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The wooden element is a copy of the Torso in Metal from the Rock Drill, by Jacob Epstein, 1915. Water cycles through the tanks, and the LED lights and CPU fan cycle on and off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1698861431698-M3NFU6X0L58TEIQ6T4BN/image-asset.jpeg A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill) A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill), 2023. 80” x 49” x 44.” Detail of LED lights, brass branch and CPU fan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1698861471820-N8WJSRZCOP25GO5NSF7K/image-asset.jpeg A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill) A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill), 2023. 80” x 49” x 44” Detail of water pumping system. The system cycles on and every few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1698861522285-3VTU1WRQCAII1D91ZL3B/image-asset.jpeg A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill) A Fallible Adapter (After the Rock Drill), 2023. 80” x 49” x 44” Salvaged pine, concrete, aluminum, brass, found 3D printer components, electronics, various tanks, plumbing components, slate, marble, LEDs and computer case fan. https://lewiscolburn.net/essays daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473440013-GVLECP8KZSQOLUDD28WN/IMG_5320+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. 92” x 128” x 45” Walnut, fir, oak, cherry, pine, jatoba, plywood, acrylic, paper, enamel, copper pipe, plywood door painted by the City of Philadelphia, C-clamp, portion of a brass sculpture made by my father, plaster anatomical leg from an art school, salvaged molding and plywood, copy of A Pattern Language inscribed by my sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473440013-GVLECP8KZSQOLUDD28WN/IMG_5320+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. 92” x 128” x 45” Walnut, fir, oak, cherry, pine, jatoba, plywood, acrylic, paper, enamel, copper pipe, plywood door painted by the City of Philadelphia, C-clamp, portion of a brass sculpture made by my father, plaster anatomical leg from an art school, salvaged molding and plywood, copy of A Pattern Language inscribed by my sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473447305-CPFYWA8MP26NPNPQE9SG/IMG_5322+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. This work evolved out of a long term meditation on Philadelphia’s built environment, throughout the course of renovating a rowhouse from 2012-2024. As the piece grew, I realized I was also thinking about A Pattern Language, the architect Christopher Alexander’s set of parameters (patterns) for a more humane and human-made built environment, published in 1977. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473451396-9PHKKRHWP6FMM7LLDUK3/IMG_5324+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander),2012-2026. The architectural model in the foreground is based on the house I renovated from 2012-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473458379-3Q9Y789Y3AOF5DIWIYZO/IMG_5329+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. Model of a contemporary rowhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473461390-KPZ0C469Y5RL5RK1YJ6R/IMG_5338+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. Drawings based on the pattern the City of Philadelphia paints on the doors of boarded-up houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473464680-ZAWUDD88KDSBP8JL7RNI/IMG_5341+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. The model in the foreground represent the rowhouse I renovated from 2012-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786473473320-BPYFZJCGJ3UZHSUCUT7M/IMG_5350+copy.jpg Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander) Essays for an Architectural Love Letter (After Christopher Alexander), 2012-2026. 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Copy of Schlitten (Sled) a multiple by Joseph Beuys. https://lewiscolburn.net/apparition daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474307689-FJH25BSN8418YTYFFINL/IMG_5250+copy.jpg Apparition with Omens and Small Array Apparition with Omens and Small Array, 2025 99” x 55” x 26 Gypsum cement, cardboard, gauze, replica frock coat, leather, electrical and electronic components, salvaged plywood, mortar, aluminum, brass, steel, ratchet strap, C-clamps, cymbal, stones from Lake Superior, bronze coathook arms, ball bearings, d6, lamp finial, nylon eyebolt, arrowhead, valve spring, jewelry chain, and hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474307689-FJH25BSN8418YTYFFINL/IMG_5250+copy.jpg Apparition with Omens and Small Array Apparition with Omens and Small Array, 2025 99” x 55” x 26 Gypsum cement, cardboard, gauze, replica frock coat, leather, electrical and electronic components, salvaged 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Array, 2025 Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474329338-C9VZ3VO5593AFG8BNVNX/IMG_5271+copy.jpg Apparition with Omens and Small Array Apparition with Omens and Small Array, 2025 Detail of array element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474470467-6UH6VZT4YWE3TA0CCT5Q/04_Apparition.jpg Apparition with Omens and Small Array Apparition with Omens and Small Array, 2025 Detail of LCD displays. https://lewiscolburn.net/architectural daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474603166-PRD05B7Y9RRRVWE5Q7Z0/Solitary_02.jpg Architectural Study 1 (Diagram for Solitude) Architectural Study 1 (Diagram for Solitude), 2025 86” x 60” x 37” Salvaged alley gate, HO scale model loading dock, pewter pitcher, copper, brass, aluminum, steel, cherry, salvaged pine, acrylic and hardware. