Brittany Sparks is heavily impacted by the manmade architecture and engineered environments around her. She is fascinated by minutiae, and more specifically by the small details that get lost within those environments. The surface, color, and patterns of walls, fixtures, and furnishings are details that draw her greatest attention. The artist sees these as critical components of intricately crafted human environments that are fundamental to the purpose of the space but are quite often overlooked. Sparks is also interested in the effect of time on these environments and objects. Abandoned industrial spaces, with their water-spotted ceiling tiles, protruding pipes, holes in walls or floors, give insight into the structure and function/malfunction of any crafted environment. Surfaces and remnants of abandoned objects hold the memory of utility, but how much must remain in order to function? How did these spaces once function? What events or forces have caused the abandonment of such spaces or objects? The questions guide Sparks’ art, which is a meditation on utilitarian forms through the creation of multiples. Far from a rote, formulaic process, the making of each new iteration generates new knowledge. The artist believes that multiples aid the viewer in appreciating how a maker understands objects and how they perform in space. Slight changes between the repeated structures draw the viewer in, as they find the unexpected in the familiar. The use of industrial archetypes, such as pipes, funnels, and shop towels, provides an access point for the viewer. From there, one can relearn the familiar. Sparks seeks to celebrate the quiet moments in architecture, both manmade and natural, by highlighting mundane objects we so often overlook and are quick to toss away.