I create work based on environmental history both natural and constructed about the land that I live on. My current practice is informed by living on Toronto Island, a short ferry trip from the City of Toronto, and having first-hand experience with environmental and shoreline changes due to natural and human activity. The wire project is part of ongoing work about urban history, memory and a changing environment, and is based on a collection of small twisted wire fragments found on an urban landfill site created circa 1950 to 1990 from remnants of demolished buildings and homes in Toronto. I think of this landfill site as a ruin that holds memories and stories of a city. This work was started in 2020 and continues.

Grid of BX coated electrical wire on white background photographed in studio.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Blue and copper wire fragment found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on a white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment from building demolition found on Leslie Spit. Photographed in studio on white background.
Wire fragment on rock and cement debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto.
Wire fragment on rock and concrete debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto.
Wire fragment on rock and concrete debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto.
Wire fragment of copper held in hand with beach of rock and concrete debris in the background on Leslie Spit near Toronto.
Wire fragment on rock and concrete debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto.
Wire fragment on rock and concrete debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto.
Rebar and concrete debris on Leslie Spit in Toronto with background of Lake Ontario.
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