Yasmin Smith: Forest

It is with pleasure that The Commercial presents Yasmin Smith — Forest, the first exhibition of the artist’s four-year investigation into coal fly ash glazes sourced from eleven coal-fired power stations around Australia. “The specific glaze aesthetics derived from a plant’s ash is directly related to the life of the plant, its biology, the soils in which it grew and the underlying geological, hydrological and cultural conditions that makes available certain minerals and elements to sustain its life.” […] “61 of the 118 elements on the periodic table are determining factors in the aesthetics of ceramic glazes.” (Smith) Where until...