Ceramics

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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LISA PERI is a Melbourne based ceramicist creating functional ceramics from her Coburg North studio using handbuilding techniques. Stoneware clay bodies, texture and form combine to create organic tableware for everyday use.

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LAURA VELEFF has been making ceramic work for her label LEAF AND THREAD for the past 9 years. Laura works predominantly on the wheel and creates pieces that are imbued with her deep respect and love for natural materials.

Since moving from Melbourne to the Central Victorian Goldfields, Laura's more recent work tells the story of the complex narrative and history of her new surroundings, often incorporating materials she gathers from the environment.

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LAURA VELEFF has been making ceramic work for her label LEAF AND THREAD for the past 9 years. Laura works predominantly on the wheel and creates pieces that are imbued with her deep respect and love for natural materials.

Since moving from Melbourne to the Central Victorian Goldfields, Laura's more recent work tells the story of the complex narrative and history of her new surroundings, often incorporating materials she gathers from the environment.

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LAURA VELEFF has been making ceramic work for her label LEAF AND THREAD for the past 9 years. Laura works predominantly on the wheel and creates pieces that are imbued with her deep respect and love for natural materials.

Since moving from Melbourne to the Central Victorian Goldfields, Laura's more recent work tells the story of the complex narrative and history of her new surroundings, often incorporating materials she gathers from the environment.

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LAURA VELEFF has been making ceramic work for her label LEAF AND THREAD for the past 9 years. Laura works predominantly on the wheel and creates pieces that are imbued with her deep respect and love for natural materials.

Since moving from Melbourne to the Central Victorian Goldfields, Laura's more recent work tells the story of the complex narrative and history of her new surroundings, often incorporating materials she gathers from the environment.

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EMILY ELLIS is a Sydney based object designer and ceramicist. Her work explores our relationship to everyday objects through both surface and shape and how we integrate these into our daily rituals. Her vessels are all hand built, carved back and sculptured allowing the clay to reveal its form.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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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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JADE THORSEN is a Melbourne based ceramicist working from her North Fitzroy studio. Her practice focuses on wheel-thrown functional wares that sit somewhere between design, batch production and craft.

Jade’s background in Industrial Design formed her interest in ceramics and more broadly craft and ideas of slow making - a methodology she explores through her pieces that place just as much importance on the process as the final object.

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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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YURO CUCHOR is a South Australia based artist who is originally from Slovakia. Yuro studied Ceramics and Stone Restoration in Slovakia and later graduated from University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. Yuro's contemporary ceramics are created using handbuilding and slipcasting techniques - at the heart of Yuro's practice is a keen interested in experimenting with a lot of different materials, often mixing them together. Alongside his functional pieces like his signature jugs, Yuro also creates sculptural works that are often based on simple geometric shapes which are then put together in various ways, enabling endless possibilities.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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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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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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From her small studio in the Dandenong Ranges, MELINDA WALLIS strives for beauty in the form and surface. Simple designs can prove challenging, however this keeps her engaged as she continues to search for that one perfect piece... that enigma. She uses textured clays, often blending two or three together. The wheel gives Melinda the individual parts, and her hands assemble the finished product. The process is by far the main event for Melinda, the work is a bonus.

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YURO CUCHOR is a South Australia based artist who is originally from Slovakia. Yuro studied Ceramics and Stone Restoration in Slovakia and later graduated from University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. Yuro's contemporary ceramics are created using handbuilding and slipcasting techniques - at the heart of Yuro's practice is a keen interested in experimenting with a lot of different materials, often mixing them together. Alongside his functional pieces like his signature jugs, Yuro also creates sculptural works that are often based on simple geometric shapes which are then put together in various ways, enabling endless possibilities.

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