Origami Blossom, cast iron, 2021.
Vaughn Randall
Origami Blossom observes the intersection of biology, mathematics, and mechanical function. The convoluted and precise nature of folding a ridged planar material into a supple organic form and then solidifying that form into an unmoving media illustrates the cyclical and intertwined nature of the universe as well as the undesirable tendency to establish dogma. That which was fluid is now irretrievably frozen.
Vaughn Randall is currently the professor of sculpture at the State University of New York in Cortland. He received his MFA in sculpture from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his BFA in sculpture from Georgia State University. He was highly involved in the development of the Sloss Furnaces Metal Arts program in Birmingham Alabama and served as the Co-Director of the 8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. He has been an active member of the cast-iron art community for over 30 years. Randall has an extensive background in both industrial and artistic foundry processes, and is trained as a model maker and a master wood patternmaker. His work has been exhibited extensively and is in the collection of the John Michael Kohler art Center, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, SUNY Cortland, the US National Park Service, The City of Clarksville TN. the Chinese Cultural Council, Jingdezhen, China, as well as many private collections.