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I have been developing the yo-yo series for the last 6 years. They were fun simple forms which gave me a canvas to play with. Over time my understanding of the forms meaning has been clarified. They became objects expressing feelings of wholeness, harmony, duality, levity, and relationship. They have become more than just the relationship of yo-yos to childhood memories or ruminations of the concept of play that I initially imagined. They have become forms for contemplation of the past, present, and future.
Lucky Dragon being made.
“I made one golden egg with a fox inside of it. When my parents split up and my mom left, my gram lived right next door to my father. My gram was a phenomenal woman. She really raised me; she instilled in me a sense of self worth, taught me that I mattered. Her maiden name was Volpé. Her family hated my grandfather because he took her away from her home in Italy and then all the way to Seattle. There’s a road called “Christian Road” on Whidbey Island- that’s named after her. I own that egg; I love that piece. I’m not going to sell that one.”
Collaboration with artist Daniel Friday, a good friend of mine, has led to the creation of new work that fuses our individual aesthetics.
