Zed Squared

Zed Squared A goblin assemblage artist exploring the beauty of the discarded.

A face only a mother could love. All pieces are available for purchase and adoption
02/03/2026

A face only a mother could love.
All pieces are available for purchase and adoption

I swear I'm making more art.There's like 4 projects on this table and I keep telling myself I need to get back but this ...
12/20/2025

I swear I'm making more art.

There's like 4 projects on this table and I keep telling myself I need to get back but this year the holidays are hitting harder. Hang tight while I finish out this year and come January you'll see what I've been tinkering with.

Happy Yule and may the new year bring prosperous joy 💚

Over the last 3 months I've been exploring different medias and creative outlets. One of the exercises I encountered was...
12/05/2025

Over the last 3 months I've been exploring different medias and creative outlets. One of the exercises I encountered was recreating a masterwork by another artist. So naturally I decided on Joseph Cornell. If you are unfamiliar with his work I highly suggest looking him up. Cornell worked primarily with boxes and found objects. He had amassed an enormous collection of doodads and thingamabobs that he kept meticulously organized. A strange man compelled to build worlds inside little boxes because he could never leave his tiny world of Flushing, NY. He lived with his mother and handicapped brother his entire life, working diligently into the night building his boxes. But he was well known and liked among his fellow artists. They would often visit him, the avant garde and dreamers from the city, with his mother glancing distastefully from the kitchen.

I found Bébé Marie because I'd already been working with dolls parts in previous pieces. The feeling of being lost or forgotten resonated with me. Knowing Cornell's history, it felt especially personal. A sad little boy, longing to play with others but not knowing how or feeling like he couldn't. I often felt like a strange child who longed to fit in and feel accepted. But that feeling of belonging was always out of reach. I had some strong feelings after completing this one, feelings I wasn't quite prepared to feel.

Baby Maria 2025
Master copy of Bébé Marie by Joseph Cornell
Acrylic paint, handmade box, cardboard, dried grass, flowers, twigs flecked w paint, porcelain doll

She started as just a clump of porcelain limbs and mushroom bits, stuck together with polymer clay. She sprouted a bit m...
12/03/2025

She started as just a clump of porcelain limbs and mushroom bits, stuck together with polymer clay. She sprouted a bit more and is now ready for her forever home. Speaking from experience, she tends to grow on you.

I’ve spent too much time not sharing my art because it’s weird or more accurately, I was afraid no one would like it. I ...
12/01/2025

I’ve spent too much time not sharing my art because it’s weird or more accurately, I was afraid no one would like it. I continued to make strange art and shared with my dad, who always encouraged the weirdness. I lost him this year and I miss his pep talks. I miss his laughter at my pun-tastic creations and his thoughtful ‘Hmm’ if he was perplexed over a piece.

So here I am…36 years old starting my art page. I don’t know what I’m doing, I don’t know what kind of art this even is. But it’s mine and I hope you like it. But if you don’t, I don’t care. My dad would have liked it and he’s the only one I care to impress.

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