"This sculpture stems from a piece a created in response to my time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition marking the 150th Anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. That piece, Who is Speaking? Who is Listening? was made out of porcelain elements in the shape of ear trumpets, referencing animal horns traditionally used as hearing aids. I wanted to draw attention to the quality of both speaking and listening as foundational to moving forward. I love this simple shape, how light and shadow falls on the form. When I began playing with them in pairs, I saw how when they are placed opposite each other they can curl under the other form, support it and hold it tight. They can stabilize the other, keep each other in balance. To commune is a very deep and vulnerable state, one where you feel heard."
Gold Topaz Sculpture. In a large graceful sweep, this one of a kind sculpture measures 18 x 12 x 11 cm.
The Silk Series was inspired by the artist's mother with whom she made candies and chocolates. Realizing the viscosity of molten sugar is similar to molten glass, Taygan has developed the form since 2014 by pulling the glass repeatedly, as one pulls taffy candy.
An Untamed Bond, Part 2 of 5 of The Allegory of Atalanta, linocut, 2020. Edition of 6, printed on Arnhem 1618, 16 x 22 inches.
When Atalanta was born, her father had hoped for a boy and so he left her on a mountainside to die of exposure as was the practice with unwanted girls or disabled children. Artemis, in the form of a shebear, found her and suckled her. She was raised as one of Artemis’ huntresses.
Printed on the artist's ingenious home-made printing press (made of a car jack, melamine and oak).
The Calydonian Boar Hunt, 2020, 1 of 5 of The Allegory of Atalanta Series. Edition of 3, 48 x 88 inches.
This 12-panel woodcut is printed on tiled sheets of kozuke washi paper. It is engineered to line up seamlessly despite its enormous size. Printed on the artist's ingenious printing press (made of a car jack, melamine and oak). Created for her upcoming solo exhibition Untold Stories I once Wished Lost at the Karsh-Masson Gallery (re-scheduled for 2021).
Atalanta was the only woman to take part in the Calydonian Boar hunt alongside Theseus and Meleager. With the quarry cornered, the hunt devolved into chaos. Peleus misses his mark and accidentally kills Eurytion while Atalanta raises her bow steady and sure, draws, and strikes first blood. Meleager is awed and awards her the hide as an honour prize.
Sentinel, eachcast bronze sculpture of a canary in flight is a one of a kind capture of a moment in time. Erin created 99 for a recent solo exhibition at the public gallery Galerie Montcalm, 4 1/2 x 3 x 2",
(Re)constructed Narrative #3. Blown and fused glass, 1 ½” (h) x 3 ½” x 3 ½”.
(Re)Constructed Narrative re-purposes remnant objects into a deconstructed line. It investigates the history given to an object, embellishing and fabricating events. The order is established through an imagined logic, questioning fact and fiction. The narrative playfully recounts systems and image in broken moments.
Sanctuary, cast bronze and ceramic flowers and foliage with 100-year old reclaimed local wood
A life-sized bronze fox curls up in repose encircled by a ring of ceramic flowers interwoven with thorns. The wooden pedestal is from 100-year old wood salvaged from homes being remodelled in the artist's neighbourhood. This work hovers between a celebration and acknowledgement of the fragility and grounding nature of home and also a memento mori.
The bronze fox can be purchased separately for $11,500.
Leaden, a nest cast in lead on a free-floating lath shelf. Series of 10 nests, each sold separately.
"A year in paces, a morning ritual of walking has led me to collect numerous bird nests from the thickets along Ottawa’s waterways. In this piece, I have cast each nest in lead salvaged from the torn out ironwork of Parliament Hill— an act of preservation at the perceived fragility of a tiny sanctuary and an exploration of the weighted concept of home and domesticity."
Black Sheep. Erin Robertson is an artist who works in various media. Her ceramic sculptures are wonderfully life-like and call to mind her bronze public installation, Bellwether, created with Anna Williams for the Longfields Transit Station. (See 4th image)
“a work of art must carry within itself its complete significance and impose that upon the beholder even before he recognizes the subject matter” H. Matisse
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