An object becomes a thing when it can no longer serve its intended function: a rusty tool or a bent wheel. But that is not the end of its lifespan ó that is when it has the most potential. ìRusted Tapestryî demonstrates how these ìthingsî can become something monumental, perhaps a monument of their own. Once bound by gravity, we encounter a different relationship to these ìthingsî now that they are suspended above our heads, engaging the body at an immense scale. The scraps, anything from a welding wrench to a school bus side mirror to parts still unidentified, become a textile of sorts. Or maybe an archeological dig, the scraps like bones now unearthed from their previously grounded state. The work is fully constructed from scrap metal found by traveling through rural middle Tennessee. Among the ten strands, there is hidden an abstract map of where the metal was gathered, with each pulley or hook marking a significant location.