laser-cut mosaics > workingsurface

Working Surface is modeled after children’s magnetic playsets. Repositionable magnetic figurines of workers and machinery allow visitors to arrange their own industrial dramas. Situated on a hill overlooking the Ohio river valley and Cincinnati skyline at twilight, a factory is cutaway to reveal a complex interior of pipes, tanks, and vents. Images are from factory tours—research for the project Work/Surface, depicting Cincinnati Industry in mosaics made from laser cut Formica Laminate which was invented and is still produced in Cincinnati.