"...he would often send me objects he found on the beach during his walks. They were a window into the world of Ray Johnson..."

- Robert Warner, 2011, Esopus

After moving to Long Island, Ray Johnson went on daily beach walks, hunting for found objects to adorn with his signature Bunnyhead moniker. His exploration of the three-dimensional began much earlier however when he first incorporated tesserae - small blocks which he made by meticulously gluing layers of cardboard together - in the 1960s, as well as into found objects used within his Nothings performances, and the masonite silhouette portraits, which protrude off the wall with block like frames. Johnson created a wide variety of objects for his own consumption that the Ray Johnson Estate archives have within their collection. A selection can be seen below...