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474756600-HA8TXGYIQUDK1W10YRMO/01_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024 84” x 103” x 42” Walnut, birch, basswood, honey locust, plywood, aluminum, copper, brass, steel, cast iron drainpipe, expansion cell tank, funnel, Chroma-Key paint, C-clamps, graphite, water pump, pneumatic tubing, plumbing, electrical and electronic components. Water circulates up from the tank, down through the system of funnels, draining through the log and back into the tank, cycling on and off every few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474756600-HA8TXGYIQUDK1W10YRMO/01_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024 84” x 103” x 42” Walnut, birch, basswood, honey locust, plywood, aluminum, copper, brass, steel, cast iron drainpipe, expansion cell tank, funnel, Chroma-Key paint, C-clamps, graphite, water pump, pneumatic tubing, plumbing, electrical and electronic components. Water circulates up from the tank, down through the system of funnels, draining through the log and back into the tank, cycling on and off every few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474756609-323BN0TCUSQVYSUVTJSE/02_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024 Detail of funnel system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474757549-QJX0GD7D1Q6UUIJUBPXL/03_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024. Detail of funnel system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474757661-D50WT9KRP9406CQY9R8P/04_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024. Detail of hollowed log pipe. Before cast iron, Philadelphia used hollowed logs as water mains; the last wooden water pipes were taken out of service in 1858. Hollow logs are still buried in the streets of Philadelphia, and they appear periodically when streets are excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1786474758643-TIPDZ3W7QYGSIYKF63CK/05_Impulse.jpg Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse) Provisional System IV (A Very Human Impulse), 2024. Detail. https://lewiscolburn.net/flood daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675501442-T3J8X48XVQSW9BZEGUBO/IMG_5066+copy.jpg Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood) Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood), 2024. 70” x 30” x 39” Oak, copper, brass, aluminum, found objects (concrete fragment, cast-glass hand, 3D printer components, brass lamp, plumb bob and copper mug), and hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675478804-SMO2CXJU5KP0TFBRRVP2/IMG_5043+copy.jpg Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood) Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood), 2024. 70” x 30” x 39” Oak, copper, brass, aluminum, found objects (concrete fragment, cast-glass hand, 3D printer components, brass lamp, plumb bob and copper mug), and hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675485675-I8G967U74DTU6J1R7TIX/IMG_5046+copy.jpg Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood) Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood), 2024. 70” x 30” x 39” Oak, copper, brass, aluminum, found objects (concrete fragment, cast-glass hand, 3D printer components, brass lamp, plumb bob and copper mug), and hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675501442-T3J8X48XVQSW9BZEGUBO/IMG_5066+copy.jpg Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood) Provisional System III (Waiting for the Flood), 2024. 70” x 30” x 39” Oak, copper, brass, aluminum, found objects (concrete fragment, cast-glass hand, 3D printer components, brass lamp, plumb bob and copper mug), and hardware. https://lewiscolburn.net/anxious daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675056957-VDMMZ82OOQD8545TLVAQ/AnxiousMachine_00.jpg Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief) Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief), 2024. 87” x 39” x 49” Salvaged pine, basswood, walnut, marble, brass, aluminum, copper, electrical and electronic components, coral, air pump, server rack components, iron gate brace, plumb bob, miniature chain, C-clamps, polyurethane tubing and fittings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675056957-VDMMZ82OOQD8545TLVAQ/AnxiousMachine_00.jpg Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief) Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief), 2024. 87” x 39” x 49” Salvaged pine, basswood, walnut, marble, brass, aluminum, copper, electrical and electronic components, coral, air pump, server rack components, iron gate brace, plumb bob, miniature chain, C-clamps, polyurethane tubing and fittings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675064590-D6DLHZCT3JRNBDLYMFP0/AnxiousMachine_01.jpg Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief) Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief), 2024. 