Web Sites

Sculptors, Inc.
Sculptors' group for the Greater Baltimore area, for which I serve as the treasurer.

Washington Sculptors Group
Sculptors' group for the Washington, D.C. area. I'm the moderator for the discussion group on Yahoo Groups.

International Sculpture Center (ISC)
The International Sculpture Center advances the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. My work is in the Portfolio section.

Sculpture Community Discussion Forums
A variety of online discussion forums hosted by the ISC (see above). A great place to get technical and logistical questions answered, find exhibition opportunities and discuss issues relevant to sculptors.

Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
An organization for artists interested in science and technology, and scientists interested in art.

Polytek
Moldmaking materials and training workshops, highly recommended.

Ball Consulting
Information about Forton MG, in which I cast my reliefs.

George Glazer Gallery, New York
I am the webmaster for this site, which sells antique globes, maps, prints and books.

Books

These books have influenced the imagery and approach in my reliefs completed since 2004:

• Theodor Schwenk. Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air. Rev. ed. East Sussex: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1996.

Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book explains the movement of fluids and how they shape our environment from small scale (unicellular organisms) to large scale (winding rivers, cloud formations).

• John Briggs. Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos. New York: Touchstone, 1992.

A lively introduction to chaos and complexity theory and what they teach us about patterns in nature. Lots of illustrations, and also includes a section on how these scientific ideas have influenced contemporary artists. He presents technical information for the layperson in an accessible "NPR Science Friday" way.

• Mark C. Taylor. The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

A discussion of complexity theory and new models of understanding systems as networks in various stages of stability and instability. The author suggests that these ideas about networks have ramifications beyond science and technology, as a way of looking at topics in the humanities, such as social relationships, culture and the arts.

• D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. On Growth and Form. 1942. Rev. ed. New York: Dover, 1992.

A classic (and lengthy!) study on how growth proceeds in organisms according to mathematical formulae, and how different patterns of growth produce different physical forms, for example the spiraling forms of a mollusk shell.