Untools
Elliot Romo Kurek
He/Him/His
Sculpture/Ceramics
He/Him/His
Sculpture/Ceramics
While the Surrealists imagined objects that could not exist, and the Dadaists contextualized readymades that do exist, I make objects that might exist. Exploring tools as both medium and subject, I borrow components from within patent drawings as the building blocks to create art.
In Precision Incarnate, I use an imprecise material to create a precision instrument. Blurring the boundaries between measurement and ornament, engineering and craft, I replace the text typically found on micrometer frames with ornamental filigree from an original certificate of accuracy.
In Untools, four pieces explore the stages of creating a tool, first imagined as drawing, then built as prototype, refined as new product, and finally altered as a well used appliance. These stages reflect ideation, design process, intended use, and actual use of a tool and suggest the transformative power of invention.
In Precision Incarnate, I use an imprecise material to create a precision instrument. Blurring the boundaries between measurement and ornament, engineering and craft, I replace the text typically found on micrometer frames with ornamental filigree from an original certificate of accuracy.
In Untools, four pieces explore the stages of creating a tool, first imagined as drawing, then built as prototype, refined as new product, and finally altered as a well used appliance. These stages reflect ideation, design process, intended use, and actual use of a tool and suggest the transformative power of invention.
