hung in the strap of my carpenter trousers

Ana Mendieta Gallery - March 2025

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 rubbing on drafting paper (series)

“wire brushing is a two hand job”
latex, serigraphy, graphite, lumber, plywood

“Hyper-tough”
graphite, wood, screws, serigraphy, glazed ceramic

“vice bench”
graphite, construction lumber, hardware

“Chiseling & carving 61”
graphite on drafting paper

“correct use (blue)”
dremmel and hammer drawing

“Sawing a horse into (in two)”
monotype, plywood + construction lumber frame

“298”
graphite on drafting paper

“Hammer taking care”
monotype, carved plywood

“Clamps rubbing” (clamp and plunge router drawing)

“show the results of contact”
plywood, graphite, ceramic, construction grade lumber