Malcolm Christie

I wanted to take my many leftover testosterone vials to create something silly. This led to the creation of Tool I epoxied many vials together to create a penis and added eggplant seeds to the balls. I wanted this to resonate with the trans community and allow space for the cis community to think about.

Glass, Metal, Epoxy, Eggplant Seeds

This piece symbolizes how death brings life. I originally wanted the coffin to lay on the floor and have a tree coming out of it but when building it, it was oddly comforting and cozy so I kept it standing. I added green lace on the inside to show the new growth that can come from death. The outside lace is a light brown with airbrushing alluding to what happens to coffins when buried. By adding flowers that are playful and bright it shifted the feeling from being bleak to lively. It takes the vines directly off the fabric and jumps them to life creating a space that the two feelings can live together and function as one in the process of grieving.

L H W

Mild Steel, Fabric, Paint (Airbrush, Spray Paint, Acrylic)

Copper, Brass, Gesso, Colored Pencil, Basswood

3 x 6 ¼ x 1 ½ in

Glazed ceramics

This necklace is one of my favorite pieces and truly captured my enthusiasm and love for working with metal and its versatility. This piece took me over 50 hours to make and was a study on Black Eyed Susan vines also known as thunbergia alata. I wanted to encapsulate the vines ability to take over the space it is planted in showing its immersive and unruly nature. The ear piece allows the vine to climb up the body while the necklace climbs down. While at rest the pieces snap together and hang over a basswood stand allowing the vines to hang past the length of the necklace structure.

L 2.5in x W 6.75in x H 7.25in

Copper, Brass, Gesso, Colored Pencil, Basswood

In this piece, I paired the decaying of my old body and identity with the growth of my new self. I used it to repair a part of myself that I buried as my identity flourished, showing the difficulty I had with coming out as transgender and the connection people has so deeply with a body that caused me so much pain.

L 8in x W 11in x H 13in

Glazed Ceramics

Grief was made to grieve my past before someone took pieces of me I will never get back. Although I was grieving something important, it wasn’t visible to people the same as the death of someone you are close to. People are able to grieve a wide variety of things and that feeling is often isolating and scary, I made this piece not only for myself but to have other people relate to it.

L 12in x W 11in x H 21in

Glazed Ceramics

L x W x H

Copper

I made this to show the importance of gender affirming care. Testosterone is something that is sacred and holy to me since in many ways it has saved my life and has saved the lives of many I love. 

L 2.5in x W 2.5in x H 5in

Copper, Glass, Alcohol Ink, Testosterone Vial

I made this to help spend time with friends and family, We often use Charcuterie boards as a way of finding an excuse to get together. I mixed some leaves from plants I have a home (pothos plant, knife) and the plants I walk by daily to campus (ginkgo leaf, spoon).

L 11in x W 8.5in x H 3in

Sterling Silver, Cashmere, Scrap Wood

This was the first jewelry and metals arts sculpture that I made. I wanted to convey the feeling that no matter how dressed up or fancy we are underneath it all, at the core of our beings, we are all the same. We should show up for one another in any way we can because we are all humans. 

L 2.25in x W 3in x H 4in

Copper, Nickel

approximately 5 x 6 x 6 in.

Copper, wood, watercolor