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HANA VASAK・Amphora II, 2021・Stoneware, Scarva

HANA VASAK・Amphora II, 2021・Stoneware, Scarva clay with pale terracotta matte glaze・24 × 20.5 cm・Online now.

“Gestural Senses is a series of reimagined ancient forms. The Amphora vessel is a piece that has inspired me endlessly and has been a reoccurring form within my practice. In ode of the Amphora vessel each piece carries its silhouette. Along with organic long necked forms and embellished wavy ledge handles inspired by ancient utilitarian and ritualistic Egyptian vessels.

They have been created to harmoniously engage with each other, flowing from one to inform the other. Over time I have observed as the pieces slowly dry, they gently move. These subtle gestures evoke a sense of movement and flow within the forms, all unified by slight variations in their shapes. The gestural stroke of applied glaze along with multiple firings has created layers of texture. The colour palette and chalky finish resemble and reference the raw clay used in ancient pottery.

This creation of works represents a reflection on this year. Embracing a sense of flow, giving into the year and creating personal rituals that assist to slowly move through day by day.”

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HANA VASAK・Gestural Senses・15th - 30th Septemb

HANA VASAK・Gestural Senses・15th - 30th September.

‘Gestural Senses’ stems, in part, from Vasak’s travels through the homelands and trade-routes of ancient clay along the Mediterranean. From the coarse, heavy-walled vessels and containers unearthed in Syria and Cyprus to the delicate and precious funerary ware dug in Egypt - Hana Vasak tackles her craft like a scholar or archeologist.

With these antecedents in mind, Vasak's modest works also 'talk to' the present times; our latest years of living slowly under rolling lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. It's this new era of angst that draws our artist closer to the rituals and clear demands of creative work.

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

Incidentally, Dáša ceramics have enjoyed an explosive recent run in magazine editorials and interior design shoots (a silver lining if there was any). Highlights include appearances in Inside Out magazine and in styled spaces from Travis Walton Architecture and Watts Studio.

HANA VASAK • Gestural Senses • 15th - 30th Sep

HANA VASAK • Gestural Senses • 15th - 30th September.

‘Gestural Senses’ stems, in part, from Vasak’s travels through the homelands and trade-routes of ancient clay along the Mediterranean. From the coarse, heavy-walled vessels and containers unearthed in Syria and Cyprus to the delicate and precious funerary ware dug in Egypt - Hana Vasak tackles her craft like a scholar or archeologist.

‘Olla’ (above) is her largest piece in the collection - slender with an ovoid body and a tall, shooting neck. ‘Amphora II' (below) is named after the ancient Greco-Roman and Canaanite vessel type which carried grain, wine and milk as far back as the Neolithic period. She follows it’s basic design: a conical-piriform body, flat-bottomed torus base and everted rim, but loses it’s defining strap handles.

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HANA VASAK • Gestural Senses • Online now!

‘Gestural Senses’ stems, in part, from Vasak’s travels through the homelands and trade-routes of ancient clay along the Mediterranean. From the coarse, heavy-walled vessels and containers unearthed in Syria and Cyprus to the delicate and precious funerary ware dug in Egypt - Hana Vasak tackles her craft like a scholar or archeologist.

‘Olla’ (above) is her largest piece in the collection - slender with an ovoid body and a tall, shooting neck. ‘Amphora II' (below) is named after the ancient Greco-Roman and Canaanite vessel type which carried grain, wine and milk as far back as the Neolithic period. She follows it’s basic design: a conical-piriform body, flat-bottomed torus base and everted rim, but loses it’s defining strap handles.

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

SNEAK PEEK・Launching tomorrow・Hana Vasak・Ges

SNEAK PEEK・Launching tomorrow・Hana Vasak・Gestural Senses.

Hana is an emerging artist based in Melbourne. Embracing creating hand-built sculptural vessels, Hana’s ongoing development in exploring new forms often takes visual inspiration from sculpture, natural forms, ancient pottery and her travels. Pieces are often attached to a personal narrative, they are made in a slow and considered way, one piece evolves into another and allows Hana to continue refining her studio based practice to create pieces that merge sculpting and hand building techniques whilst subtly playing with shape, form and texture.

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Launching this week・HANA VASAK・Gestural Senses

Launching this week・HANA VASAK・Gestural Senses・15th - 30th September.

“Gestural Senses is a series of reimagined ancient forms. The Amphora vessel is a piece that has inspired me endlessly and has been a reoccurring form within my practice. In ode of the Amphora vessel each piece carries its silhouette. Along with organic long necked forms and embellished wavy ledge handles inspired by ancient utilitarian and ritualistic Egyptian vessels.

They have been created to harmoniously engage with each other, flowing from one to inform the other. Over time I have observed as the pieces slowly dry, they gently move. These subtle gestures evoke a sense of movement and flow within the forms, all unified by slight variations in their shapes. The gestural stroke of applied glaze along with multiple firings has created layers of texture. The colour palette and chalky finish resemble and reference the raw clay used in ancient pottery.

This creation of works represents a reflection on this year. Embracing a sense of flow, giving into the year and creating personal rituals that assist to slowly move through day by day.”

