Individual, hand-built organic vessels, sculpture and objects inspired by nature and early civilisations
Sculptural vessels inspired by landscape and natural forms. Multiple clays, unglazed.
Black Door Gallery
251 Parnell Road
Parnell
Sacred Tree Urn
Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery
Hamilton
until 22 March
Love Vessels
The Arts House Trust
Pah Homestead
Hillsborough Road
until 18 January
SOLD
Objects of ritual inspired by figurative pieces from ancient civilisations. Marbled stonewares and glaze
satellite2 gallery
61A Victoria Road
Devonport
I use coiling and other handbuilding techniques to make individual, organic sculpture - simple forms, mostly unglazed surfaces, often marbled or textured (representing the earth from which the clay came).
Inspired by the human figure and natural landscapes I sometimes reference ancient relics or iconography which provide a window into the beliefs of past civilisations. I find the ‘object as part of ritual’ fascinating, particularly when juxtaposed with today.
My ceramic practice is a means of processing my thoughts on my own path through this world. Combined with the inevitable dance when working with clay, it is more a journey of questions and discoveries that somehow materialise into three-dimensional objects.
