The Tondichtung & Tone Poem series are music stands made in tandem with the Inkling Scores. The German term “Tondichtung” refers to an orchestral composition that seeks to express extra-musical ideas in music – usually in a single continuous movement that evokes the content of a poem, short story, painting, landscape, or other non-musical source. “Tone Poem” is the English translation of the term. In making the Inkling Scores, presentation became a source of inspiration for me to rethink the visual & sculptural function of stands & shelves as integral to the interpretation of sound. Each Tondichtung & Tone Poem is crafted from trees downed by storm or disease. 

Each is paired with an Inkling Score. The Inkling series of visual scores are handmade books. Details descriptions are included with other images.