French Hammer (Describing Labor) circular

French Hammer (Describing Labor) circularArtist: Esther Shalev Gerz French Hammer (Describing Labor), 2012 Glass 13" x 4. 75" x 1. 75" Describing Labor draws on artist Esther Shalev Gerzs research into depictions of the worker from the late nineteenth through the mid twentieth century. Through video, audio, photography and a selection of historic artworks from the Wolfsonian FIU and the Margulies collections, Describing Labor invites the present to relate to the now rarely seen figure of

All pieces are made by her in her studio in Detroit

Infinite Sailor

Fluent in the Language of Dreams

Through the Japanese hatching technique

She explores ideas of pattern

144 Color Pages

which she created almost 40 years ago for her first solo museum show in 1978 at the Detroit Institute of Arts

I rely upon an internal exchange of questions and responses based on intuition and experience

while in seventh grade

A beautiful handmade oak board for serving cheese

she works with traditional craftsmen–tapping into their age-old techniques and knowledge–and introduces them to new materials and fabrication processes

I am creating shape and blurring the lines of the interior and exterior of vessels