Reunion

In Early-2015, Covo, now Trellis, a coworking space in San Francisco, commissioned a large installation piece for the entry of their new flagship location on Mission St.

The resulting artwork, titled Reunion, was installed in June 2016 and debuted at Covo’s grand opening in August 2016.

Reunion, is to date my largest and most ambitious work. It was a heartfelt collaboration with my woodworker Father, James Konwinski, and commissioned by a wonderful company and team in San Francisco: Rebecca Brian Pan, Jason Pan, and Dan Brian. For several years I had been sketching variations of this structure, imagining it on every empty wall I sat in front of for too long. When Covo asked for a piece around 100 sqft, the initial sketch came to life almost instantly.

I designed 9.5 foot long maple frames spread out across 10 feet, anchored into place by large walnut beams, with 5 distinct redwood pieces left raw and unfinished to hang from the uneven shape of the frames. One continuous drawing was made that stretches across the length of the panels. In all it was 8 months of planning, 6 more months and 1000 hours of drawing, and three trips from NY to California to source just the right salvage redwood from Anderson’s Alternatives in Mendocino.

Walnut beams were chosen to anchor the piece into the rafters above and hold the maple frames in place. Once the redwood pieces were chosen, the angles of the shorter frames were solidified so that drawing could begin.

I had only a rough sense of the movement I wanted across the panels, tying the drawing together. The paper was cut and taped into place exactly as it would fit into the frames, so that the perspective would remain consistent.