My name is
Will Bettis
(and I make things)
Selected Work
This page will always be a work-in-progress as I add or expand content. The “carousel” below acts as a guide, linking to sections further down the page or to separate project pages. Enjoy, and thank you for stopping by!
Will Bettis
Beacon
Spring 2025
CNC-carved wood, 3-D printed PLA, assorted other materials
x: 250mm
y: 250mm
z: 320mm
Displayed in "Posthumanism" exhibition, University of Arizona.
Will Bettis
Choices
Fall 2025
Photography, digital, multimedia
(featuring art & imagery which might or might not be about modern conveniences, late-stage capitalism, food monopolies, corporate greed, post-scarcity, food deserts, class disparity, and/or the systems which perpetuate/enable any or all of the above...)
Will Bettis
Enclosure
Fall 2025
Acrylic, PLA, various
x: 210mm
y: 200mm
z: 65mm
(Inspired by themes in Choices. What do buildings hide, and how do architectural forms create moments of discovery for those who navigate through those spaces?)
Will Bettis
Pelicant
Spring 2025
Paper and ink
310mm | 220mm
Poetry by Shel Silverstein, arrangement / design is my own. Printed on OS 219 Vandercook press. Plates made of laser-cut wood and by using photolithography.
Will Bettis
Un-Finished Object
Spring 2025
Wood, acrylic, assorted other materials
x: 420mm
y: 420mm
z: 240mm
Displayed in "Post-Dimensional" exhibition, University of Arizona.
Will Bettis
Fusion
Spring 2025
3-D printed PLA, acrylic, vinyl, spraypaint, assorted other materials
x: 260mm | y: 260mm | z: 540mm
Hanging lantern. Overall arrangement & design is my own including original CAD models for the structure, top and bottom. The central images for the six illuminated panels are not my original work.
Dry River
Art and Photographs
Rillito River, Tucson
2025
Will Bettis
Sea Clock, Fall 2024
Wood, acrylic, watercolor, assorted other materials
x: 350mm | y: 90mm | z: 400mm
The falling weight that powers the clockwork mechanism is designed without a way to rewind or reset it. In a similar way, time is running out for our ocean and marine ecosystems: contamination of food webs by microplastics, disruption of habitats from oil and chemical pollution, and the effects of climate change are pushing the oceans of the world towards collapse ... and past a certain point they, too, may be impossible to reset.
Previously on display at the University of Arizona.
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