87” x 39” x 49” Salvaged pine, basswood, walnut, marble, brass, aluminum, copper, electrical and electronic components, coral, air pump, server rack components, iron gate brace, plumb bob, miniature chain, C-clamps, polyurethane tubing and fittings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1721675070234-OXL59OD95U7Z2DIO7KVG/AnxiousMachine_04.jpg Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief) Anxious Machine (A Diagram Stiffly Waiting for Relief), 2024. 87” x 39” x 49” Salvaged pine, basswood, walnut, marble, brass, aluminum, copper, electrical and electronic components, coral, air pump, server rack components, iron gate brace, plumb bob, miniature chain, C-clamps, polyurethane tubing and fittings. https://lewiscolburn.net/haunting daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767129829-ECZF75O4NNVZ4TXGIUHH/Haunting15-G.jpg A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems) A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems), 2023. 81” x 46” x 36.” Various woods, aluminum, steel, brass, salvaged copper, emergency blankets, electrical and electronic components. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767131333-PMI2IO22M8TW59JPPSVB/Haunting21.jpg A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems) A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems), 2023. Detail of carved wooden drapery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767131653-9LJ4JEUV5FAWVM57UZ7P/Haunting22.jpg A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems) A Haunting Imperative (Bad News and Brittle Systems), 2023. Detail of emergency blankets. https://lewiscolburn.net/bearded daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767117024-GFJQ7IA9G9Y00QZP29WY/Bearded_01.jpg Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System, 2021. 72” x 72” x 52” Various woods, aluminum, brass, concrete, gypsum cement, acrylic, salvaged iron gate and 19th century photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767117024-GFJQ7IA9G9Y00QZP29WY/Bearded_01.jpg Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System, 2021. 72” x 72” x 52” Various woods, aluminum, brass, concrete, gypsum cement, acrylic, salvaged iron gate and 19th century photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767117479-G5SYNM77NGB44IPMU67Z/Bearded_02.jpg Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System, 2021. Detail. The wooden head was carved from a publicly available 3D scan of a terracotta bust by Augustin Pajou, 1761, in the collection of the V+A Museum, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767119767-ZDM7Y3741JDMYUQU6Y2P/Bearded_04.jpg Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System Two Bearded Men Prop Up a Precarious System, 2021. Detail. The photograph is a 19th century portrait purchased at the Bouckville flea market in New York State in the summer of 2016. https://lewiscolburn.net/flamethrower daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767133540-P23N9S0DX9LK8ZTF5SDF/Laocoon40.jpg There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower) There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower),2020. 6” x 70” x 60.” Various woods, aluminum, brass, polymer modified gypsum and found objects. The torso in this piece was fabricated from a publicly available 3D scan of the iconic Greek/Roman Laocoön sculpture. The work draws loosely from photograph showing a young Black man using a can of spray paint as an improvised flamethrower as he is threatened by a group of white supremacists at the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767133540-P23N9S0DX9LK8ZTF5SDF/Laocoon40.jpg There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower) There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower),2020. 6” x 70” x 60.” Various woods, aluminum, brass, polymer modified gypsum and found objects. The torso in this piece was fabricated from a publicly available 3D scan of the iconic Greek/Roman Laocoön sculpture. The work draws loosely from photograph showing a young Black man using a can of spray paint as an improvised flamethrower as he is threatened by a group of white supremacists at the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767133908-V542I20IYXHYW1RJM1U7/Laocoon41.jpg There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower) There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower), 2020. 96” x 70” x 60.” Various woods, aluminum, brass, polymer modified gypsum and found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1588084592486-8QMO197KAODSJOP8513E/NoMiracles83.jpg There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoön/Flamethrower) There Are No Miracles Here (Laocoon/Flamethrower), 2020. Detail. https://lewiscolburn.net/smallworks daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767134649-PIX2ASMKH6AXSG7NTNT5/NeverGood_3.jpg Small Works This Was Never a Good Idea in the First Place, 2023. Plywood, epoxy clay, gypsum cement, walnut, brass, steel, aluminum and copper. 