Feeling the weight

paper, epoxy resin, fiberglass, latex paint. 2017

80" x 16" x 41"; about 1/8" thick.

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Feeling the Weight is cast from the exterior of an above ground swimming pool; the type of backyard pool that has an inflatable ring at the top and a smooth bulging belly formed directly by the mass of water contained inside. Paper mache and resin were layered against the side of the pool and removed once a hard shell was formed. The object still holds the form of the weight of the water inside the swimming pool.

Installed in Trouble, 2017 MFA Thesis Show, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX 

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