I made this series to illustrate a process, one of preparing to spin plates, spinning them, watching them crash, and being in the aftermath.  This mirrors my active life as an artist, both in my physical labor, and the emotional terrain of realizing my ideas.

In creating this sequence, I wanted to express that spinning the plates is not the goal, and that the crashing of plates is not an end.  This process of finding a catalyst, the start and inspiration, followed by an explosion and dissemination of parts is just how it is. 

This series is made of four large scale drawings and five small drawings:

Mechanics of plate spinning   ©2000   80” x 102”  charcoal, acrylic on paper

Spinning plates  ©2000   103” x 82”  charcoal, acrylic on paper*  

Falling plates   ©2000   101” x 112”  charcoal, water, acrylic on paper

Breaking plates  ©2000   77” x 80”  charcoal, acrylic, gesso on paper

Light   ©2000   23” x 20”  charcoal, acrylic on paper*    

Bounce   ©2000   26” x 22”  charcoal, acrylic on paper

Stationary   ©2000   19” x 22” charcoal, acrylic on paper*  

Slow   ©2000   25” x 33” charcoal, acrylic on paper

Display   ©2000   22” x 20” charcoal, acrylic on paper

*Private Collection

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