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Dremel Fugue
11.5” x 7” x 3.5”
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
A swirl of sanding discs mimics the rising logic of a fugue, but here, the tools are for grinding, not playing. Dremel Fugue turns the tactile language of labor into visual music—where memory, machinery, and erosion form a new kind of harmony.
11.5” x 7” x 3.5”
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
A swirl of sanding discs mimics the rising logic of a fugue, but here, the tools are for grinding, not playing. Dremel Fugue turns the tactile language of labor into visual music—where memory, machinery, and erosion form a new kind of harmony.
Materials List
Miniature sanding discs (Dremel-style)
Brass gears and drive shaft
Steel and brass plate
Filament light bulbs
Vintage wire and screw terminals
Page from The Scribner Radio Music Library
Wooden box with metal face frame
In Dremel Fugue, refinement and resistance collide. A rhythmic array of miniature sanding discs spirals upward like petals or sound waves, emanating from a core of wiring, bulbs, and terminal connections. Below, brass gears and a rotary shaft suggest motion, while the backdrop—a page from The Scribner Radio Music Library—anchors the piece in an auditory memory. This is not a device for playing music, but for sculpting it. It’s a fugue not of notes, but of friction.