Devotion, salvaged wood PETL71

• Reclaimed wood
• 40 x 40 inches

Devotion draws from the spatial rhythm of the traditional Double Wedding Ring quilt, reconstructing a textile vocabulary through salvaged painted wood. Translating curved forms introduced significant structural challenges, as the material carries prior histories of demolition, weathering, and, in some cases, Hurricane Sandy — wood pulled from the wreckage of 2012.

The wood is preserved exactly as found. Original paint, abrasions, and imperfections remain visible as evidence of lived experience rather than surfaces to conceal. Throughout the making process, the repeating rings became a meditation on labor, repair, community, and persistence. The composition balances rigor and improvisation, allowing geometry to hold together materials that were once fractured, discarded, or structurally compromised.

The piece will travel nationally as part of a multi-museum exhibition, continuing its trajectory through a series of public spaces and communities. In many ways, the piece extends the very ideas embedded within it — movement, connection, endurance, and the evolving histories carried by materials over time. The work will be available for purchase following the completion of the exhibition tour in spring 2029.