Pattie Chalmers
  • Home
  • Resume
  • About
  • Contact
Objects
This work originated when I began grouping fabricated objects into arrangements resembling something like a cabinet of curiosity or  a great aunt’s china hutch. The specific objects in these compositions give clues to a tangle of narrative possibilities. Through purposeful shifts in scale, a rejection of naturalistic rendering and a disregard for the traditional hierarchy of value, I am able to coax new fictions out of  haphazard bonds.

distorted porcelain objects on a white wal
distorted porcelain objects on a white wall
a stilllife made out of clay painted black with an extra black shadow.
a stilllife made out of clay painted black with an extra black shadow.
a group of over and undersized terra cotta objects on a wall
a group of over and undersized clay objects on a wall.
colorful array of objects on a white wall, arranged in a circle with a space for an absent figure
colorful array of objects on a white wall, arranged in a circle with a space for an absent figure
clay sculpture of a folded loose leaf note on a white wall
a grouping of miniaturized clay objects in a shadow box.
miniature clay sculptures of items from Martha Rosler's Semiotics of the kitchen
a terra cotta pouring pot in the shape of a siren with a cone on her mouth based on a pouring pot in the harvard museum.
a grouping of oversized holiday souvenirs rendered in clay.
small scalled bullhorn, boxing gloves, and life vest made out of clay hanging on wall in that order.
miniture clay peanuts and a clay paperbag

  • Home
  • Resume
  • About
  • Contact