Kazari Artist - Jill Symes - Ceramic Artist

450 Malvern Rd & 290 Malvern Rd
Prahran 3181
Victoria Australia
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Fragments of Landscape
Exhibition opening Saturday 8th May 3-5pm

With over 25 years as a ceramic artist, this will be Jill Symes' 5th exhibition with Kazari.

Artist CV

“In my studio practice I have been developing a ceramic language enabling me to express in a direct and intuitive way my feelings toward inner landscapes and the regular experiences of connecting with the natural world. I create three dimensional landscapes with slabs of clay, allowing the qualities in the clay to affect the sculptural forms. There is a suggestion of remnants of vessel, which is symbolic of my history of vessel making – the container as symbol of life.

Once the slab is formed it is allowed to dry. The firmed clay slab becomes a “canvas” onto which I paint with layers of clay slips. The glazing and firing process adds depth to the finished surface by revealing the layers of colour and the brushmarks which show the immediacy of the painting process, thus bringing the piece to life.”

selected work from the current show (more than 40 on display)

11.Fragment

Terracotta H24cm x W48cm x D13cm

1. Monad

Sculpture clay H39cm x W65cm x D28cm

13. Fragment (2 pieces)

Terracotta H24cm x W35cm(variable) x D23cm

15. Fragment (2 pieces)

SOLD

12. Fragment (2 pieces)

Terracotta H24cm x W70cm (variable) x D14cm

27. Bucket

Terracotta H21cm x W27cm x D23cm

SOLD

4. Monad Group (4 pieces)

Terracotta - dimensions variable

26. Oval Vessel

SOLD

2. Monad

Sculpture clay H62cm x W36cm x D23cm

23. Oval Vessel

SOLD

9. Fragment (2 pieces)

Terracotta H21cm x W26cm x D26cm

Previous works

Jill Symes’ collection of recent studio works consists of a wide variety of ceramic vessels and sculptural works, all showing developed hand building skills and a mature understanding of the exciting possibilities of earthenware glazing techniques.

A sense of the organic is evoked by this long established Melbourne-based ceramist as the use of ancient handcrafting methods allow her to feel the natural rhythms of her media, emphasized by the application of an earthy palette and a tactile combination of soft lines and natural curves in the coiled forms and a sense of immediacy in the flat slabbed forms.

Exhibited extensively throughout Australia for over twenty five years, Symes’ presents us with sensual coilbuilt and freshly worked slab forms, evocative of the timeless landscape. Earth materials and lively patterns and colour come together to produce a series of finely crafted and highly prized artworks.

Artist's Statement

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Handbuilt Sculpture Clay with slips, stains, high-bisque, earthenware glaze