The Mechanism Shows the Way

The Mechanism Shows the Way (2024)

Dimensions: 44″ x 17″ x 8″

Materials: Red Oak, Weeping Cherry, Wenge, Bubinga, Holly, American Cherry, Ash, Maple, Walnut

There are five distinct phrases laser cut into individual blocks: i am this, i am that, i am not this, i am not that, i cannot not be. No block has more than one of these phrases. The case holding the blocks is angled at roughly 2 degrees and the blocks are held in place by gravity. The hand and it’s “mounting block” can move around to any other position in the case.