Nicolas Touron and Amy Lemaire, Aquarius #17, 2025, 3D printed porcelain and borosilicate, 7 x 5 x 5 in.

Nicolas Touron and Amy Lemaire's collaborative sculpture project explores the shapes of the natural world through the use of 3D ceramic printing and glassblowing—a fusion of new technology and ancient craft that spans thousands of years of human innovation to offer a new form for creative expression.  Focusing on flora and fauna as the locus of their exploration, Touron and Lemaire suggest what nature can look like when in sync with humans and their technologies.

As combines, the works situate Touron’s ceramics as the base of the sculptures. Often resembling medieval fortresses or futuristic temples, the ceramic base functions as a stage for Lemaire’s glass work.  Colorful and organic in form, Lemaire’s whimsical and delicate traceries are cast as inhabitants; sometimes they resemble otherworldly plants or perplexing figures and animals—all actors in nature’s theater.

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