At the very beginning of 2020, I began making a few molds (8 layers of silicon, followed by a rigid mother-mold) of some of my favorite pieces I had sculpted from stone throughout the last 10 years. The process was humbling and tedious, but it was the first time in months that I felt anything other than the bottom.
Then things began to change... THE LOCKDOWN
At the beginning of March 2020: I began gathering "things to make things with", as I deemed these as the true essentials as our world began to seemingly spiral out of control. I started with hundreds of pounds of mold making materials followed by over a thousand of pounds casting materials. The extent of my anxiety could have been crippling, but I channeled that energy and chronicled my quarantine through art.
Tommy Nienaber
