MARY FISCHER

The focus of my work is architecture. I look at buildings in the wild and in books. They get jumbled in my head and sorted out by my hands. The buildings started as boxes. Lids became roofs. Feet and chimneys appeared and things go on from there, changing from season to season. There are no special techniques or attempts to disguise how pieces are put together. Surface treatments and forms change over time as different things capture my interest. This includes using various techniques for printing on clay. The timelessness of indigenous architecture is an abiding influence. At the other extreme, agricultural and industrial complexes, like those found along railroad tracks, are equally influential. The making of houses is largely intuitive, but in order to get the "right" proportions, I sometimes make paper models. It is easier and quicker to make a piece out of paper and then use the model as a pattern to cut pieces out of clay. Building with extruded pieces is like playing with Legos. The more pieces you have to play with, the more you can move things around until the right combination appears. Some works include multiple pieces that are not attached so that playing can continue, arranging and rearranging as fancy dictates.

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Black & White Striped Building

Building Atop Four Silos

Farmer's Cooperative

Water Tower

Water Tower II

Three Tiered Building with Printed Door

Printed Building

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