Matt Wedel
'Flower Tree'

An entire ecosystem plays out within this sculpture, where the creative process stands as a device to comprehend and heal the world. Harnessing traditional coil building techniques, he creates a work of fractal surface detailing, etching natural cycles across it. Dried over six months, the piece is then kiln-fired—the mythology of flames solidifying this sculpture as a celebration of survival.

A ceramic artist guided under the tutelage of his father from a young age, Matt Wedel’s practice investigates the relationship between the mind and the changing ecosystem we inhabit. He has taught in Canada and the United States, and his sculptures have been acquired by public collections.