This piece is a special commission for a friend, currently living in the Feusier Octagon House in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood. I had the great fortune to visit last summer, when we talked about creating an eight-sided Guide Star to commemorate the years the family lived in the rented space. Up until then, my plywood pieces had all been hexagonal, not by any intentional numerology, but due to the fact that I’d designed them using scrap material. So in addition to adding a couple of sides, the project took me away from my comfort zone—sliding shapes around on the studio floor—into less familiar territory, creating digital files to cut triangles from and then piece together.
Who doesn’t prefer repeating the process they know and love? I know I certainly do. But as this year has shown us in a most dramatic fashion, figuring out how to do things a little differently can also offer a tremendous reward. Will a decagon be next???
24 x 24 x 3 inches