Xamaka A. LaTham-Salaberrios

Projects

Where there is certainty, there must also be uncertainty.

From Blank Landscape

01 · Jack Craig Studiosjackcraigstudio.com

Bronze, stone, light

Design assistant to Jack Craig. Lamps, tables and seating, built start to finish: torch-welded bronze over granite, marble, selenite, steel drums and found ceramics. Many are lit from inside.

Role
Design assistant
Years
2016–2018
Place
Detroit, Michigan
Materials
Torch-welded bronze, granite, marble, selenite, steel
Shown
Library Street Collective, Wasserman Projects, MOCAD, Salon 94, Johnson Trading Gallery
Bronze-encrusted marble chair form beside potted plants
01Crete. Bronze, marble
Chair form on a gravel plinth
02Thinker
Bronze lattice lamp on marble legs
03Night Train lamp. Bronze, marble
Two black steel drums wrapped in silvered bronze
04Silvered steel tables. Steel, bronze
Long hanging bronze and stone piece against a pale blue wall
05Hanging piece. Bronze, stone
Square porous bronze side table
06Bronze pair
Stacked stone vessel wrapped in bronze
07Vessel. Bronze, stone
Large bronze and stone piece in a gallery with plants
08Close Vessel
Tall bronze ring lamp
09Ring lamp. Johnson Trading Gallery, 2017
Glowing bronze lamp on two marble legs
10Lamp. Johnson Trading Gallery, 2017
Bronze dome lamp on marble legs
11Dome lamp. Bronze, marble
Long glowing bronze lamp on three legs
12Long lamp. Bronze, marble
Chair form seen from the front
13Head-on
Chair form lit from behind
14Grotesq
Group of bronze lamps on a low wooden platform
15Installation view
Close view of lit bronze lattice
16Lattice, lit
Small marble and bronze stool
17Stool. Bronze, marble
02 · Chris Schanck Studiochristopherschanck.com

Foil, foam, steel

Artist assistant to Chris Schanck. Steel frames, foam bodies and confectionery-foil skins for chairs, tables and mirrors, shown with Johnson Trading Gallery and at Design Miami/Basel.

Role
Artist assistant
Years
2014–2016
Materials
Confectionery foil, foam, steel
Shown
The Team (2015), Dans un intérieur (2015), Design Miami/Basel (2014), all with Johnson Trading Gallery
Red chair with a melted, foil-wrapped surface
01Chair, red
Blue chair with a melted, foil-wrapped surface
02Chair, blue
Round mirror framed in gold foil growths
03Mirror
Silver table, green chair and painting in a white gallery
04Johnson Trading Gallery, 2015
Pink chairs and a stone table in a gallery
05Design Miami/Basel, 2014
03 · SkullPersonal work
Dark textured skull on a pale ground
01Final form
Silver skull bottle with a torn metal crown
02Study, silver
High-contrast skull graphic on black
03Graphic
Black skull on pink, blue crown
04Study, pink ground
Black skull on red, yellow crown
05Study, red ground
Black skull on white, blue crown
06Study, white ground