About

I am attracted to all kinds of manufactured objects. I am also a trained craftsperson who believes in the aura of handmade artifacts. A close study of objects reveals a history of how manufacturing has shifted away from the human hand to automation. I consider how my capacity to make things has evolved my understanding of the built world. Combining these two factors drives my desire to create objects, collect items, and integrate those two pursuits into an art practice. Paying close attention to the act of making helps me decide how my chosen materials and ideas can converge.

I am particularly interested in the period of the Industrial Revolution and see it as a useful analogy for the Digital Revolution. By collaging old and new, automated and handmade, I speculate that the promise of the future is lodged firmly within the best information about the past.

David earned his MFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, has twice been a fellow at WheatonArts, an Emerging Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School, and an Artist in Residence at Sunderland University in the UK. He is a founding member of the artist collective, Flock the Optic, whose performances and installations have been recognized by the Corning Museum of Glass, UrbanGlass’ Glass Quarterly, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. David has taught at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, University of the Arts, Salem Community College, Centre College, Pilchuck Glass School, North Lands Creative Glass, UrbanGlass, and the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art.

A recent recipient of the Battelle Engineering,Technology and Human Affairs Grant and a Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort Grant, David is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching and the Glass Area Coordinator at the Ohio State University.