"Working with my
hands and in a
3D format [utilizes]
a different side
of my brain and
my craft and what
I'm interested in."
DELICATE MEETS DECISIVE IN THE ARTWORK OF ERIN
ALTHEA, WHO USES CONCRETE AND RESIN TO REDEFINE
TRADITIONAL BRUTALIST DESIGN.
CONCRETE
AMBITIONS
When Erin Althea was growing up, she'd watch her mother, the artist Duane Smith,
create kaleidoscopes of color out of metal and stained glass. She also developed
a fascination with medieval designs, saying now that the flatness and angular
aesthetic of that period's "visual vocabulary is interesting to me."
Today, this interest can still be seen in Althea's work as an animator, a visual
development artist, and a creator of brutalist sculpture and jewelry. That last one
might sound odd, since stained glass is considered delicate and light, and Althea
Photos
by
Ange
Beckum
and
Sho
Sho
Smith.
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