Title: Failure to Rescue
Media: 16-gauge flat steel; oxyacetylene weld
Dimensions: 7”W x 8”D x 13”H
Weight: 5 lbs
Date Created: 2023
This sculpture captures the moment a system begins to fail. In medicine, “failure to rescue” refers to a possible outcome following a complication. Will the system respond, or will the patient be lost? The raised base sets the stage for a visible fall. The forms no longer rise but tumble downward in a cascade of disconnection. The energy and balance of earlier works give way to stillness, grief, and disarray. For the first time, the final quadrilateral is off-course and undone, marking not just a complication, but a failure to recover.
Title: Heap
Media: 16-gauge flat steel; oxyacetylene weld
Dimensions: 7”W x 8”D x 13”H
Weight: 5 lbs
Date Created: 2023
Systems under constant stress don’t just wear down, they often collapse completely. This sculpture captures that catastrophic failure. All structure is lost, and familiar points of interaction have vanished. The relationships between elements have unraveled, and any sense of order has eroded. Unlike the upward momentum seen in Group 1 of Resilience and Fragility sculptures, there is no elevation here, only fragmentation. The forms sit in disjointed silence, reflecting a system pushed beyond its limits.