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

Coming up next • Hana Vasak • Gestural Senses

Coming up next • Hana Vasak • Gestural Senses • 15th - 30th September.

Register now via clay@michaelreid.com.au.

“Gestural Senses is a series of reimagined ancient forms. The Amphora vessel is a piece that has inspired me endlessly and has been a reoccurring form within my practice. In ode of the Amphora vessel each piece carries its silhouette. Along with organic long necked forms and embellished wavy ledge handles inspired by ancient utilitarian and ritualistic Egyptian vessels.

They have been created to harmoniously engage with each other, flowing from one to inform the other. Over time I have observed as the pieces slowly dry, they gently move. These subtle gestures evoke a sense of movement and flow within the forms, all unified by slight variations in their shapes. The gestural stroke of applied glaze along with multiple firings has created layers of texture. The colour palette and chalky finish resemble and reference the raw clay used in ancient pottery.

This creation of works represents a reflection on this year. Embracing a sense of flow, giving into the year and creating personal rituals that assist to slowly move through day by day.”

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

Available online now・Kristin Burgham “Through

Available online now・Kristin Burgham

“Through found objects I reflect on the emotional value of objects. My practice explores production processes and anonymous makers. I map and cast objects in plaster to create moulds. The result is an empty imprint or memory in plaster that reveals voids, scars and junctions. Absence of material matter initiates a new narrative and clay remembers what is now invisible. The evolution of colour and tone changes during the process of production. The result is a narrative landscape of porcelain objects. My landscape reflects colours that soothe during fraught times. I clean and return the original objects to where I discovered them. This allows for the circulation of the object in whatever form it takes.”

Mini Bottle (Leaf) LEFT, 2021
Porcelain, stain, oxide
20 × 29 cm
$220

Mini Bottle (Blue grey) RIGHT, 2021
Porcelain, stain, oxide
20 × 29 cm
$220

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

Available online now・Kristin Burgham Belly Bott

Available online now・Kristin Burgham

Belly Bottle (pale grey), 2021
Porcelain, stain, oxide
20 × 29 cm
$480

Kristin Burgham is a Melbourne based ceramicist working with industrial ceramic production processes and found objects. Burgham works with discarded objects to explore and build on the narrative of both the abandoned object and evidence of its maker. Her hand built porcelain assemblages are imbued with colour, scale and memory. Her works acknowledge and reflect on industry and its social history.

Kristin Burgham has studied ceramics in Australia and Hong Kong and her work has been acquired by two major art institutions in Victoria for their public collections. She completed a BFA at RMIT in 2019 and won the RMIT Ceramics Association judges choice award in 2019. She had her first solo exhibition in 2021. Most recently, Kristin Burgham has had pieces from her 'Pixel' collection acquired by NGV.

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We are very pleased to announce the National Galle

We are very pleased to announce the National Gallery of Victoria have acquired a selection of works from KRISTIN BURGHAM's Pixel series. Acquired in 2021, (Pixel) joins the collection of the NGV through the department of Contemporary Design and Architecture.

@kristinburgham is currently exhibiting at Michael Reid Clay and we offer our congratulations for such a momentous achievement.

@ngvmelbourne #ngv @kristinburgham #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics

STOCKROOM HIGHLIGHT・KATIA CARLETTI View via the

STOCKROOM HIGHLIGHT・KATIA CARLETTI
View via the Stockroom link in bio.

Katia Carletti is a potter living in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. She makes her work using various hand building techniques in her home studio, using reduction fired stoneware. Her practice focuses on creating work that is functional and which feels nice to hold, look at and use; drawing inspiration from repetition in nature, folk art and a need for practical vessels in the home.

“Making these works was an exercise in order, simplicity and repetition. They are a quiet meditation on the rhythms of the day, the little tasks repeated over and over with my son. The food we bake, the garden we water, the walks we take, the flowers we pick.
The vases I make offer their own forms of repetition; in their shapes, their carved lines, their tone, and the act of slowly hand pinching the clay over and over. Eventually the flowers we have grown are placed in them. In this way the process feels folded into the rituals of our days.”

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

Have you entered the @nationalemergingartprize? Ju

Have you entered the @nationalemergingartprize? Just over four weeks until the close of submissions.

PRIZE FOR EMERGING CERAMICISTS
Offering a total prize pool of $7,000, up to 25 finalists will be invited to participate in an exhibition hosted by Michael Reid CLAY, with all works available for sale to the public. This prize looks to connect collectors with emerging ceramicists.

The overall single winning ceramic entry receives an acquisitive $5000 cash prize.

The overall winner will also receive the Michael Reid Gallery Prize of a solo show with the CLAY program at Michael Reid Northern Beaches in the following year.

Overall Winner:

・$5,000 acquisitive Cash Prize
・Solo Exhibition with CLAY at Michael Reid Northern Beaches in 2022
・2 x 1 hour mentoring sessions with Michael Reid OAM, Gallery Director Toby Meagher, and Curator Amber Creswell Bell
・A 1-year The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) membership
・A 1-year subscription to The Journal of Australian Ceramics courtesy of TACA.
・Professional photographic documentation of the exhibition

@nationalemergingartprize #nationalemergingartprize #artprize #nationalartprize

KRISTIN BURGHAM sitting pretty with our Clay stock

KRISTIN BURGHAM sitting pretty with our Clay stockroom collection @stephanie_phillips_ceramics @kristyhussey @dotsandlines10to1000.

