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Author Profile
Adam Chau

Adam Chau holds a masters in design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and maintains a studio practice based on research of how digital technologies can be combined with traditional craft. Adam exhibits his work and curates exhibitions nationally, and has written for several publications. Contact him at info@adamchau.com

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Digital Calligraphy, 2015. CNC painted plates with handmade brush. Porcelain, cobalt, glaze, 8x8x1 in. Photo by artist.
I propose that we alter our thinking and ask if it’s all right to let in messiness and unpredictability. Digital Craft is a burgeoning field that explores what it means to integrate digital technology with traditional crafts.
Adam Chau, Contour Plates, 2017. Pie-molded porcelain with CNC cobalt decoration, 8 x 7 x 0.25 in. Photograph by the artist.
As both a first-generation Asian American and multigenerational Caucasian American, I am interested in the perceived boundaries of employing one’s heritage as a contemporary aesthetic.
Adam Chau, Generated Love, installation. Photo credit: Adam Chau.
In essence and methodology, I believe that AI is an extension of collage. As with genres before it, like Dada, this system pulls from previously formulated objects, symbols, and language that hold defined meaning to compile it into a newly formulated thing that either reinforces the original or redefines the object/symbol; either way, it transforms from its source, and AI follows suit.