This project was a private art commission done for VINA ENOTECA, an Italian restaurant in Palo Alto. Derivative of an exhibition I had at San Francisco's  Minnesota Street Project, this work engages the monochromatic space with bursts of color and textures to compliment the range of food emerging from the kitchen.

Like my other work, I contrast the corporeal feel of ceramics against the rigidity of steel and armature structures.  

Materials: Custom glazed ceramic stoneware held up by a steel armature.

Dimensions: 144" x 120" x 6" 

Design Concept:

Growing up I was always nose in the dirt catching snakes. As i get older and return to the fields and gardens of my childhood, I find that the snakes are gone. In this piece, I explore the existential side of perception and how it undetectably shifts under our feet. Are the snakes gone because the envi-ronment has changed, or do the snakes appear to be gone because I am now over 6' tall and no longer on their level? Have I changed or have my surroundings? Each hanging ceramic piece is part of a wild and free feral snake which represents shifting identities and perceptions in my life; a reminder to always try and see things from multiple sides.