Keith Tornheim

For several years I have been making assemblage/mixed-media art, primarily using old wooden casting patterns (that were used to cast metal plumbing and machinery components). Their shapes provide inspiration. Sometimes the pieces make me think of human or animal faces or bodies (a snail, a turtle), whereas gears and wheels can be repurposed as flowers—sort of steampunk.

I am a biochemistry professor at Boston University School of Medicine and have had six books of poetry published.

ARTISTS AT THIS LOCATION: Susan Tornheim, Kendra Tornheim, Keith Tornheim