French Hammer (Describing Labor) circular Through the Japanese hatching technique

Through the Japanese hatching technique

She explores ideas of pattern

Fluent in the Language of Dreams

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

All pieces are made by her in her studio in Detroit

French Hammer (Describing Labor) circular Through the Japanese hatching techniqueArtist: 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