Device 86
Multi-Blade Evisceration Machine (2021)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
crystals (537), powder coat, patina
8” x 8” x 6” | 20 x 20 x 15 cm
Device 19H
Portable Hemodialysis Machine (2020)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
Swarovski crystals (477),
powder coat, patina
7.75” x 9.5” x 8” | 20 x 24 x 20 cm
Device 23
Autopsy Saw (2020)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
Swarovski crystals (504),
powder coat, patina
6” x 15.5” x 3” | 15 x 39 x 8 cm
Device 7M
Rotary Trepanation Blades (2020)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
raised, Swarovski crystals, (641),
powder coat, patina
4.5” x 9.5” x 6.25” | 11 x 24 x 16 cm
Device 137X
Optical Saw (2019)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
raised, Swarovski crystals (252),
powder coat, patina
6” x 7” x 7.25” | 15 x 18 x 18 cm
Device 197
Reflex Tool (2019)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
Swarovski crystals (293),
powder coat, patina
4.5” x 9.5” x 7.25” | 11 x 24 x 18 cm
Device 57A
Nebulizer (2018)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
nebulizer, plastic tube, Swarovski crystals (134),
etched, powder coat, patina
4.25″ x 7″ x 5″ | 11 x 18 x 13 cm
Device 63B
Bone Screw (2018)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
bone screw, Swarovski crystals (363),
powder coat, patina
11″ x 2″ x 2″ | 28 x 5 x 5 cm
Device 103
Penile Prosthesis Pump (2018)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
penile pump, Swarovski crystals (330), etched,
powder coat, patina
8.5″ x 3.5″ x 1″ | 22 x 8 x 3 cm
Device 39C
Insulin Pumps (2019)
hand-fabricated copper, pierced,
insulin pumps, Swarovski crystals (314),
powder coat, patina
9″ x 9″ x 4.5″ | 23 x 23 x 11 cm
Device 72
Syringe (2019)
hand-fabricated copper, etched,
plastic tube, Swarovski crystals (104),
powder coat, patina
8″ x 7.5″ x 2.25″ | 20 x 19 x 6 cm
“Instrumental” Artist Statement
Surgical tools of the past have long captured public imagination as objects of intrigue and macabre fascination. Whether featured in cabinets of curiosity or medical museums, these devices evoke feelings of enticement and terror regarding their purposes and what these procedures must have felt like on a living body. This series of hand-fabricated medical instruments explores these devices as objects of art. Each piece draws out the tensions between the macabre and menacing versus the whimsical and alluring, as the playful colors contrast and help to alleviate the terrifying possibilities that you are about to die. They both exist in the future by conceptualizing a new type of anatomy and ways to mend the body, while also gesturing to the historical genre of memento mori objects and design.