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

FEATURED in the latest issue of Jones Magazine •

FEATURED in the latest issue of Jones Magazine • STEPHANIE PHILLIPS and CHRYSTIE LONGWORTH.

Chrystie Longworth (1st Image)
Desert Sun Vessel, 2021
Terracotta
18 × 13 cm
$250

Stephanie Phillips (2nd Image)
Double Barrel Vessel, 2021
Handbuilt Earthenware Raku with dry sand glaze
31 × 21 × 16 cm
$770

Photographer : Kristina Soljo @ksoljointeriors
Stylist : Caitlin Melling @caitlinmelling

@stephanie_phillips_ceramics @chrystielongworth #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics

Coming up next at @michaelreid.northernbeaches・K

Coming up next at @michaelreid.northernbeaches・Kate Vella・Nostalgia・Register for a preview catalogue at northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au.

“Nostalgia is an embodiment of work reflecting a deep connection to the still life genre. My priority and intention is to bring the viewer joy, and some comfort during these uncertain times. This is a collection of new works forming a narrative and to showcase many captured moments during different seasons throughout the year.

My ritual involves depicting anything I feel emotionally drawn to, my subjects are often objects that are interesting or functional, sometimes whimsy, then combining them with flowers and fruit. I particularly love seeds in cut fruit or the detail on petals and buds. I love the freedom to work loosely and explore with a rich palette, applying many textured layers and focusing on the correct light, with an emphasis on the exaggerated shadows.

Guided by my instinct my work continues to evolve and unfold, sometimes growing through moments of clarity, or through moments of doubt and challenges, which can be more rewarding”.

@kate_vella_art #australianartists #emergingartists #artonline #northernbeaches

JOIN OUR LOCKDOWN VIRTUAL GALLERY TOUR! While we

JOIN OUR LOCKDOWN VIRTUAL GALLERY TOUR!

While we are all cooped up in our homes during the rolling lock downs, we thought it would be fun to peer into yours! We'd love to see the paintings and ceramics that you have bought from us!

Please send us a photo of yours - either tag us on instagram or email us at northernbeaches@michaelreid.com.au. We will share them all in our stories, like a virtual gallery tour for all to enjoy.

@michaelreid.northernbeaches @michaelreidclay #australianartists #emergingartists #artonline #northernbeaches
#ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics

ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL EMERGING ART PRIZE?

ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL EMERGING ART PRIZE? @nationalemergingartprize

PRIZE FOR EMERGING CERAMICISTS
Offering a total prize pool of $7,000, up to 25 finalists will be invited to participate in an exhibition hosted by Michael Reid CLAY, with all works available for sale to the public. This prize looks to connect collectors with emerging ceramicists.

The overall single winning ceramic entry receives an acquisitive $5000 cash prize.

The overall winner will also receive the Michael Reid Gallery Prize of a solo show with the CLAY program at Michael Reid Northern Beaches in the following year.

Overall Winner:

・$5,000 acquisitive Cash Prize
・Solo Exhibition with CLAY at Michael Reid Northern Beaches in 2022
・2 x 1 hour mentoring sessions with Michael Reid OAM, Gallery Director Toby Meagher, and Curator Amber Creswell Bell
・A 1-year The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) membership
・A 1-year subscription to The Journal of Australian Ceramics courtesy of TACA.
・Professional photographic documentation of the exhibition

@nationalemergingartprize #nationalemergingartprize #artprize #nationalartprize

Kristin Burgham・Bask・FINAL DAY TO VIEW. Burgh

Kristin Burgham・Bask・FINAL DAY TO VIEW.

Burgham's ceramics are tremendously puzzling. How can an object look it as though it was just formed (with the trim still intact) AND lifted from an ancient crypt … rough and weathered. They are both delightful and intriguing and if you are out and about this weekend on your walk stop by the gallery to view through our gallery windows.

@kristinburgham #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculptures #ceramicistsofinstagram #australianceramics #sculpturalceramics #sookiethegallerydog

KRISTIN BURGHAM・Bask・Available online now via

KRISTIN BURGHAM・Bask・Available online now via the link in bio.

Kristin Burgham’s forms are a glorification of their found objects – their matte finish and earthy tones with beautifully unfinished edging allow us to fully appreciate the legacy of the original form.

Pixel Bottle, 2021
Porcelain, stain, oxide
12 × 30 cm
$320

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

FINAL DAYS ・KRISTIN BURGHAM・BASK Belly Bottle

FINAL DAYS ・KRISTIN BURGHAM・BASK

Belly Bottle (pale grey), 2021
Porcelain, stain, oxide
20 × 29 cm
$480

Beginning with found objects, ceramicist Kristin Burgham begins the process of translation by casting a plaster mould around each object. It allows for cracks and imperfections to form after which the creative process of moulding the clay begins. The end result is a finely balanced form that celebrates imperfections.

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

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