Navigating Silence

$375.00

16” x 8” x 3”

On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME

In Navigating Silence, an antique compass and scattered gears suggest a world of forgotten maps and interrupted precision. A haunting meditation on stillness and uncertainty.

16” x 8” x 3”

On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME

In Navigating Silence, an antique compass and scattered gears suggest a world of forgotten maps and interrupted precision. A haunting meditation on stillness and uncertainty.

Materials List

  • Vintage drafting compass

  • Assorted gears and watch parts

  • Wire and copper brads

  • Mechanical components and brackets

  • Wood slats and panels

  • Printed newsprint and marbled paper

  • Waxed cord

  • Found box construction

Navigating Silence captures the quiet tension of lost direction in a world once governed by precision. An antique drafting compass, suspended mid-motion, becomes both a relic and a metaphor—its path constrained by cords, its purpose worn. Above, scattered gear fragments drift like constellations across a dark marbled field, while below, metallic textures and weathered surfaces speak of interrupted journeys. This composition evokes a mute, mechanical poetry—a navigation once possible, now uncertain.