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COMING SOON ・SIERRA MCMANUS ・Register now for

COMING SOON ・SIERRA MCMANUS ・Register now for a preview catalogue clay@michaelreid.com.au.

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PENELOPE DUKE ・In the Shadows “I wanted to co

PENELOPE DUKE ・In the Shadows

“I wanted to concentrate on practicing restraint for this collection, and on creating pieces that are as honest as I could make them. I did this by cutting away anything complicated and unnecessary so that the focus could be on the clean lines and simple forms. By keeping the glazing understated it allows the space between and around the vases to become just as interesting as the pieces themselves.

These vases needed to be able to support everything from the most extravagant bunch of colourful foliage to the most
minimalistic ikebana display, without competing for the attention of the viewer ’s eye, but while still being able to hold their space as beautiful and dignified pieces in their own right.”

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PENELOPE DUKE ・Shapes I・23cm x 11.5cm・textur

FINAL DAYS・Penelope Duke・In the Shadows Shape

FINAL DAYS・Penelope Duke・In the Shadows

Shapes III, 2021
18cm x 12cm
textured stoneware clay, black and metallic glaze
$410

Penelope Duke is a New Zealand born ceramicist based in the extraordinary Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. Using stoneware clays and porcelain with food safe glazes, Penelope creates functional ceramic pieces intended to be useful as well as beautiful.

It was the search for stillness within a busy world that lead Penelope to ceramics and the potter’s wheel, and that now reflects heavily in the simple, quiet forms and muted colours of her work. Shadows, light and the bold art deco architecture of the maker’s New Zealand upbringing also play a big part in influencing the designs. Through the use of positive and negative space the pieces are created to either be linked together in groups, or to stand alone.

Each body of work is designed around functionality, usability and simple beauty, and are to be used daily within the home.

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FINAL DAYS • In the Shadows • Sarah Hassett an

FINAL DAYS • In the Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke.

Open tomorrow 10am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 2pm.

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Final days • In the Shadows • Sarah Hassett an

Final days • In the Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke • on view and online via the link in bio.

@sarahhassettartist @penelopeduke
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In The Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke

In The Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke

I think of the round, marble bodies of Cycladic sculpture when looking at ‘Curvaceous III’ by Penelope Duke … but then ‘Shapes I’ takes me elsewhere - maybe a few centuries later and inside the hive of Judd, Serra and the American minimalists. Her marrying of the sturdy and supple puts me there.

Curvaceous III, 2021
Textured stoneware clay and matte black glaze
12 × 31 cm
$510

Shapes I, 2021
Textured stoneware clay and matte black glaze
12 × 23 cm
$380

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Soft launch • In The Shadows • Sarah Hassett a

Soft launch • In The Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke • Today: 12am - 2pm

While Hassett and Duke are keeping safe in Victoria, we invite our local followers to Michael Reid Northern Beaches for a well deserved toast from afar.

"The first word is usually ‘beautiful’, the next few are earnest and amusing …'the thing on the table is the thing in the painting?'"

It’s a neat bit of trompe-l’œil; Duke’s night-black vases brushed into Hassett’s still lives, both giving solidity to the other.

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In The Shadows • Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke

For Penelope Duke, each body of work is designed a

NOW OPEN! Sarah Hassett & Penelope Duke. ‘In the

NOW OPEN! Sarah Hassett & Penelope Duke. ‘In the Shadows’.

This collaboration between painter Sarah Hassett and ceramicist Penelope Duke is a celebration of the process of still life and the beautiful objects that inspire it.

Penelope wanted to concentrate on practicing restraint for this collection, and on creating pieces that are as honest as she could make them. She achieved this by cutting away anything complicated and unnecessary so that the focus could be on the clean lines and simple forms. By keeping the glazing understated it allows the space between and around the vases to become just as interesting as the pieces themselves.

Exhibition runs 17-27 November.

