My house is up the street from Harvard. Over the years I noticed the cracks, hollows and peculiarities of the sidewalks around the Science Center. I figured influential, thoughtful scientists walked on them, and I wanted to capture and share their steps.

With permission from the City of Cambridge, I cast sections of sidewalks in plaster. I would use the plaster molds as templates.

Using a version of the cartapesta technique I learned in Italy, I pressed paper into the sidewalk mold.

I applied hardening agents to the panels before scoring them and building interior braces to shape the lights.

My house is up the street from Harvard. Over the years I noticed the cracks, hollows and peculiarities of the sidewalks around the Science Center. I figured influential, thoughtful scientists walked on them, and I wanted to capture and share their steps.

With permission from the City of Cambridge, I cast sections of sidewalks in plaster. I would use the plaster molds as templates.

Using a version of the cartapesta technique I learned in Italy, I pressed paper into the sidewalk mold.