Design + Ceramics Studio

The quiet patience, commitment and skill required to bring together the often opposing forces of nature lie at the heart of the Cone 11 Design + Ceramics Studio. In the struggle to transform liquid to stone we are confronted daily with many of life's riddles and contradictions. Chief among these is the desire to create contemporary, innovative and culturally relevant works from an ancient material, often employing ancient techniques handed down over the ages from artisan to artisan...

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Ox Tongue Range

Originally created for Craft Victoria's EnCounter exhibition, this functional sculpture range features richly contrasting materials and organic forms generated predominantly by gravity.

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Lotus Range

Expanding on the theme of stark contrasts developed for Box Hill Institute's Gruadate Exhibition, each thrown, turned and then hand finished porcelain shell appears to emerge, reborn from its seemingly ancient, rocky base.

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Beached Range

Each hand polished porcelain cup appears like treasure that has been washed up onto the shoreline.

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Shard Range

An unusual terracotta beaker range in which spouts and handles are formed by introducing 'friendly' shards taken from the porcelain pots that didn't make it...

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S.Scully Range

These finely crafted pieces have been created not only to function magnificently as tableware, but also as a tribute the brilliant abstract minimalist painter Sean Scully.

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Under Over Range

Developed for exibition this range can either be sculptural tableware, or functional sculpture - depending on your mood. Elsewhere it has been described as the first example of 'dysfunctional ware'...

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