Whether neglected over years or taken quickly in a fire, ruined spaces, along with their contents, become collections in this series of work: the delicate remains of architecture, fragments of belongings, and decaying documents. Objects are culled from various sites in Missouri, Georgia, and Florida. The sentimental and the circumstantial are presented and catalogued with collection tags equally, matter-of-factly, as artifacts. Not all of the objects were removed from the house, some were rolled with ink and their surfaces were printed onto paper while on-site.
Collections
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Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Detail: Photographs (catalogued by site, date, and collection) from the Tampa Bay Collection, 3.5" x 3.5" each, 2013

Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Objects (catalogued by site, date, and collection with collection tags) Mary Street Collection, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Georgia Collection, Tampa Bay Collection, 2013

Rolling ink onto the carpet and preparing to print

Applying pressure to the back of the paper to capture a print of the carpet

Lifting the paper to reveal the print of the carpet

1163 Mary Street, carpet rubbing, ink on paper, 20" x 26.25" 2009