JAKE CARLSON
Artist & Designer
Meaning is moving.
Through systems, objects, and repetition. I design brands and products that function in the world, and I build artifacts that exist beyond it. Some work is meant to function, some work is meant to sell, some work is meant to simply exist.
source work
Sculpture, painting, printmaking, performance, and artifact-making formed from repetition and personal myth.
system work
Clear, structured work designed to perform. Brands, tools, and systems built for real-world use.
source work
A selection of work across various mediums.
The Cornstalk Curse
Assemblage Sculpture
Sigil 3
Yard Sign Sculpture on Astroturf
Collective Ignition
Charcoal & Acrylic on Canvas
I Like My Juicebox & My Juicebox Likes Me
Paper Machete Sculpture
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Meaning is not disappearing. It is moving through systems, objects, and repetition. It exists in what we use every day and what we ignore. My work does not separate the sacred from the ordinary. It reveals how closely they are connected.
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My work exists between two conditions. One is structured and built to function with clarity. The other is instinctive and shaped through repetition and material. These are not opposites. They operate together, and the space between them is where meaning takes form.
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Some work is built to function in the world. Some work exists without needing to function. I design systems with clarity, and I create artifacts through instinct and repetition. Meaning is the throughline. The overlap is the work.
working method
let’s build something
If it matters to you, it’s worth making.