[installation piece, see “MULTIMEDIA + INSTALLATION WORK”]
SCARIFICATION
fall 2022
cast iron and enamel, from chest-binding tape
5 x 8 x 1”
ARIZONA ATTEMPTED TO ENACT ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATION 12 TIMES IN 2022
2022
cast iron from chest-binding tape, enamel paint
5 x 6.5 x 1”
https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/
they’re killing us again
2022 - 2023
cast iron from chest-binder, white enamel, rust, binding tape
1” x 14” x 13.5”
DARLING YOU’RE SPILLING OUT THE EDGES AGAIN
fall 2022
cast iron, from testosterone injection bottles, enamel paint and hot-oil patina
9 x 8 x 9”
decomposition
fall 2022
white bronze, from chest-binding tape
2 x 5 x 2.5”
smother
fall 2022
cast aluminum, from chest-binding tape
3 x 6 x 4”
uprooted
fall 2022
copper from chest-binding tape, white bronze from scavenged tree root
5 x 8 x 5”
the horses and their spine collection
fall 2022
white bronze and hot oil patina, from chest-binding tape
2.5 x 4 x 3”
elusive
fall 2022
white bronze, from chest-binding tape, raku-style patina using copper luster raku glaze
2.5 x 4 x 4”
blistering
spring 2022
cast iron, from chest-binding tape
2.5 x 8.5 x 6”
he would rather not know those kinds of things (so i tell him in small doses)
fall 2021- spring 2022
cast iron and cast copper-iron matrix, from chest-binding tape
4.75 x 6 x 3.5”
FROM INSTRUMENTS
grandpa dreamed of music
summer 2022
iron cast into accordion case full of accordion parts, plywood, and steel banding
11 x 32 x 26”
artifacts of a music store, no. 1
cast summer 2022, assembled august 27th
cast iron from accordion burn-out, wall-mounted
6.5 x 3 x 3”
artifacts of a music store, no. 2
summer - fall 2022
cast iron from accordion burn-out
1.5 x 18 x 7”
alzheimer’s and pneumonia
summer - fall 2022
frame from nana’s closet, charred fragments from accordion burn-out, wire
28 x 22 x 1”
grandma wanted windchimes
summer - fall 2022
picture frame, wire, and melted accordion pieces
12.5 x 10.5 x 1.5”
trans is punk
spring 2022
neon, instrument fragments, abandoned guitar case, printed images, top-surgery acceptance letter, hrt paperwork, repaired with binding tape
23 x 44 x 19”
FROM VINYL
tidal waves
spring 2022 - spring 2024
bronze, cupric nitrate patina
6” x 26” x 9”
everything is currents
spring 2022
bronze, white bronze, copper
1.5 x 2 x 19”
GRANDPA’S STUDIO
2022
cast iron from vinyl record, coated in vinyl dust from putting records into a blender
together: 1.5 x 20 x 16” ; individual: 1.5 x 9.5 x 11”
FROM OTHER MATERIAL
shitty apologies
spring 2023
neon, pbr
approx. 4 x 19 x 30”
SUBJECTIVITY
fall 2022
white bronze
2 x 8 x 5”
[installation piece, see “MULTIMEDIA + INSTALLATION WORK”]
long distance
spring 2022
cast copper-iron matrix, from wood
1.5 x 4 x 3.5”