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ALTERFACT is an experimental design studio created by Lucile Sciallano and Ben Landau in 2014. Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2013, Lucile and Ben have worked in tandem on various projects in different mediums. Their collaboration has culminated in the creation of Alterfact Studio, a platform through which to conduct critical research with materials and data translated through the manufacture of ‘stuff’.

Alterfact’s practice is currently focused on the use of 3D printing in clay as a small batch manufacturing process. They push the boundaries of this traditionally plastic-based medium, and play with its connotations of utilitarianism and gimmickry, as it moves into a feasible reality.

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Introducing pépite edits - bespoke collections of contemporary objects, designed by pépite, artist-made and exclusively available at pépite. 

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KATRINA RAMM (She/Her) is a Melbourne (Naarm) based furniture designer, releasing work through design practice Ka Ra Studio.

With a background in Interior Design, Katrina’s multidisciplinary approach to design centres around the emotive impact of an object within its environment.

Inspired by simple geometric forms, Katrina is drawn to creating work with a sense of nostalgia, seamlessly blending simplicity and practicality with a touch of playfulness.

With an overarching focus on flexible design and sustainability, Katrina aims to create considered pieces with responsible material selection, while encouraging small footprint living through the creation of smaller, multi-functional items.

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DAWN VACHON studied visual arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, receiving her BFA in 2008. Since relocating to Melbourne, she has made a lot of ceramic pots and has exhibited a handful of ceramic things that aren't pots. Dawn can often be found throwing, handbuilding and concocting glazes at her home-studio in Coburg.

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SHARON ALPREN is a Melbourne based ceramic artist working out of her home studio in the Macedon Ranges. Sharon took up ceramics 15 years ago after relocating to Australia from her native UK where she had a background in Textiles.

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Hana from Dasa Ceramics is an emerging artist based in Melbourne. Embracing hand-built sculptural vessels, Hana’s ongoing development in exploring new forms that take visual inspiration from sculpture, natural forms, ancient pottery and her travels.

Pieces are often connected to a personal narrative and are made in a slow and considered way with one piece evolving into another allowing for the practice to be refined and to create pieces that merge sculpting and hand building techniques whilst subtly playing with shape, form and texture.

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ANNA GLEESON is an Australian artist now based in New-York. Anna creates contemporary ceramic sculptures using traditional hand-building techniques which she manipulates in order to distort the expected aesthetic of a vessel, creating playful and intriguing sculptures. 
'My ceramics practice is in conversation with a vessel tradition and aiming to complicate and extend that tradition. Using eccentric and invented techniques I push materials beyond what I know will work and into some kind of failure. I deliberately set up new ways of working with that mess and complicate an existing mode of making. I'm curious to see how it will fail; what that failure might look like or evoke. Working this way feels connected to some of my earliest childhood memories of making - not being as good at it as I would like, not having the right kind of glue or skills and being anyway completely absorbed in the attempt; pulled chiefly by curiosity.' - Anna Gleeson.

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After working in music, advertising and law, KELLY BROWN became a ceramic artist.

Working in Sydney at Kil.n.it, she specialises in crafting timeless pieces inspired by ancient forms, huge urns being her favourite. Collaborating with interior designers, her creations bring sophistication and a touch of history to living spaces. Through unique partnerships with painters, she breaks traditional boundaries, creating captivating expressions.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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IGGY & LOU LOU is a Melbourne-based ceramic practice by artist Irene Grishin Selzer. After graduating with a Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics and receiving multiple awards for ceramic excellence, artist Irene Grishin-Selzer has continued her art practice alongside establishing a bespoke design practice under the name Iggy & Lou Lou.

"Texture is everything and working with clay provides endless textural possibilities. It has got that magic ability to appear both raw and refined at the same time" says Irene.

Irene’s practice is informed by a deep respect for traditional making processes, a commitment to a minimal environmental footprint, and a devotion to creating handmade, beloved ceramics that last a lifetime.

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DEBBEY WATSON is a Sydney based ceramic artist working predominantly with slab-built geometric forms that are informed by her background in graphic design and interest in modern architecture. Her pieces use a limited palette of three clays, one of which is sourced from her garden, and remain unglazed emphasising the simplicity of form. Connections thread one form to the next using delicate inlaid lines.

