Off the Rails, 2018 Pulled glass gold ruby twisted cane, 3D printed plastic, LEDs, custom lighting program, wire. Dimensions variable, 10' high, 5' wide x 7' long. Off the Rails is a rollercoaster based on ongoing obsessions: wooden lattices and truss systems, entropy, and impossibly balanced glass forms. In this work we use the formal language of glass combined with 3D printed elements to create almost impossible architecture. Each printed element - from the architecture to the tracks to the birds - is hand-manipulated with heat to further accentuate the forms after they have been lifted off the print bed. The illuminated flashiness of carnival lights draw us in towards the horror of impossibly banked turns and a broken, failing track. The candy like, gold ruby twisty cane is informed by gilded decadence, while the broken track considers a deserted amusement park, where economic imperatives has made disinvestment more profitable than maintenance. The crumbling infrastructure correlates to a vision of our current political landscape, where compassion and forward thinking has been abandoned for greed and isolationism. In Off the Rails, crows are scavenging broken pieces of glass, and flying towards an unknown future. It is a frightening ride going off the rails.