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BASTARD CERAMICS is the ceramic studio of German artist Astrid Salomon.

Born in Germany, Astrid is now based in Melbourne after having lived in Berlin, Hamburg, Sydney and NYC. Having first studied Photography almost 20 years ago and later worked in directing, Astrid has now been focusing and experimenting with clay for the past 3 years.

Astrid creates one-of-a-kind pieces that are part of small batches and are imagined within series that extend and often in the process inform a new design. She uses hand building techniques like coiling and slab building, as well as slip-casting, and make her own glazes which is an integral part of her creative process.

‘Even though it is a much slower process, it is very rewarding once you get it right.’ says the artist.

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BASTARD CERAMICS is the ceramic studio of German artist Astrid Salomon.

Born in Germany, Astrid is now based in Melbourne after having lived in Berlin, Hamburg, Sydney and NYC. Having first studied Photography almost 20 years ago and later worked in directing, Astrid has now been focusing and experimenting with clay for the past 3 years.

Astrid creates one-of-a-kind pieces that are part of small batches and are imagined within series that extend and often in the process inform a new design. She uses hand building techniques like coiling and slab building, as well as slip-casting, and make her own glazes which is an integral part of her creative process.

‘Even though it is a much slower process, it is very rewarding once you get it right.’ says the artist.

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STUDIO MULDERS is a Perth based creative project of Annemieke who worked across the world as a scientist before becoming a ceramic artist in 2014. Her work explores the intersection of order, chaos, function, asymmetry and beauty.

She uses discarded vessels that are changed by cutting, rearranging or breaking part of its surface. This process of destruction and building up creates a form that is simultaneously fragile, robust, complex and simple. This inherent contrariness demands questioning and defies simple categorisation.

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MORGANA CELESTE is a Melbourne-based florist and emerging artist. Combining her love of materiality and composition, Morgana makes textural, abstract three-dimensional works that sit somewhere between painting and sculpture.

Morgana studied floristry and textile design, further exploring her interest in colour, pattern and making compositions. As a florist and half of Melbourne creative duo Candy MT, Morgana would often create three-dimensional structures and props to accompany her floral installations, leading her to experiment with scale, different media and materials.

Drawing on this experience and her hands-on approach, Morgana began experimenting with paper in 2018.

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ANNA PARSONS is a ceramicist, working intuitively, finding clay as a receptive medium to express herself. Anna often incorporates additions such as volcanic rock from the bush around where she lives. Anna's practice took many years of experimentation of temperature and clay body to get these results - she fires her work numerous times, sometimes up to 5 firings to get the desired effects. Anna majored in sculpture at  BA Sydney College of the Arts and now lives in Rosebank, NSW.

Clay receives me

Weaving instinctively

Bouncing Off

My inner psychology

Materiality, chemistry, bodily

I cast shadows

Text by Anna Parsons.

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ANNA PARSONS is a ceramicist, working intuitively, finding clay as a receptive medium to express herself. Anna often incorporates additions such as volcanic rock from the bush around where she lives. Anna's practice took many years of experimentation of temperature and clay body to get these results - she fires her work numerous times, sometimes up to 5 firings to get the desired effects. Anna majored in sculpture at  BA Sydney College of the Arts and now lives in Rosebank, NSW.

Clay receives me

Weaving instinctively

Bouncing Off

My inner psychology

Materiality, chemistry, bodily

I cast shadows

Text by Anna Parsons.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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MIKA YAMASAKI is a Japanese artist living in Melbourne, Australia.

Mika is inspired by proverbs, superstitions and old traditions. Similarly, her work is inspired by ordinary phrases and sayings, both from Japanese and English. Mika’s work is handmade and hand-painted; each piece is a one-off, made without the use of templates or patterns.

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LA PETITE FABRIQUE DE BRUNSWICK is a Melbourne based ceramic studio created by artist Lucile in 2014. Lucile was born in the south of France and now works from her garden shed in Brunswick.

Slip cast techniques are used to create functional and sculptural bowls, cups and teapots that begin with a prototype used to make a mould to cast the iterations of each shape. Using pigments to colour the porcelain, Lucile applies patterns by hand to make each piece unique.

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ALICIA MCVILLY is a Ceramic artist from Melbourne. She places value on simplicity and functionality of form as well as sustainability and connection. 

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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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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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HAYLEY .A. WEST  (H A W)  is an artist, designer and educator who grew up in Orange on Wiradjuri land and currently lives/ works on Gadigal land in Newtown, Sydney.

She has a BA Fine Arts from UNSW COFA and a BA Interior and Spatial Design at UTS. In the last decade, Hayley’s fine art and design background has progressed to a practice centred around ceramics. Working as a technician and artist educator in several ceramics studios whilst also producing a range of functional and exhibition works from her home studio. Her practice has a strong focus on design and the development of glazes. 

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HAYLEY .A. WEST  (H A W)  is an artist, designer and educator who grew up in Orange on Wiradjuri land and currently lives/ works on Gadigal land in Newtown, Sydney.

She has a BA Fine Arts from UNSW COFA and a BA Interior and Spatial Design at UTS. In the last decade, Hayley’s fine art and design background has progressed to a practice centred around ceramics. Working as a technician and artist educator in several ceramics studios whilst also producing a range of functional and exhibition works from her home studio. Her practice has a strong focus on design and the development of glazes. 

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HAYLEY .A. WEST  (H A W)  is an artist, designer and educator who grew up in Orange on Wiradjuri land and currently lives/ works on Gadigal land in Newtown, Sydney.

She has a BA Fine Arts from UNSW COFA and a BA Interior and Spatial Design at UTS. In the last decade, Hayley’s fine art and design background has progressed to a practice centred around ceramics. Working as a technician and artist educator in several ceramics studios whilst also producing a range of functional and exhibition works from her home studio. Her practice has a strong focus on design and the development of glazes. 

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LA PETITE FABRIQUE DE BRUNSWICK is a Melbourne based ceramic studio created by artist Lucile in 2014. Lucile was born in the south of France and now works from her garden shed in Brunswick.

Slip cast techniques are used to create functional and sculptural bowls, cups and teapots that begin with a prototype used to make a mould to cast the iterations of each shape. Using pigments to colour the porcelain, Lucile applies patterns by hand to make each piece unique.

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LA PETITE FABRIQUE DE BRUNSWICK is a Melbourne based ceramic studio created by artist Lucile in 2014. Lucile was born in the south of France and now works from her garden shed in Brunswick.

Slip cast techniques are used to create functional and sculptural bowls, cups and teapots that begin with a prototype used to make a mould to cast the iterations of each shape. Using pigments to colour the porcelain, Lucile applies patterns by hand to make each piece unique.

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LA PETITE FABRIQUE DE BRUNSWICK is a Melbourne based ceramic studio created by artist Lucile in 2014. Lucile was born in the south of France and now works from her garden shed in Brunswick.

Slip cast techniques are used to create functional and sculptural bowls, cups and teapots that begin with a prototype used to make a mould to cast the iterations of each shape. Using pigments to colour the porcelain, Lucile applies patterns by hand to make each piece unique.

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LA PETITE FABRIQUE DE BRUNSWICK is a Melbourne based ceramic studio created by artist Lucile in 2014. Lucile was born in the south of France and now works from her garden shed in Brunswick.

Slip cast techniques are used to create functional and sculptural bowls, cups and teapots that begin with a prototype used to make a mould to cast the iterations of each shape. Using pigments to colour the porcelain, Lucile applies patterns by hand to make each piece unique.

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