Christopher Gryder:
There is subtle architectonic logic which pervades the forms I make. I think of this aesthetic as a sort of organic tectonic; a construction involving a language of natural forms. Botanical and geological forms seep into an organic/geometric matrix that seems to unfold visually as a sort of Rorschach ink blot test. In this sense, when one observes my work, a process of interpretation is triggered which can lead in many different directions. I am often inspired by the life sciences, whether it be from the fossilized record or the amazing worlds opened up by electron microscopy, but my exploration of form is at least partially due to my process of making, a technique I have developed in order to build form in the negative. A reductive approach, described simply, I dig a hole in the ground and fill it with clay. The cavities I make are quite intricate in surface but none the less still holes. I speak of them being built because in this case, silt being removed from the hole is equivalent to building my object in the negative. The process is akin to drawing in the dark; the technique is about feel & imagination.

Mandorla - 48 x 48 inches

Cabinet of Curiosities - 36 x 72 inches

Kaiser - Right Side - 42 x 78 inches

Mars Recon - 12 x 12 inches