In the dinner table series, I am focusing on the everyday activities of the family meal, dining and drinking with friends, and the group dynamics of these gatherings. Central to this idea are the relationships that take place during meals, the act of eating, the basic need for sustenance, and the things we eat and what that says about us. The chairs, tables, place-settings and food all allude to the human actions without the presence of human figures.
The Red Velvet Wedding Cake is an elaboration on this idea. I was interested in creating something that the audience could interact with and take with them much like the tradition of eating a piece of a wedding cake, a symbol of the bride giving herself away.
These pieces are constructed of a welded wire structure that is painted to create the armature. Fabric is stretched around the wire armature, then is trimmed and hand-stitched. The wire structure and translucent white fabric give the pieces an ephemeral quality and sense of purity that invites investigation into the action the furniture is involved in.
