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Studio notes, exhibitions, and process
Short updates from the studio, exhibition announcements, and notes about material, process, and public works.
You Might Not Care, But These Are 7 Places in Romania That I Love - And I Think You Might Love Them Too
Romanian sculptor Marius Ritiu shares the 7 best places to visit in Romania: Brâncuși's Endless Column, Turda Salt Mine, Voroneț Monastery, Maramureș and more.
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Cosmic Stump
Cosmic Stump is a memorial work that transforms a dead tree into a copper-clad vessel of memory.
A summer at Socrates Sculpture Park in NYC
A chance discovery of a 10-ton rock in Bushwick became the starting point for a summer-long outdoor process of hammering copper onto its surface, transforming it into an Oumuamua-inspired sculptural collision between cosmic impact, urban infrastructure, and the lived reality of public space.
Copper Remembers Every Blow
Why I work the metal by hand — and what the surface keeps from every strike.
Material, pressure, and time
A short note on hand-hammered copper and the physical resistance that shapes the work.
The Weight of Sisyphus
On the series that keeps returning — effort, repetition, and the absurd dignity of pushing the rock.
Objects Sent From Elsewhere
Meteorites, debris, and why so many of my works feel like they fell out of the sky.
Light Inside Metal: Making Event Horizon
A copper body that glows from within — how Event Horizon came together, and what a threshold feels like.