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Sandra Black is one of Australia's foremost ceramic artists, creating porcelain vessels recognised for their small scale and intricately carved and pierced surfaces. Black has explored the material's character through...
Sandra Black is one of Australia's foremost ceramic artists, creating porcelain vessels recognised for their small scale and intricately carved and pierced surfaces. Black has explored the material's character through throwing, hand building and casting techniques, and its ability to transfer light through carving and piercing. She was initially attracted to the translucency and hardness of porcelain, and the fine surface it provided for carving and piercing. The purity of the medium added to its appeal, allowing her to infuse her pieces with a presence that she had not achieved using other clay.
Black's work has a delicate quality, more akin with intricate lace or crochet than ceramic vessels. Its intimate scale enhances this feeling, resulting in work that departs from tradition and prompts a new way of considering the medium.
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Sandra Black is one of Australia's foremost ceramic artists, creating porcelain vessels recognised for their small scale and intricately carved and pierced surfaces. Black has explored the material's character through throwing, hand building and casting techniques, and its ability to transfer light through carving and piercing. She was initially attracted to the translucency and hardness of porcelain, and the fine surface it provided for carving and piercing. The purity of the medium added to its appeal, allowing her to infuse her pieces with a presence that she had not achieved using other clay.
Black's work has a delicate quality, more akin with intricate lace or crochet than ceramic vessels. Its intimate scale enhances this feeling, resulting in work that departs from tradition and prompts a new way of considering the medium.