Erin Smith
Ceramic Art
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Artist Statement
As the physical and digital worlds increasingly intertwine, through clay and other mediums, I explore the transformations that occur between the two. Technologies such as scanning and 3D printing find their way into my work, these moments where the physical is translated to digital and vice versa are of importance. While translating the digital into clay, the physical realities of the material become more apparent; gravity, cracks, and slumping are all embraced as part of this transformation.
Our current digital technologies and their shortcomings are of particular interest. In the moment where a 3D scan fails to capture accurately or a printer generates support in order to create an object, these deficits and discrepancies of our current capabilities become generative of new form. It is within the unknown space, the lost information, the in-between, that a void is created and this void offers the space and opportunity for new relationships to form. This is where I find my current work, navigating the edges of destruction and construction, ideas that morph through translation and iteration. My most recent work is the result of an exploration of these translations. I embrace and utilize these digital shortcomings as markings of time.
![Alt text: A ceramic printed bust of the artist sits atop a pedestal in the form of her body. Two vases in the background create the negative space profile of her face, atop two pedestals creating the negative space of her body.](_images/erinsmith_01-660x1045.jpg)
Gallery Entrance: profile views
![A wide view of the entrance to the gallery, including wall mounted pieces, a tabletop view and a partial wall.](_images/erinsmith_03-660x440.jpg)
Front Gallery View
![A narrow white shelf holds an array of colorful rock, printed plastic, and porcelain sculptures.](_images/erinsmith_04-660x440.jpg)
Tiny Rock Sculptures
![A detail shot of three black and white sculptures balanced on colorful plastic stands.](_images/erinsmith_06-660x989.jpg)
Galaxidi Remixes