Scanned Clay Collage are made using ancient recursive techniques borrowed from glass working and candy making. These images are not created on the computer, but are the result of a manual manipulation of a common hobby material. The collage is then scanned at high resolution to make crisp, large scale prints revealing unexpected detail.

Though produced with ancient means, these images are thrillingly new.

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The Unfolded Images are produced by the recursive application of a very simple algorithm consisting of a series of deterministic steps that make an image nine times larger. The image is then rotated a set angle and cropped back to the original size before being re-cycled through the process again. The cropping allows the faintest trace of a willful action within an otherwise set routine: a trace that has proven crucial in achieving a new kind of complexity

These images stand up to extended and repeated viewing. The process can be used to grow the image to any size without loss of resolution or variation.

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Hybrid techniques are an inevitable outcome of experimentation. These sets derive from scanned clay collage being fed to the image unfolding algorithm. These series are journeys into new but oddly familiar territory. Familiar because of the echoes of microscopic life, minerals, and the decorative arts of many places and times. Odd due to the infinite variations on subtly evolving themes that unfold across the surface.

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These youtube videos are lo-res samples of animations made from unfolded images. The originals are high resolution, 1024x768. Please excuse the compression artifact, the originals are crisp and clean.

Each one is a five minute loop.