Photography by Henry Trumble courtesy of Craft Victoria
Triple Cooked
To stay engaged with the climate emergency without getting stuck in despair or outrage I need to plan and make work about the most unbearable information. This work encompasses my material research and development addressing social and environmental challenges in the ceramic industry and climate politics. It’s now well documented that mitigating climate change requires political action, not individual behavior change. A tongue in cheek reference to Australian Slang, Triple Cooked features three coil-built vessels made of recycled clay, named after three recent climate headlines. They’re glazed using only reclaimed landscaping basalt. The same rock is broken into pieces, tumbled and molded into each vessel before a single firing. This work is inspired by the aesthetics of fossil fuels, in particular coal rocks and deformed landscapes. It aims to spread political awareness using the moments of pause and curiosity created by innovative craftsmanship.
Artwork Details
‘Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates’, 2023, recycled earthenware and second life basalt, 61 x 30cm
'Australian fossil fuel subsidies costing taxpayers $65 billion a year: IMF', 2023, recycled earthenware and second life basalt, 66 x 26cm
'Australia needs climate trigger laws, conservation groups say after failed challenge to coalmines', 2023, recycled earthenware and second life basalt, 63 x 35cm
