Margulis Panels

These carved plywood panels are made by hand, and not with a computer-aided router. I’m inspired by the work of the biologist Lynn Margulis. The process by which these panels are made explores growth, combination, and mergers of form. I lay out circles at random, overlap them, join them, and then begin to carve. In the process a new form emerges, one that is rooted in the origin shapes but has also taken on a new life of its own.