It’s impossible to keep a straight face while viewing Brian Swanson’s faces: whimsical masks constructed of odd, found metal bits and pieces, bearing titles as funny as the pieces themselves. Brian calls the masks “sketches,” casual spinoffs of his more formal furniture. Both forms share a delight in surprising the viewer with unexpected forms created from repurposed materials. . .

Read the full article in the August 2011 edition of 15 Bytes.