Eutectic Gallery 2020

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a series of 3 dimensional porcelain prints, using clays and glazes to inquire about the depth of color achieved by overlaying and juxtaposing material.

Intallation view

Eutectic Gallery

2020

The compositions are a product of curiosity about melting the seperate colors of a print together to see the various interactions that occur.

NZGLB
2020

clay print in stoneware

The glazes used are eutectics which melt late in the firing and relax the surface of the clay all of a sudden- pulling the form and causing it to warp. Consequently, where the glaze is built up in many layers, it will pull and stretch the clay out, warping the form, and even taking it to the point of failure and rupture.

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2020

glaze print in porcelain

BBCBB
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

The work is partly systematic and intentional, and partly unrestrained: On the one hand - the excitement that comes from the complexity of interactions between multiple layers of materials in the kiln. On the other, considered subtleties within a single layer of red clay that is printed thinly and intentionally on the surface, or the neat calculated marks of the underglaze pencil being dragged by the X/Y plotter. With the combination of methods and approaches the object becomes a site of collaboration between tools, materials, methods, formats and processes.

ROYBB
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

RGBB
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

The series was created for an exhibition at Eutectic Gallery in Portland, OR, during September

BOGBY
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

XXX
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

WW
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

VVVV
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

BGBRB
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

BBOPB
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

BBRBBR
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

BCRTG
2020

clay and glaze print in porcelain

Three flat prints in this exhibition were created in collaboration with Gali Greenspan. They’re exploration in working with the X/Y plotter on clay, in a way very much like sgraffito. The accuracy of the plotter and it’s tireless ability to produce every minute detail invite work of increasing complexity and precision.

Stack
2020

glazed stoneware