Fırat Erdim

Posts Series. 2009-2011. 6x6 douglas fir posts, all @ 8ft height, and block printing ink.

I have been systematically taking apart standard 6x6 douglas fir and cedar posts, and pieces of salvaged timber through cutting and splitting, to re-build them as accumulated, sedimentary constructions. The dimensional wood that is the primary material of this work, was transformed from indistinguishable parts of a landscape into raw material for construction. I’ve sought to create constructions by folding this process onto itself, using a single unit of material as both quarry and site.