The Philosophers Wheel, 2008
Detail of inked abstract surface and worked copper surface
11 ½ x 12 x 1 ¼ in.
Partial writings of Plato, Einstein, Machiavelli, Robert Johnson, Bruce Cockburn, St. Thomas Aquinas, myself and approximately a dozen more philosophers etched onto hand worked copper plate, cut and assembled as a Square Wheel-wiped with Graphic Chemical 514 printing ink, built with yard wire spokes to a central axle of a square door knob stem.