Kurt Tomerlin


  1. “Mark with care”
  2. “I draw with handtools”
  3. “In the strap of my carpenter trousers”
  4. “Difficult to work”
  5. “Handyman poetics”
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In these actions, I fetishize the tool, grappling with its potential to make me something I desire. It stays with me: hung in the strap of my carpenter trousers, I brace the weight of the phantom limb.

works list:

“How to handle a hammer”
wood, spring clamps, woodstain, graphite, monotype
“Hand-tool frottage”
graphite frottage on drafting paper (series)
“Hyper-tough”
graphite, wood, screws, serigraphy, glazed ceramic
“wire brushing is a two hand job”
latex, serigraphy, graphite, lumber, plywood
“vice bench”
graphite, construction lumber, hardware
“below a staple gun”
graphite, poplar, wood marking crayon, staples
“notation”
graphite on wall
“Chiseling & carving 61”
graphite on drafting paper

“298”
graphite on drafting paper
“Hammer taking care”
monotype, carved plywood
“Sawing a horse into (in two)”
monotype, plywood + construction lumber frame
“correct use (blue)”
dremmel and hammer drawing
“Clamps rubbing”(clamp and plunge router drawing)
“show the results of contact”
plywood, graphite, ceramic, construction grade lumber