Miki Flores-Amper and Rowan Fulton

Miki is a sculptor/furniture maker/designer and Rowan is a painter and illustrator, and they share this small GCS studio!

Recently my art has ended up falling into three different categories. 1) I really enjoy making small hand held sculptures that are tactile and multi-faceted, art objects that are intended to be grabbed off a shelf or counter and played with. 2) Frequently I'm making furniture and household items for my own apartment or for friends. I recently wanted a new place to sit at my apartment and somewhere for friends to crash when they come over to visit, so I built a large couch from scratch, doing all the framing, foam work, and upholstery myself. 3) For my large installations I'll transform public or accessible spaces by building a new topography that visitors are able to climb/walk on top of, sit down and lounge, or engage in programming that I curate to activate the spaces. I'll often create events around these installations and invite local groups and individuals to participate, in the past I've organized a lot of poetry readings, panel discussions, and live music, theater, and dance performances. Most of my work involves woodworking of some sort and most projects are planned out using 3D CAD design programs. I'll incorporate digital fabrication processes into my art practice, using laser cutters, CNC routers, and 3D printers, although I'm often using standard shop and hand tools as well. There's also an important aspect of social design where I'm driven to create work that people can immerse themselves in and physically engage, both individually and as part of a larger group.