Focused on eco-social sustainability “PILLARS” is a sculptural practise that explores storytelling through large found driftwood from the Pacific Northwest.

Uprooted and taken by the tides, the PILLAR finds itself re-planted and grounded, searching for new roots. A material of abundance in the Pacific northwest, found driftwood narrates a story of art through time. Told through the scars, cracks, and wounds on its sun-bleached skin, this story is earned and not written.

PILLARS discusses two ideas:

1)    Social sustainability: PILLARS tells the story of growing and developing in one location, then trying to settle down and find roots/purpose somewhere new.

2)    Environmental sustainability: Pillars themselves are human-made objects, a by-product from the logging industry, and shouldn’t be as abundant as they are in the PNW. This abundance opens itself to questions about our impact on the ocean and our environment.

Primarily as public art works, PILLARS are vertically installed into the ground ranging in scale from 10-30 feet in height. Additionally interior installations of PILLARS have been curated into office buildings, private collections, and public venues as wall mounted installations.