All the artists on this page influence my practice and development in some way, be it aesthetic, technical or conceptual. If an artist doesn’t have a web page, I’ve linked to a gallery who represents them where possible.

Ceramic Artists

Australia

• Fleur Schell
  Fleur is a Western Australian artist. She was a visiting artist at the ANU when I was in the 3rd year of my BA. She is amazingly skilled in mould making and casting, and her work is very inventive and playful. I’m most influenced by her use of mixed media and found materials and also by her ability to combine machine components and sound with ceramics in her work.
  
• Julie Bartholomew
  I’ve been following Julie Bartholomew’s work for a while, although I’ve never met her. She’s just recently finished a PhD in Sydney. Her work is cast porcelain, and what I find most interesting about it is how she looks at the relationship between the human body and our tools, technology and machines. I also find her use of digital projection very inspiring and interesting.

Netherlands

• Wil Broekema
  I’ve never been able to admire more than just images of Wil Broekema’s work, as there exists a language barrier that babel fish and I have been unable to conquer. This work is absolutely fascinating. What I love most about it, is the simple, geometric beauty, mathematical in nature, clean lines, mixed media, the relationship of positive and negative space. Pure form at it’s most powerful. Allusions to motion, time and balance. Everything I strive for in my own work.

UK

• Francis Priest
  
• Clare Twomey
• Paul Scott
  Paul Scott’s book “Ceramics and Print” is an incredibly useful resource for me and a source of inspiration. I find his work captivating - turning tradition and expectations on their head. Smart and clever political, social and environmental commentary applied to the surface of mass-produced ceramic objects.
• Robert Dawson
  In a similar way to Paul Scott, Robert Dawson specialises in printing on mass produced ceramic objects, in his case, primarily tiles. For me, the most inspirational aspect of his work is the altering of perspective.

Canada

• Julie York
  I was lucky enough to meet Julie York when she was doing a residency at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, USA. Her work is concerned with perception, which is what I find most inspiring about it. That, and her use of mixed media - such as lenses and liquids which distort her work, or rather, the viewer’s perception of it.

USA

• Marek Cecula

Japan

• Sueharu Fukami
  Fukami is a Japanese master artist - he has developed a method of high pressure casting which he uses to make his flawless work. I’m absolutely intrigued by this process. I’m also in awe of the quiet beauty and power of Fukami’s work. He refers to his pieces as ‘blades’ and talks about the wind and waves as concepts associated with it. What I find most fascinating is that these forms, for me, reference industrially produced airfoils (the opposite, I’m sure, of what he intended). AND they’re glazed on ALL sides.

Artists in other media

Australia

• Rosalie Gascoigne (b. New Zealand)
• Patricia Piccinini
• Susan Cohn

UK

• Autonomatic
  This is a group of artists and researchers based in Cornwall, UK. A couple of them presented papers at the recent New Craft Future Voices conference in Dundee that I attended. They are concerned with collaboration with industry and utilizing new technologies in the production of art. Three of them are ceramic artists.

Korea

• Lee Bul
  When I saw Lee Bul’s huge suspended pieces exhibited at the MCA in Sydney, Australia I fell in love with her work.
  www.leebul.com - is her website. Unfortunately, it is not very informative, apart from letting us know that she exhibits internationally at all the top venues.
  This article is on the MCA website and briefly describes the exhibition that I saw. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have images of what to my mind, was the strongest work in that show. Google her to find out more.