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Untethered By The Sun

Elizabeth Paige Smith Art Ceramic Girls: Ceramic sculptures, made with terracotta and clay, pushed to the limits of the materials to shown a woman undone.

UNTETHERED BY THE SUN

 

Through impressions molded into the clay by Elizabeth’s hands, she explores and channels a deeply personal experience into form.

untethered girl 6 on the grass / terra-cotta ceramic on resin coated wood /13.75 x 11.25 x 5.25 inches / 2017

 

untethered girl 1 / ceramic / 17.5 x 14 x 5.5 inches / 2017

untethered girl 2 / ceramic / 13.5 x 11 x 3 inches / 2017

 

untethered girl 4 / ceramic / 8.5 x 6.5 x 5 inches / 2017

untethered girl 5 / ceramic / 10.5 x 9.5 x 6 inches / 2017

 

UNTETHERED BY THE SUN + Pushing the limits in clay, this series is a study which tests the boundaries of tolerance like one is shaped and tangled by everyday life.

The figures appear unwound, as if beyond mortal coil like a mollusk out of her shell, her vulnerability is revealed and unhinged. Arresting and simultaneously drawing in all that is tactile, Smith forms deep impressions into all that is physical, personal and intimate. Smith likens a parallel to the physical stress and tension forced onto the soul with the morphological effects of the psychological forced onto the clay itself.

Through impressions molded into the clay by Elizabeth’s hands, she explores and channels a deeply personal experience into form.

untethered girl 6 / terra-cotta ceramic /13.75 x 11.25 x 5.25 inches / 2017

untethered girl 10 / ceramic / 12 x 9.25 x 4.5 inches / 2017

untethered girl 3 / ceramic / 11 x 11.25 x 5 inches / 2017

 

This series is a study which tests the boundaries of tolerance like one is shaped and tangled by everyday life…

untethered girl 9 / terra-cotta ceramic / 12.5 x 6.75 x 4 inches / 2017

untethered girl 7 / ceramic / 18 x 9.5 x 3.25 inches / 2017

 

untethered girl 11 / ceramic / 10 x 3.5 x 1.75 inches / 2017

untethered girl 12 on the sand / ceramic on resin coated wood / 13.5 x 13.5 x 6 inches / 2017

untethered girl 8 / ceramic / 14 x 13.5 x 5 inches / 2017

 

untethered girl 12 / ceramic / 13.5 x 13.5 x 6 inches / 2017