savagejargon™ germinated out of frustration with the financial market meltdown, although i have been collecting expired casings for years...
being a bit of a polyglot, and working in a vast multicultural environment for a decade, it has been necessary at times to devise means of communication with people, where there wasn't a shared language. these temporary & simplified languages are referenced as pidgins. the sculptures are an exploritative language of a like nature...
many thanks to arkan zakharov for his collaboration on the photographs. each sculpture has large format c-prints to accompany them. c-prints are available through the website january 1st.
all casings utilized in these sculptures were eco- friendly, ethically fired & post consumer recycled.