found object sculpture
two bodies of work exist within James Emmett’s found object sculptures -
transition series - james explores themes of his body as an assigned female at birth trans-masculine human being. He uses syringe needle heads from weekly testosterone shots and some natural element to depict a vulva and often a bleeding vulva in these pieces. He does this to honor his body, a body that has been in menstruation and out of menstruation various times in his life due to hormone replacement therapy and to reconcile with the loss he feels when he is out of menstruation.
fun - James centers his approach with these sculptures to celebrate the absurdity of life, holding the complexities and nuances of two truth’s, life is infinitelty silly and everything is connected to everything else. There is no originality or first, there is only generation, form built upon and from form, and recycling.
on the level
24 x 35 x 1”
repurposed level, antique lens, copper pipe, dried wild flowers, antique candle snuffers, copper wire, oil paint,
patina
axel
12 x 17 x 10”
found animal skull, antique pick ax, wellfleet oyster shell, wellfleet dried seaweed, dried wild flowers, dried eucalyptus, found railroad washer, copper wire, cedar ball, steel ring, oil paint
axel
38 x 15 x 8” -ish
found animal skull, antique pick ax, wellfleet oyster shell, wellfleet dried seaweed, dried wild flowers, dried eucalyptus, found railroad washer, copper wire, cedar ball, steel ring, oil paint
sacrament
31 x 1.5 x 10”
horse hames ball tips with brass ball ends, 2 testosterone needle heads, operculum - cat’s eye shell -, repurposed painting tools, birch bark, chicken wishbone, dried wild flowers, dried seed pods, craspedia -billy/buttons, copper wire, oil paint
private property
15 x 26 x 1'“
2 testosterone needle heads, found sign courtesy of gloucester beaches, found leaf, found pine cone, antique brass candle snuffers, repurposed rusty screws, cardboard, oil paint
stop looking at my junk - transition series
3-ish x 6-ish x 19”
salvaged plumbing fixture, antique oil paint muller, rusty railroad nut, wild dried flower, antique candle snuffers, copper wire
alchemy - year of the snake - transition series
8-ish x 15”
found stick, chicken wishbone, testosterone needle heads. antique barrette, antique oil can, rusted steel, copper wire, wild seed pod, wild flowers, antique brass spoon sieve, oil paint
*sold
eye c u
found painted rock, antique brass water bottle, copper wire, and antique flame snuffers
wood on oil can - transition series
stick on tin can
stick, antique oil can, antique dental instrument, copper wire, steel, dried flower, oil paint
gloria - transition series
found gas can, turned wood, found wood, acrylic paint, found animal skull, found seashell, dried flower, found acorn, copper wire
wood cunt - 3 - transition series
found birch wood, deconstructed bell, wellfleet shell, found wild grass, copper wire
wood cunt - 4 - transition series
found wood, leather scrap, copper wire
wood cunt - 3 - transition series
found wood, antique bell, copper wire
‘ma dear - transition series
wood cunt series - found wood, birch bark, deconstructed bell, steel brace, wellfleet shell, found lychen, steel plate, copper wire
miss ruby likes a fine pair of opera glasses
found wood, deconstructed bell, found flowers, marble, copper wire
*not available
wood cunt series - 2 - transition series
found wood, fired cedar, antique bells, copper wire, found birch bark, found leaf, oil paint
wood cunt series - 1 - transition series
found wood, copper wire, oil paint
a woman named jake
copper wire, brass, rock, pine cone, sun dried chilli pepper 18 x 15”
