These three works are all inspired by my family’s bike shop, Liberty Cycle, which closed in September of 2019 after over 25 years in business. My dad, Greg Cordasco, ran the shop with my mom, Ingrid, while raising my two siblings and me. He took pride in being a small business and getting to know his employees and customers. I spent a lot of my childhood hanging out in the bike shop and making sculptures out of the discarded bike parts and coffee cups, and eventually started working in the shop in high school.