Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards 2023

My Artwork, The Rhythm of Prayer,
has been selected as a finalist in the
Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station
Sculpture Exhibition & Awards 2023
and will be on extended display to March 2024.

Each year the Yering Station Gallery
invites a few of the indoor finalists
to extend the exhibition time of their artwork
through the summer.
The Rhythm of Prayer
would be exhibited in the glass cabinet
in the Winery Viewing Gallery, beyond December 3, the official closing date of the exhibition.
It will be on show until the last week of March 2024.

Yering Station
38 Melba Highway Yarra Glen,
Victoria 3775

Artworks for the exhibition
was selected by sculptor and RMIT
University Senior Lecturer Dr Simon Perry,
art writer and academic Honorary
Associate Professor Dr Robert Haysom,
and Sculptor and MainArtery
Gallery Founder Todd Stuart.

Respected for its consistency and longevity,
the exhibition showcases a cross section
of new Australian sculpture from both
emerging and established artists.

Having grown steadily since 2001,
it is now the longest running annual
sculpture exhibition in Victoria
and an iconic event
on the Australian arts calendar.

Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station

The Rhythm of Prayer
H630mm x W510mm x D30mm

Stoneware clay, porcelain slip,
layered ceramic glaze materials,
steel wire, textured fabric,
screen-print stain application,
dry glaze, Multiple firings.

Atop this artwork, fused in clay,
glaze, fabric and wire,
are Hebrew prayer-script parchments.
Carried by bonded clay-vessels
hey represent the power of prayer to unite.
Potent yet delicate this form contains
the meditative energy of a prayer,
its capacity to support life’s
ever-changing dynamics,
comforting grief and celebrating joy.