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New Pears 2
Vendor:Regular price $80 AUDRegular priceUnit price per -
New Pears 1
Vendor:Regular price $121 AUDRegular priceUnit price per
Trish and Stewart work together producing a range of maiolica domestic ware, tiles, tables, water features and individual pieces. Using only Australian clays and materials they aim to use the age-old techniques to produce work that is inspired by the Mediterranean nature of Fremantle. Their forms are classically simple.
Stewart also works with the woodfire aesthetic exploring his spiritual and emotional response to the Australian landscape. Indigenous practice of burning the vegetation over extended periods was a process that contributed to the appearance of the landscape. Stewart’s work is fired using a mix of timbers native to his York property (casuarina, eucalyptus and wattle).
The process is risky. Firing to temperatures in excess of 1300C with wood requires working at the boundaries of what is possible. Extreme temperatures and corrosive wood ash seek out any weakness in the form or body and disaster is always only one step away.
At the high temperatures within the kiln, the clay (land) and wood ash (remnant vegetation) melt together forming surfaces that are reminiscent if the colours and textures of the Australian landscape.