43” x 18” x 16.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767134649-PIX2ASMKH6AXSG7NTNT5/NeverGood_3.jpg Small Works This Was Never a Good Idea in the First Place, 2023. Plywood, epoxy clay, gypsum cement, walnut, brass, steel, aluminum and copper. 43” x 18” x 16.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1579280985715-7A8M96NPO86GKOVU8I50/Eterntiy00_Bright.jpg Small Works Eternity Goes Up on Trial, 2019. 27” x 26” x 8.” Steel, brass, various woods, lintless glove, slide of Isamu Noguchi’s Koros, pocketknife and spring clamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1579280976850-YICEQIKYDS92LORLG8D6/Eterntiy01_Bright.jpg Small Works Eternity Goes Up on Trial, 2019. Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767129181-XJ3HXK21JKNSSWCXA7O0/Flaw46.jpg Small Works Another Flaw in the Human Character, 2021. 48” x 9” x 24.” Walnut, mahogany, aluminum, brass, gypsum cement, enamel, my father’s pipe, paintbrush and masonry debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767127292-H5CKC75EL9G1GQUEHQO8/Flaw43.jpg Small Works Another Flaw in the Human Character, 2021. Detail. https://lewiscolburn.net/sacrifice daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1644247374065-KE2P9U0MHU1ZXWULPSOI/Pumping04.jpg Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station) Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022. 85” x 60” x 36.” Various woods, steel, aluminum, brass, epoxy, electronic, electrical and plumbing components, and found objects. Periodically, the pump fills the black epoxy vessel at the top of the piece with water via the brass spigot. The water drains down into the red tank below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1644247374065-KE2P9U0MHU1ZXWULPSOI/Pumping04.jpg Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station) Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022. 85” x 60” x 36.” Various woods, steel, aluminum, brass, epoxy, electronic, electrical and plumbing components, and found objects. Periodically, the pump fills the black epoxy vessel at the top of the piece with water via the brass spigot. The water drains down into the red tank below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1643656532535-ZSQITKPBFHWLIWCNAOOH/Pumping01.jpg Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station) Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022. Detail of head, carved from a scan from Auguste Rodin’s Burghers of Calais. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1643656755740-C2QVV7205TEC2CX7FR93/Pumping03.jpg Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station) Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022. Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1643656761843-F8YI6BO01LTFBLDYF92Z/Pumping04.jpg Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station) Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022. Rear view of work. https://lewiscolburn.net/gestures daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767125879-QIFN39XLP68PXAX84ZK4/DHG47.jpg Dumb Heroic Gestures Dumb Heroic Gestures, 2020. 104” x 72” x 24.” Various woods, concrete, steel, Bondo, nylon, tarp, and found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767125879-QIFN39XLP68PXAX84ZK4/DHG47.jpg Dumb Heroic Gestures Dumb Heroic Gestures, 2020. 104” x 72” x 24.” Various woods, concrete, steel, Bondo, nylon, tarp, and found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1689767127023-ACF38PNXQ85XIHZFSWA0/DHG49.jpg Dumb Heroic Gestures Dumb Heroic Gestures, 2020. Detail. The leg was fabricated from a 3D scan I captured from William Rush’s 1815 George Washington sculpture, in the collection of the Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia. https://lewiscolburn.net/burden daily 0.75 2026-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1597080899465-OU5R77TSSBTV1X3N2Z2Y/image-asset.jpeg A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now) A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now), 2020. 72” x 96” x 30” Various woods, aluminum, denim, brass, fraudulent unemployment benefits card, acrylic and found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1597080899465-OU5R77TSSBTV1X3N2Z2Y/image-asset.jpeg A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now) A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now), 2020. 72” x 96” x 30” Various woods, aluminum, denim, brass, fraudulent unemployment benefits card, acrylic and found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1597080988304-BARJ4XXJ1MR7G8NV9EHW/image-asset.jpeg A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now) A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now), 2020. Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1597081077414-5DEXE3YLIJ7ONB4L11AX/image-asset.jpeg A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now) A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now), 2020. Detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a2c74c5d55b41f5f952c25a/1597081033562-U7E9P0P81JOAYXIJ8Q0O/image-asset.jpeg A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now) A Burden (Temporarily Embarrassed/Any Day Now), 2020. Detail.