Debbey completed a Fine Arts degree majoring in Ceramics at the National Art School, Sydney in 2017 before undertaking a ceramic residency in Rome during 2018.

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DEBBEY WATSON is a Sydney based ceramic artist working predominantly with slab-built geometric forms that are informed by her background in graphic design and interest in modern architecture. Her pieces use a limited palette of three clays, one of which is sourced from her garden, and remain unglazed emphasising the simplicity of form. Connections thread one form to the next using delicate inlaid lines.

Debbey completed a Fine Arts degree majoring in Ceramics at the National Art School, Sydney in 2017 before undertaking a ceramic residency in Rome during 2018.

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KIRA EDWARDS is a contemporary jeweller, utilising traditional techniques to make organic sculptural pieces. Her work is an ode to the making process, embracing the imperfections and beauty that arise along the way. Exploring texture, sculpture and mixed metals, her work aims to capture a natural ease.

Wearability is at the heart of her work. With conscious consumerism in mind, her work is made to be worn often and travel through life with the wearer, with the hope the pieces will be passed down generations.

Kira’s practice focuses on sustainability, using recycled materials where possible and making small quantities. Her work is made with love and consideration from her home studio in Naarm / Melbourne alongside her tiny bossy dog Pepper.

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MALI TAYLOR is a Melbourne based ceramic artist currently exploring the parameters of coil methodology within her practice. Born in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Mali spent her childhood immersed in the beauties of the Australian landscape, which has undoubtedly influenced her practice.

Mali completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts specialising in object based practice and has since won and been a finalist in multiple awards.

Through the methodical and meditative layering of earthy clay, Mali’s hand-built sculptures hold time, invoking memories of archaic Australian landscapes. 

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JANE BURN is a ceramic artist living and working on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

Jane was introduced to ceramics while resident in a one year Mombusho Scholarship at Miyadai University, Kyushu, Japan. Jane has completed a Diploma in Ceramics and has her work represented in Galleries and private collections. Jane’s hand built vessels take time to build, the process is slow, each crafted form unique.

She uses handbuilding and coiling techniques, the slow making allows for the development of shape inspired by classic forms. The relationship between the material and the maker is Jane’s focus seeking to record the notion of time and artist's hand in her work creating a ‘living vessel’.

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MALI TAYLOR is a Melbourne based ceramic artist currently exploring the parameters of coil methodology within her practice. Born in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Mali spent her childhood immersed in the beauties of the Australian landscape, which has undoubtedly influenced her practice.

Mali completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts specialising in object based practice and has since won and been a finalist in multiple awards.

Through the methodical and meditative layering of earthy clay, Mali’s hand-built sculptures hold time, invoking memories of archaic Australian landscapes. 

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EMMANUELLE MCGLADE is an artist based in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Victoria, Australia. 

Working with soft pastels, Emmanuelle creates drawings that explore the push and pull between order and disorder; balance and imbalance. Her work encapsulates a sense of stillness and clarity, influenced by observations and experiences in the natural environment. 

Emmanuelle graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (visual art), specialising in drawing and printmaking from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2016.

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TESSY KING is a ceramic artist based on the Northern Rivers in NSW working from her shed studio. During her Fine Arts studies at RMIT Tessy trained in Gold and Silversmithing as well as Ceramics which is reflected in the metal and enamel qualities of her pieces.

Her focus is on the process and arrangement of each piece she makes, granting herself freedom to construct form and integrate colour in an uncontrived way reflecting a youthful notion of play.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is a ceramic artist from Sydney, Australia. She draws strong influence in her artistic direction from both of her grandmothers. Her paternal grandmother was a Russian immigrant who was a talented artist and craftswoman, while her maternal grandmother was involved in the establishment of The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach, NSW, where Stephanie has spent many weekends and holidays since childhood.

At a young age, she developed an affinity with the Australian bush and the influence of the forms and colours of native flora are evident in her work. Drawing on her love of plants, she creates curved vessels to house modern Ikebana. Using a combination of clays, glazes and oxides she creates her own colours and textures.

Stephanie studied glass arts at Sydney College of the Arts, mosaics at Randwick Tafe and fabric design and printing at East Sydney Tech before finding her true calling in ceramics. She has studied at ceramics at Gymea Tafe and at Hazelhurst in Sydney.

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