Circle packing is a mathematical playground where the most foundational known shape (the circle) is organized based on simple rules. In this world, your size is an afterthought; instead, your relationships with your neighbors drive everything.

“Alignment” is an apparently randomized circle packing which nevertheless contains internal alignment. The rectangle scribed inside the piece is the center lines of each intersected circle. These circles are in perfect alignment with each other despite the chaos around them. Similarly, it is possible for ourselves and people around us to appear chaotic and unmanaged, when, in truth, a hidden alignment underlies our behavior and choices. It is perhaps inside that alignment where we shine the brightest.

This piece is 27 inches high, 20 inches wide, and 3/4 of an inch thick.