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The Worm is Turning
2023
Earthenware ceramic with glaze and lustre
46 x 26 x 15 cm
Finalist, 2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize.
'The Worm is Turning' comes from an Old English phrase meaning even the meekest of creatures will retaliate to defend itself if pushed too far. With so much war and senseless destruction of life happening on our planet, I wanted to create a work that represented this concept. The symbolism is personal but easy enough to decipher. There are contrasts of beauty and ugliness, pleasure and pain, joy and despair - metaphors for these times of great contradictions that we are currently experiencing.
Earthenware ceramic with glaze and lustre
46 x 26 x 15 cm
Finalist, 2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize.
'The Worm is Turning' comes from an Old English phrase meaning even the meekest of creatures will retaliate to defend itself if pushed too far. With so much war and senseless destruction of life happening on our planet, I wanted to create a work that represented this concept. The symbolism is personal but easy enough to decipher. There are contrasts of beauty and ugliness, pleasure and pain, joy and despair - metaphors for these times of great contradictions that we are currently experiencing.
Bird Goddess
2023
Earthenware ceramic
with various glazes.
67 x 25 x 24cm
Referencing the Minoan Snake Goddess, c1600BCE. This femme fatale from History was unearthed in 1903 by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, with her head and left arm missing. The other arm was holding a wavy stick, which Evans interpreted as a snake. With Danish artist Halvor Bagge, Evans "restored" the goddess creating a snake-toting, bare-breasted bombshell. This new and improved goddess caused a public sensation and made Evans famous.
My version is an Australian forest goddess who has had enough of the mortal world degrading the fabric of life. The koala on her crown symbolises the precarious state of our native animals. She is "flipping the bird" to display her anger and disgust. Her skirt is entwined with snakes, vines and native plants to form a protective net or grotto.
Earthenware ceramic
with various glazes.
67 x 25 x 24cm
Referencing the Minoan Snake Goddess, c1600BCE. This femme fatale from History was unearthed in 1903 by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, with her head and left arm missing. The other arm was holding a wavy stick, which Evans interpreted as a snake. With Danish artist Halvor Bagge, Evans "restored" the goddess creating a snake-toting, bare-breasted bombshell. This new and improved goddess caused a public sensation and made Evans famous.
My version is an Australian forest goddess who has had enough of the mortal world degrading the fabric of life. The koala on her crown symbolises the precarious state of our native animals. She is "flipping the bird" to display her anger and disgust. Her skirt is entwined with snakes, vines and native plants to form a protective net or grotto.
The Mothership
2023
Mixed media
2m x 1.2m x 1.2m
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
The Mothership is an interactive work where one can sit and meditate in a protective space. A primitive time-travelling capsule to take Nature with you wherever you go!
Mixed media
2m x 1.2m x 1.2m
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
The Mothership is an interactive work where one can sit and meditate in a protective space. A primitive time-travelling capsule to take Nature with you wherever you go!
Correlation
2023
Porcelain and satin glaze
47 x 27 x 15cm
Finalist, Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence, presented by Ceramic Arts Queensland.
Porcelain and satin glaze
47 x 27 x 15cm
Finalist, Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence, presented by Ceramic Arts Queensland.
Bloom
2022
Earthenware
56 x 27 x 23cm
Earthenware
56 x 27 x 23cm
Bungwahl Fern
2023
40 x 29 x 8cm
Earthenware with glaze
The Bungwall Fern grows in wet areas underneath paperbark trees on the east coast of Australia.
It was an important food source for first nations peoples.
It is a beautiful native plant with rich green and burgundy colouring. This stylised sculpture aims to capture its decorative elements and colouration, and to pay homage to this humble plant.
40 x 29 x 8cm
Earthenware with glaze
The Bungwall Fern grows in wet areas underneath paperbark trees on the east coast of Australia.
It was an important food source for first nations peoples.
It is a beautiful native plant with rich green and burgundy colouring. This stylised sculpture aims to capture its decorative elements and colouration, and to pay homage to this humble plant.
La Nina
2022
Earthenware with glaze
40 x 32 x 18cm
Made in 2022 during a period of intense rainfall and flooding on the East Coast of Australia.
Earthenware with glaze
40 x 32 x 18cm
Made in 2022 during a period of intense rainfall and flooding on the East Coast of Australia.
Pastel Puffs
2022
Earthenware and glaze
38 x 22 x 20cm
Earthenware and glaze
38 x 22 x 20cm
Entangled
2021
Earthenware with various glazes
40 x 36 x 33cm
Earthenware with various glazes
40 x 36 x 33cm
Ceramica Botanica
2020
Earthenware with various glazes
40 x 28 x 25cm
Earthenware with various glazes
40 x 28 x 25cm
Breathe
2020
Earthenware with glaze
60 x 27 x 20cm
Breathe was created during the devastating bushfire season we experienced on the East Coast of Australia. The title also alludes the Covid19 pandemic that was just emerging around the world. Strange times....
Earthenware with glaze
60 x 27 x 20cm
Breathe was created during the devastating bushfire season we experienced on the East Coast of Australia. The title also alludes the Covid19 pandemic that was just emerging around the world. Strange times....
Zygote
2007
Ceramic sculpture with handmade mosaic tiles.
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
Ceramic sculpture with handmade mosaic tiles.
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
Core
2007
Ceramic sculpture with coloured mirror tiles
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
Ceramic sculpture with coloured mirror tiles
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
Succulent Tree
2007
Ceramic sculpture
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
Ceramic sculpture
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Photo by Ian Hobbs
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