By Chakaia Booker
Tire Treads
Booker started making sculptures out of rubber tires in the early 1990s and continues in this medium today. There are a lot of tires out there, to be sure.
Rubber Plant
Fake SEM Photograph
Magnified 300 times, one can’t ignore the various striations and dimples found on belted radial tires
Chakaia in her element
Her works are on display at the University Center for the Arts in Fort Collins.