DAVID ORSER      SALT AND REDUCTION FIRED      WOOD FIRED     STATEMENT      BIO    

These pieces are the result of an investigation into structures that manifest similarly on micro and macroscopic levels. The inherent contradictions of growth vs. assembly; human artifact vs. animal architecture, chaotic happenstance and the metamorphosis of material all inform the works’ content.

    This body of work has been slowly evolving for the past 16 years since it was first conceived during graduate study. The discovery of new materials has made it possible to make this very fragile method of construction yield a structurally sound object. 

    The range of possibilities using fired clay and glaze seems to be limitless. Each series opens more and exciting new avenues for exploration. With each firing I occasionally get an answer to a question posed of the work. More often than not they just generate more questions. Exactly what is needed to propel the next series.

Dimension given is at widest or tallest.

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