Aiden Dale
North Carolina

Stainless Steel, Colored Using Only Torches
Non-functional
12.5"w x 6"d x 7.75"h

About the Teapot
I have always been drawn to geometric patterns, and I wanted to go into this without
much of a plan and let the shapes lead how it would come together. I started by
creating a skeleton out of a 1/8” rod and made a pentagon and then just kept building it out with the same length pieces of rod until it started to take shape. I then came back in with sheet metal to fill the area. At first, it was solid, but then I realized I could connect the pentagon on either side with a little tunnel. So there isn’t a deeper meaning to this; it was me playing with shapes and material.

Artist Statement
It is important to me to focus my creative energy on feeling grateful and seeing beauty in the world. I find people and nature endlessly inspiring and exquisite. My goal is to distill the ornate complexity of a moment into something that can live on through art. Whether a knowing glance from a stranger or the brilliance of a rogue insect, to me, there is unfathomable beauty presented to us in every moment as long as we can stay open. I don’t simply want to create a beautiful object, but rather a complete organism that is alive and breathing, that facilitates a visceral experience with the viewer. Perhaps a feeling of wonder or a moment of respite that speaks to something deeper, something undeniably true.

About Aiden
As a boy, I could often be found in the woods behind my house playing in the creek. I would get lost in miniature worlds my imagination created in mossy banks, catching crayfish and marveling at how their seemingly rigid armored bodies could move gracefully through their environment. And I was always making things. I built forts, carved sticks, and made presents for everyone I loved. I attended the Emerson Waldorf School for twelve years, where I learned the value of creating new things and became intimately linked to colors and their relationships to one another. I developed a deep connection to wood, learning its grain patterns and how to form it with hand tools. I learned drawing, copper smithing, clay sculpture, and much more.
This led me to pursue higher education in art at Hampshire College, where I focused on metal sculpture, woodworking, bookbinding, printmaking, portrait art, and jewelry. I created a thesis show distilling the beauty of the world around me; it also wove in human connection and the stories/visuals inherent in both. I incorporated these concepts into physical pieces you could sit in, hold, and behold. Now I am working full-time as an artist in Durham, North Carolina, making a living doing what I love.

*Teapots that are sold must remain on display in the gallery as part of the exhibit until the show closes on September 10, 2020. After the show closes, teapots will be carefully packed and shipped by September 26 or available for pick-up at the gallery.

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