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'Sunshower'. 74 1/4" x 11" x 23 1/2". Maple Veneer, Plywood, Copper Leaf, Concrete. 2025.

'Sunshower' was inspired by the dreamlike effect of raindrops acting like tiny prisms as they fall through sunlight. The light glittering off the rain, combined with the strange incongruity of rainfall while the sun is shining, creates a magical, almost otherworldly, quality.

As participants approach 'Sunshower', before they begin to interact with the piece, the sculpture's crank and funnels communicate that it generates sound. While the funnels visually suggest sound, they also physically project and amplify it.

Sound is an essential element to the sculptures in the series, 'Time Will Tell'. Each piece approaches sound in a unique way, creating differing qualities of pitch, intensity, and timbre. The way each piece focuses and directs sound, draws participants to move around the individual sculptures to fully experience them. When exhibited with some or all the other pieces from the series, the sculptures begin a kind of call and response with each other, engaging and activating the space between them. Participant's proximity within the sculptural arrangement is ever changing as is their perception of both the visual and sound space. Throughout the series, sound is the sculptural medium that links all the pieces together.

For 'Sunshower', I used figured maple veneer which has a warm, golden color, and shimmers in the light ('figure' refers to the ability of the grain in the wood to catch and reflect light). I used copper leaf inside the funnels, on the rotating discs, and on the crank, which along with the figured maple, references sunlight. When cranked, the internal mechanism simulates an accurate, realistic, sound of rain.

'Sunshower' is the third piece of a series titled, 'Time Will Tell', which will ultimately include twenty-four, interactive, sound-generating, mechanical sculptures. The works from, 'Time Will Tell', raise questions about technology, utility, purpose, and our relationship to Nature.