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HELD 2024
April 19, 2024 - June 9, 2024
My artwork Sacred-Rhythm
was selected as a finalist for HELD
HELD – Recent small-scale works
from 90 members of The Australian
Ceramics Association showcase
the diversity and excellence of
contemporary ceramics in Australia.
A TACA members’ exhibition,
in partnership with
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Opening event
Friday 3 May
Location
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
West Esplanade Reserve,
Manly NSW
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Sunday
10.00am – 5.00pm
Sacred Rhythm
H15.5 X W13 X D10cm
Stoneware clay, porcelain slip,
layered ceramic glaze materials,
steel wire, textured fabric,
screen-print stain application,
dry glaze, multiple firing.
Clay-vessels are emblems of
our primal needs, as containers
for carrying water or food.
In Sacred-Rhythm they are also
custodians of the Hebrew prayer-script
“Shema-Yisrael”, traditionally recited
at morning, evening and at the
passing of a life. Comprised of bonded
elements, it reflects on the human need
to connect and the power of prayer to unite.
This work conveys a fusion of many
disparate elements, clay to steel,
nature to man-made, past to present,
frozen moment to eternity. Emerging,
rising upwards, it contains a meditative
energy, evoking the prayer capacity to
support life’s ever-changing dynamics,
comforting grief, and celebrating joy.
