Rebecca Hutchinson - Bloom Dynamics

Thursday, January 21, 2010, 08:30 AM to Thursday, February 18, 04:30 PM

Artist's Lecture, January 21, 4 pm, Jerri Jones Lecture Hall, PH 211 Opening Reception, January 21, 5 pm to 7 pm, Alexandre Hogue Gallery

Rebecca Hutchinson is an installation artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her site specific works have been influenced by the tradition of vessel and her interest in environmental concerns.  Hutchinson's clay work is often conceived for specific architectural spaces. The construction methods Hutchinson will use for her installation in the Alexandre Hogue Gallery combine handmade paper, natural fibers, gauze, sticks and unfired clay. Relying on simple weaving and wrapping techniques, Hutchinson dips fiber and gauze into a liquid clay mixture or slip, which is fortified with paper pulp to construct her forms. In such site specific works, while durable, the clay used is almost always unfired. The addition of paper and other natural fibers in her clay gives it a tensile strength in the wet and dry state.

Contact:
Mary Whitney
918-631-2739