Chicken Dish, 2018

Chicken Dish, 2018

Found Objects (Smith-Corona typewriter parts, Polaroid 340 camera parts, checkbook cover, mouse trap parts) wood, plastic, paint.

17.25 x 12.75 x 6 in (HWD)
43.82 x 32.39 x 15.24 cm

The abstract design of this assembled chicken or rooster was heavily inspired by cubism.

The blue Smith-Corona Coronet Super 10 typewriter that I picked up at a swap meet contained a small plastic container of correction tape. I pried the container open and out fell a correction tape containing the words “chicken dish.” That discovery led to this kinetic automata sculpture that also contains parts from a Polaroid 340 land camera from the same era as the typewriter.

Turning the crank spins a set of three internal gears that were cut from plywood and HDPE plastic. Through various openings, you can explore spinning collages and assemblages (attached to the large gears) that piece together memories of these found objects.

This piece received First Place at the Refresh: Past, Present, Future Juried Exhibition at the Escondido Municipal Gallery in 2018 (Escondido, CA).

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