Jamie Noce

 

Tiles

2014

Tree stump, Aluminum

 27" x 44" x 5" (each tile 5" x 5" x 2")

This piece was about marrying two materials that juxtapose one another.  Using a simple tile form in multiple, this piece shows how the two different materials interact with one another to investigate ideas of something that was once alive being encapsulated by a man-made substance.  As an artist, it was important for me to keep the form and display simple, in order to focus on the tiles themselves as well as the process of aluminum casting over wood.