Special release・Chrystie Longworth Longworth is

Special release・Chrystie Longworth

Longworth is a ceramicist forever drifting. Less than a month ago, her twin mugs for Cup and Saucer were Art Deco in style. Now she cleaves to looser patterns. Black and white like the piebald coat of a Diary cow.

It’s this constant experimenting that has made her, unquestionably, a frontrunner of Australian ceramics today.

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CUP RUNNETH OVER・Jennifer Everett Molten Mugs,

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Jennifer Everett

Molten Mugs, 2021
stoneware clay, molten glaze
12 × 9 cm
$160

"Clay has beguiled me and been the focus of my creative expression for the past 10 or so years. It is the artist's medium that comes down off the gallery walls and into our hands. While communicating visually, clay can also speak to us through touch and cups in particular have opportunity for the greatest of conversation while uniting all of our senses. They are an integral piece to our everyday ritual. We gaze upon it while deep in thought, hold it in our hands, raise it to our lips. A cup has potential to be the perfect union between beauty and function. It's this union I continue to pursue with great passion."

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Special release・Chrystie Longworth In ‘The W

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Nikki Dowdell Golden Arches Tu

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Nikki Dowdell

Golden Arches Tumbler (right), 2021
Porcelain, glaze
7 × 8 cm
$85

"My practice centres on the development of glazes formulated for high-fire gas reduction firing and exploring how these glazes interact with each other and with the clay bodies they are applied to. These cups are the culmination of my most recent experiments, the simple porcelain forms act as canvases for testing various application methods. Here I have layered only two glazes over one another, producing a range of colours where the two glazes overlap"

@nikkidowdellceramics
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UP NEXT・Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke・In the

UP NEXT・Sarah Hassett and Penelope Duke・In the Shadows・17th - 27th November・Register now for a preview catalogue clay@michaelreid.com.au.

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CUP RUNNETH OVER・Shannon Garson. Armillaria –

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Shannon Garson.

Armillaria – cup and saucer, 2021
Thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, terra sigillata
8 × 16 cm
$250

"Over the past twenty years I have been exploring thrown porcelain vessels decorated with intricate drawings. I juxtapose classic, clean porcelain vessels with the infinite variety of striations, spots, and marks found in nature. Marginal eco-systems have led me through wallum swampland, over sea cliffs and underwater to make work about the tidal zone, endangered paperbark habitat and rare native flora and fauna.

The bowls, jugs, teapots and cups, shapes that we are all so familiar with, provide a window that leads the viewer into the drawing and over and under all the surfaces of the form. I think these shapes encourage the idea of touching the artwork, getting closer, examining the tiny, hidden details, this is a metaphor for what happens when you are bush walking, or beachcombing."

Shannon Garson is an Australian ceramic artist, writer and curator with a studio practice spanning 20 years that includes commissions for festivals, exhibitions at public and private galleries, and arts advocacy. Shannon’s practice encompasses thrown porcelain vessels, drawings, painting, public art and performance, she works primarily with Australian porcelain and drawings.

Enduring themes within Shannon’s practice investigate the relationship between human activity and the infinite variety of striations, spots, and marks found in nature. Shannon‘s interest in endangered ecosystems has led her to make work about wallum swamps, the sclerophyll forest of South East Qld, endangered (and beautifully common!) birds and the fungi of the sub-tropical rainforest.

@shannongarson #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Lisa Lapointe. Neanderthal Mug

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Lisa Lapointe.

Neanderthal Mug II, 2021
Clay
21 × 17 cm
$200

Inspired by spiritual, religious and indigenious mythology, Lapointe explores the role psychedelics played in many ancient cultures. She brings to life vessels and sculptures that echo the great secret rituals which were often led by women where mushroom infused beers and wines revealed the secrets of life and immortality.

@lisalapointe #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Tina Thorburn. Available online

CUP RUNNETH OVER・Tina Thorburn.
Available online and in the gallery until this weekend.

Untitled I & II, 2021
glazed ceramic
11 × 9 cm
$55 each

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