The Reliquary Engine
A twelve-week independent study of rigorous conceptual art and metalsmithing research practice with Claude AI as academic interlocutor and humans as critics. May – July 2026.
Built around a central question —
Can a made object function not only as a symbol of memory but as a genuine prosthetic for it?
The engine runs weekly cycles of provocation, research, material collision, and reflection, ending not just with new work but with a documented methodology I can keep running indefinitely. Drawing on the reliquary tradition, contemporary art jewelry, and my decades of practice in design systems, the goal is always the same: Create artifacts in contribution to the archaeological record.