Abandonware and Calculate reflect on lost or vintage machines, the paintings floating on layers of paint above exposed metal.

Arctic Oil pairs early 20th century sloganism with theoretical time travel in that anti-gravity plays a key role in surviving the infinite pressure of a black hole. Columbia Family Time Machine postulates that time travel is "The only solution for imperfect historical experience."

Milk Oil for nanolithography is another slogan piece, in which Milk Oil is seen as an inexpensive alternative to Thiol oil used in contemporary dip-pen nanolithography.

Autosome, again oil on metal, is from a series of paintings and sculptures inspired by the rush to map the human genome by 2005.