
Tabernacle and Ark
for Queer Spirituality
96"x96"x96"; CNC cut plywood, walnut and white oak,
laser engraved walnut veneer, and white oak veneer; 2023
Tabernacle and Ark for Queer Spirituality is a sculptural installation that reclaims religious form as a site of queer self-authorship and spiritual inquiry. Drawing from biblical and transcendentalist traditions, the work consists of two elements: a Tabernacle, conceived as a contemporary cabin-like space for reflection, and an Ark, imagined as an artifact meant to hold a personal covenant of evolving spiritual, religious, or philosophical values. Acknowledging the fraught relationship many queer people have with institutional religion, the artist reframes spirituality as self-directed, intimate, and ongoing. The surfaces of the Tabernacle and Ark are embellished using CNC machining and laser cutting, incorporating phallic forms that reference gay cruising culture and earlier bodies of work. Through the fusion of digital fabrication, woodworking, and religious symbolism, the piece situates queer desire, craft, and spirituality within a contemporary sacred framework.



