Playing With the Big & Little Stuff

Aaah the joy of returning to study and ACCESS to wonderful equipment.
This 'tree hugger' vessel was formed from the Mountain Gum at Merrijig to the limit of my:

• body
• car
• kiln

Porcelain coils become slabs when caressed across the surface of the Merrijig tree. 

New Work - Vitrine Exhibition at Craft May 2019

Conversations With A Landscape will present an investigation into our relationship with Australian landscape. 

I have visited this area of the Victorian high country for many years. All works have been made at the site of investigation, using the pliant material of clay to capture a tangible sense of place.

These vessels and sculptures respond to a particular eucalyptus, river and surrounding landscape. Measuring 712cm in diameter and thought to be pre-settlement, this tree has significant agency. It grows on the unceded land of the Taungurung people. It stands unharvested, majestic and sublime. A survivor of the colonial impact of sawmilling, the high-country cattle industry and 19th century and ongoing farming. It stands as a provocation and reminder of longevity and undocumented history of this place.

Conversations With A Landscape proposes that we occupy a newly redefined place in nature, one that is observant and respectful. These objects explore a way of constructing and acknowledging landscape outside of colonial tropes and actions of consumption, ownership, and labeling.  

Lifting texture...

Cloudy

New Work Exploration - About Place

Studio News - July -August 2018

Thinking about universal themes, forms and figures in ceramic history. These ancient Cypriot vessels 1800BCE - 475BCE from Melbourne's Hellenic Museum have so much in common with the Pre-Columbian and Egyptian pottery on display at NGV:I.

 

 

This collection of drawings from NGV: International

 

Studio Sale Friday 27 - Saturday 28 July 2018

Thanks for all your support!

In the Spirit of Open House Weekend - a Studio Sale at My Home