Copper Ingot and Document, 2013–14 (2019)

Each First Impressions book is made front-and-back from monoprints of the ‘Good Delivery’ series. Sewn-bound and hand printed in an edition of three, each unique.

An edition of monoprints made using the ‘Good Delivery’ copper bars as ink-carrier to paper. Initiated during the Still Alive thematic residency held at the Banff Centre, led by Mark Clintberg

A work I gifted to Beau Dick, included in the exhibition Lalakenis at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery in Vancouver, BC. This work was also shown at documenta 14, Athens, Greece.

In 2011 I began melting Canadian copper pennies (those minted 1996 and before) because it became profitable to do so. Paradoxically, copper pennies are worth more for their material than their face value. Even after subtracting the cost of the fuel, a profit can be achieved. However, destroying currency in Canada is illegal. So I

This is the first copper bar I ever poured, made as a prototype for the ‘Good Delivery’ series of copper bars. Made using a homemade portable foundry, in a backyard in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood, in 2011. Pour video.