The Infinite Muse

May 2018; Redone in 2023

Glass - Wood - acrylic paint - arduino

This sculpture was the center piece of my senior thesis in 2018. The original was partially destroyed in an oil spill in 2019 (long story haha) and was remade over the course of 2023. It was a huge milestone for me technically and conceptually in both its original and refurbished forms.

The pedestal is made of wood, stained glass and acrylic paint; whereas the globe sitting on top of the pedestal is made from blown and sandblasted glass. I wanted to show the world as a sacred infinite expression of creation and miracles. There is an Arduino computer inside the pedestal that hooks up to a sensor that translates the amount of movement in the room to the brightness inside the sculpture. So essentially the closer you get to the sculpture the brighter it glows. My intention of doing this was to make the viewer aware of the direct connection between themselves and the rest of the planet.

The language that exists in my paintings is almost identical to the language in my sculptures:

Green: Life force, prana, chi, earth energy

Black: Void, Emptiness

Circular Mandelbrot forms: Representations of the unseen, all knowing, all loving mind of the universe

Gold: precious, sacred, End result of alchemical transmutation

Rainbow: Visible light spectrum of human beings, Representation of the unique human experience