“Knitted and Drawn” Handmade violin and yarn 2023 This video is best heard through headphones. (The quality of the event will be lessened if heard through a phone.) Knitted and Drawn is the one time event of the internal yarn of the “Knitted Violin” being drawn out. Some images of the instrument are below, more available …
Author: Daniel Graham
I would sing two songs if I had one voice
“I would sing two songs if I had one voice” Buckeye, leather, steel, mixed wood species 2022 This work was made for the KMAC (Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft) 2023 Triennial entitled “Divided We Fall”. Inspired by juxtaposition of the stilt walking shepards in the region of Landes in southwestern France and the perseption of …
Time has made us strangers
“Time has made us strangers” Scorched poplar, spalted maple, dirt, fungus 2023 This work was made for the KMAC (Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft) 2023 Triennial entitled “Divided We Fall”. Inspired by the current and lost connection of shaker furniture in Kentucky. This cabinet is coming out of the ground still alive. Although buried, …
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My Blood is a Novel (handle respectfully)
“My Blood is a Novel (handle respectfully)” Pencil on paper, steel, acrylic glazing, and wood 2021 Invented in the 1830’s as a form of entertainment the phenakistoscope (the slotted rotating disc viewed through a mirror), was the 17th century version of the GIF. Controlled by the viewer, the phenakistoscope produces short, repeating animations. Often times …
Predator, Prey and Pockets Full
Cast resin duck and geese skulls, dried flowers, and vinyl 2022 Duck…Duck…Duck…Duck…Goose! With the word goose we choose who we want to chase us. Some pick a lessor opponent assessing who we think we can outrun. We call the fastest ones ducks in hopes of not being caught. Participating in a game of continual exposure …
Bare Bones Banjo Video Course
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The Inside of the Inside
These works deal with a reintroduction to social interactions after the last year and a half. Each of the three works in this small series expresses a container of the self. “The inside of the inside” is a small case on stand, inspired by my experiences in seeking counseling and trying to clean out overlooked …
The Outside of the Outside
These works deal with a reintroduction to social interactions after the last year and a half. Each of the three works in this small series expresses a container of the self. “The outside of the outside” is inspired by the mailbox of my home. It is a set of containers at different stages of being …
The Outside of the Inside
These works deal with a reintroduction to social interactions after the last year and a half. Each of the three works in this small series expresses a container of the self. “The outside of the inside” is a vulnerable shell, standing tall, half-stabilized and half-suspended. The chair serves as a container for the body. This …