Robot Fever is an ongoing project, started in 2016 as a creative challenge to see if I could “transform” one vintage car advertisement into a robot collage. The initial prompt became a reoccurring collage exercise, that eventually morphed into a full-on obsession with creating robots from found materials.

ABOUT THE COLLAGES
The hand-collaged robots source vintage ephemera from LIFE magazines and have taken on the nature of consumerist behemoths.

ABOUT THE SCULPTURES
Robot Fever expanded into sculpture and toy-making in 2023. The Robot Fever sculptures primarily source children’s building toys, and reference the childhood feeling

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Block Runner
My Robot Fever style take on the classic Blade Runner gun. Using kids toys, wood blocks, erector sets, a pencil, and misc screws/hardware from around the shop, I’ve been working on some cool things I’m excited to show more of

MechaBlockzilla - my take on the classic robotic kaiju, made entirely from childrens wood block toys (with glue and screws).
He is posable and stands about 12” tall.
Wood blocks are one of those nearly universal childhood toys, whether at scho

Some of my bots hanging out on the floor near my work desk. Fun to see them in their different sizes and colors, but all with the same dna - made from wood blocks and discarded children’s toys.

New robot, collaged from illustrations in this “Basic Wiring” book. Check out my reel to see how it came together in a timelapse.
The Robot Fever project started as “transforming” car advertisements into robot collages, it wa

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