Fluid Reformations: Smith, Gaffer, Potter March 17, 2013

March 17th - May 26th, 2013
Reception: Sunday April 7th, from 1-4pm
Curator: John CIno

Perhaps more than any other medium sculpture requires the unique marriage of material and process. Wood and stone are carved, subtracting mass while other materials are combined as in welded steel or assembled found objects.
'Fluid reformations' refers to processes borrowed from craftsmen or women working with forged metal, blown glass or wheel thrown ceramic. Contemporary smiths, gaffers and potters are as likely to make non-functional sculpture as the more traditional craft forms. In each a solid material is made fluid before manipulation, mass is preserved while form is altered. Each material is made into a slow moving fluid and it is that fluid state that imparts formal qualities to the final object.

Fluid Reformations: Smith, Gaffer, Potter" offers a cross section of the work of contemporary sculptors working in these traditional mediums.