Sculpture
My intersection with a discarded, dented silenced trumpet led me to ponder its journey. An affinity for Chet Baker and the orphaned instrument inspired me to continue its story. Unable to bellow out notes from the inside out...reconfigured, it now invites an alternate experience for the senses, from the outside in...
A quest to save silenced trumpets has become an unanticipated passion in the realm of my artistic endeavors and sent me on a creative journey that will take several years to complete and befriend a community of lost trumpets. A working trumpet is capable of playing 45 notes each one must be honored.