Caught on Tape

This started as a material experiment more than anything else. I wanted to see how far I could push something as ordinary and overlooked as duct tape, and whether it could hold its own at a scale that usually belongs to “serious” materials.

From across the room, it reads clean and graphic, almost like a traditional black-and-white portrait. Up close, it falls apart in the best way. You see seams, overlaps, tiny decisions, and the physical labor baked into every section. The illusion breaks, and the object gets more interesting.

There’s no hidden or intentional narrative here. Maybe the subconscious connection that this guy is a little beat up and all taped up. It’s about contrast—cheap materials, careful execution, and the tension between what something appears to be and what it actually is when you slow down and look longer.

One of one original artwork.