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The Surveyor

$525.00

18.5” x 14.5” x 3”

On display at Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick, ME (open Tues - Fri, 10 - 4; Sunday 10 - 11:30)

Surveyor bridges calculation and recollection. Measuring instruments, timepieces, and handwritten ledgers converge in a layered composition that honors the tools of precision while suggesting the impermanence of what they document. The work becomes both map and memory, charting the distance between past and present.

18.5” x 14.5” x 3”

On display at Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick, ME (open Tues - Fri, 10 - 4; Sunday 10 - 11:30)

Surveyor bridges calculation and recollection. Measuring instruments, timepieces, and handwritten ledgers converge in a layered composition that honors the tools of precision while suggesting the impermanence of what they document. The work becomes both map and memory, charting the distance between past and present.

Materials List

  • Vintage compass and drafting tools

  • Wooden ruler and metal dividers

  • Pocket watch with leather strap

  • Mechanical dial and calculator buttons

  • Framed vintage documents, ledgers, and handwritten notes

  • U.S. postage stamp and receipt ephemera

  • Mixed-media collage elements and wooden frames

Surveyor arranges measuring instruments, vintage ledgers, and fragments of correspondence into a layered assemblage that evokes precision and record-keeping across time. With a compass, ruler, pocket watch, and historical documents framed together, the piece captures both the order of measurement and the mystery of memory.