Turning Geology into Sculpture

Colorado-based artist Leah Aegerter creates abstract sculptures that respond to moments she experiences in the backcountry. As she travels through the natural world, she documents geological textures using 3D scanning, and uses digital fabrication techniques to reproduce the rocks in new materials such as paper and wood. In this lecture, Aegerter presents work from the past five years, which documents a deepening relationship to the geology of the Grand Canyon and her path to acknowledging animacy in the landscape. 
 

Leah Aegerter is an artist working in object-based sculpture and installation. She lives and works in Carbondale, CO, and spends much of her free time exploring the mountains and deserts of the American West on foot and raft. Using a combination of digital fabrication techniques and traditional processes in materials such as paper, wood, and metal, her work investigates her relationship to geology and deep time. Leah received a BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. In 2022 she was named an Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellow. She has participated in residencies at Grand Canyon National Park, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Rockland Woods, and more.
 

https://www.leahaegerter.com/