Hi,
My art practise is based upon two simple things.
Paper and clay.
I create and fire paperclay sculptures, and carve compressed paper sculptures.
My ceramic paperclay work is an attempt to illustrate this on-going interest in the organisation of the arts and crafts, and society.
I am inspired by architecture and local plants (see 6 February 2008 entry in my blog), while trying to suggest the cycles, rigidities and dynamic nature of our society, and myself.
My compressed paper sculptures are a by-product of office work, research, everyday correspondence and junk mail. Since 1994 it has been a way to create silence in a world of information overload.
Despite the promise of the "paperless office" we still keep paper to hand and it can become a symbol of emotional attachment and a link with loved ones. Read more.
After my first demonstration in 1993, I begun to receive regular requests for workshops and demonstrations. The number of requests has been consistent for the last decade, at about a dozen per year.
I accept most interstate and overseas requests, but with a young family I have had to limit these to two months per year.
To satisfy an overwhelming demand for information and images I created this website. Last year it received about 1.5 million hits (86,000 visitors).
Local people wanted community classes in pottery and sculpture techniques, so I started these in 1998.
The interest in my work has resulted in a growing number of interstate and international exhibitions, as well as fuelling my appetite to learn more about how the arts and crafts, and society are organised.
I hope you enjoy the work and find the 90+ pages in this website useful, entertaining and informative.
A big "thank you" to the many people who have kindly shared their experiences and information with me.
I hope this website will in someway repay their kindness, by sharing with you what I have learnt from them.
Cheers
Double click image for print quality (Photo: Frances Dennis).
Double click image for print quality (Photo: Robyn Camerer).
Double click image for print quality (Photo: Victor France).
