Chewed Clouds (I)

About the artwork

Chewed clouds comes from the Chewed Ideas series, in which used chewing gum is formed into a shape such as clouds, a line, or the crown of a tree. I enjoy subverting the supposed worthlessness of discarded chewing gum. True magic resides in us, and it may consist in transforming an everyday, disposable object into anything we imagine, even into images that can be admired and contemplated—a sky, a landscape, a horizon—like you might find in a haiku or a Zen meditation. I often try to see the profitable in what we miss because it seems insignificant.