This is part of an occasional series about objects that live in my studio.

That’s an early piece, before I did any public art.  The nails keep falling out. Basically, I started off using found objects, so this was a long time ago.  That was some stuff I found at the Goodwill, just a sieve, two of them. And nails from a hardware store.  It was in Ohio. The idea is the nails face all out on one and then they face in on the other. It’s like an animal.

I still feel good about this early work.  I feel like there’s ideas to explore.

The nails are what keeps it together.  There’s nothing else keeping it together.

It did have a name. I just don’t remember.  It actually went to a show in Cooperstown, New York, a long time ago.

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