Apeiron Design

Apeiron Design llc is a Philadelphia based company that specializes in hand knotted custom and contemporary area rugs. Much of my artwork is about exploring perception and process through forms of accretion and accumulation in relation to the human condition. My mediums vary between sound, language, photography, sculpture, drawing and printing. The textile designs for Apeiron relate visually and philosophically to the artwork and the act of hand knotting is an organic and accretive way of working. By working as both a designer and artist the boundaries between the two disciplines is subjective and differentiate at a contextual level. One informs the other and they easily blur. Contemporary art addresses the same information and aesthetic qualities of design but for different reasons. There are many ways to express an idea but not all forms of expression communicate an idea effectively. One thing that may be best expressed artistically may not work in design. Design requires a tangible solution (an attempt at progress) unlike art that investigates perspective without the burden of a necessary problem or solution scenario. Either way both disciplines require a level of functionality and communication about the world in which we live.