Waves of emotions 

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I was raised on the northern beaches, growing up on the shoreline of Palm Beach. My family were the founders of Gonsalves boat shed, a little fisherman’s shack right by the ferry wharf which was passed down for generations.

Using the shoreline and all textures I remember from my childhood, my love of creating began as a fluid process.

 Born from my childhood my affinity for the ocean runs deep, intertwining with the very essence of my being. It is a connection that resonates powerfully within my soul. In the wake of losing my parents at a tender age I veered away from confronting my grief, becoming detached and hollow. However, I discovered solace and healing through my artistic voyage as a ceramic artist. The vessel became my canvas, a medium through which I could navigate and articulate the tumultuous waves of emotion. Each ceramic creation became an exploration, an expression of the depths within me giving form to the intangible currents of my heart.

I’ve grown into throwing vases, layering them with found clay slips, adding memories of textures from the boat-shed world I grew up in. 

Natural imperfections in the ceramics recreate the movement and tension of waves crashing into the shoreline. Entwined within these pieces are all the things I had kept stored inside of me, eventually transcending through to my hands, into my work. 

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