Laurie Beth Clark
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Art (4-D).
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Figure 9. Intrahepatic Schema
Stoneware, Cone 4 Oxidation – This piece consists of 14 triangle forms displayed in a semi-circle
10″x62″x35″
2012
Figure 9. Intrahepatic Schema was made up of fourteen triangle forms arranged in a circle that extended from the wall. Each triangle contains various ceramic components, hardware, galvanized wire, tubing, drywall tape, aluminum, wax paper, concrete, plaster and wood. Figure 9. Intrahepatic Schema explores how the miniature is translated to the gigantic with the mending of organic and inorganic materials to represent bodily systems within an architectural language. Diagrammatic illustrations, found within present day and historical medical texts and anatomical representations created by Fritz Kahn, informed and inspired me to create an abstracted version of the interior of a liver.