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Humanity’s plight is a concept artists have been examining for a long time, and one that comes to life through my recent ceramic work, the theme of which was domestic violence. Explore this and other collections below.

Ceramic Collection on Domestic Violence

This piece "668" is a finalist in the Wellington Regional Arts Review 2020 and will be exhibited at Expressions Gallery, Upper Hutt, Auckland Dec 5th to Jan 17th 2021.
668 represents the number of NZer's who took their own lives 2017/2018.

486

Bisqued and smoked clay, 486 fingerprints represent the number of women, children and men killed in NZ as a result of domestic violence between 2004 and 2015.

Standing room only

Rolled and smoked clay, placed in a found drawer from a domestic setting. A commentary on our prison system.

200

Fired stoneware clay, stitched to black webbing, hung between two rifle barrels. 200 is about those NZer's who died as a result of gunshots between 2004 and April 2019.

Conversations over Tea

Used teabags, paper clay, found domestic cutlery box, found spoon.

This piece contains snippets of conversations related to domestic problems that may be spoken about between friends.

Waxed Squares

Working with encaustic wax on watercolour paper - the theme was revealing and concealing, an idea I wish to explore further.

Nests

Smoked clay, army webbing and threads on found timber.
Everyone should have a safe place where they can lay their heads and reside in safety. A continuation of the domestic violence series.

Works on paper 1

Shellac, Indian ink, nails, string and burning watercolour paper.

Works on paper 2

Wax, burning,collage and shellac on paper tags.

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