Ethan Slader: Vestige

Vestige considers the young creative as both maker and dissenter, who finds little purchase within dominant systems and turns to craft as the ultimate form of expression. The work recalls traditions wherein necessity gives rise to artistic voice through iteration. Folk art technique is employed not as reference, but as a living practice of deliberate expression. Vestige stands as a testament to the self taught, intuitive creative spirit, and honors those who have carried on these traditions.