HOLDING MY PULSE IN YOUR HANDS
48 cement and epoxy putty casts, approximate scale 2.5” x 3” each, Fall 2013
Banff National Park

Holding My Pulse in Your Hands is a collection of small-scale sculptures which record the negative space created between the the artist’s hands and her environment. Created in situ while a resident at The Banff Centre, the work seeks physical closeness, yet highlights the distance seperating one from the other. This negative space casts pairing the artists’ finger and palm prints with textures found in the natural world. United, these unique and identifiable textures find similiarity in pattern and form, acknowledging humans as a part of the natural world, not separate from it.

These fossil-like casts document an intimate and haptic experience within the Rocky Mountain landscape that shaped the artists upbringing. These sculptures record a momentary pause in an attempt to know and capture a place more deeply. This work explores the indexical methodologies shared by sculpture and printmaking— using the negative space cement-cast as a matrix for the epoxy print.

Thanks to

Rita McKeough who served as my exceptional Graduate School Studio Advisor for her thoughtful reflections as this work developed in the studio.
Andrea Martinez, my friend and inspirational artist for in situ photography