Randi Bachman

Bio

Randi Bachman is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Iowa City, Iowa. She will be attending Cranbrook for her MFA this fall.. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. She received the Ken Ferguson Scholarship, McKeown Special Project Award, and Mentorship Award at Kansas City ARt Institute, as well as the Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship through the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Bachman is interested in the authentic expression of experience, clay, fiber and noise, and is very likely to share her sandwich upon request. 

artist Statement

In my practice of sculptural ceramics I navigate the topography of emotional experience. This is a personal narrative suspended in nostalgia and memory. My ritual applies metaphors of lineage and influence through the use of material and iteration, creating textures that arise in the haptics of the making. Through my work I represent clear manifestations of experiential moments, small monuments, a juxtaposition of permanence with impermanence. 

I use soft color palettes to evoke a sense of celebration and reminiscence. Instead of engaging in a predetermined process of creation, I engage in experiential play within the liminal space: a call and response that happens between me and the material. I approach “byproduct” as a notion worth observing and building upon. My process of building forms retains architectural motifs in combination with economy- using, reusing and rendering towards an ever present ambiance of noise. I am interested in the unfolded narrative, nuance and the unseen.