GEORGIA STEVENSON
A ceramic artist guided by research into unconventional and locally found materials, mainly construction and demolition waste, as part of a process-led project called Breaking Ground.
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A ceramic artist guided by research into unconventional and locally found materials, mainly construction and demolition waste, as part of a process-led project called Breaking Ground.
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(RECONSTRUCT) This selection of forms explore the use of locally collected concrete debris as a material in ceramics, either within or as the clay body or glaze. Concrete has been broken back down into its components through a labour intensive process and reconstructed at precise percentages. Each form is an experiment in ceramics and glass slumping techniques, testing workability and letting the material inform the process. Can this once monolithic, structural, mundane material be reconstructed to have contrasting qualities; can it be fragile, intricate, fluid or glossy?
Breaking Ground, a research project by Georgia Stevenson, looks at using unconventional and locally found materials in ceramics, mainly construction and demolition ‘waste’. Its purpose is to experiment with site specific materials that express local identity and give character to the ceramic objects and surfaces that surround us. It also aims to find alternatives to commercially extracted and packaged pottery materials and reduce construction and demolition ‘waste’ heading to landfill. Thank you to Dr Rackel San Nicolas and her team at University of Melbourne for assisting with grinding some of the materials used in this collection.
1. 100% as glaze | 2. 100% as glaze | 3. 27% in glaze | 4. 42.5% in body | 5. 37.5% in body | 6. 100% concrete | 7. 50% in body | 8. 5% in body | 9. 50% in glaze | 10. 40% in body
Breaking Ground, a research project by Georgia Stevenson, looks at using unconventional and locally found materials in ceramics, mainly construction and demolition ‘waste’. Its purpose is to experiment with site specific materials that express local identity and give character to the ceramic objects and surfaces that surround us. It also aims to find alternatives to commercially extracted and packaged pottery materials and reduce construction and demolition ‘waste’ heading to landfill. Thank you to Dr Rackel San Nicolas and her team at University of Melbourne for assisting with grinding some of the materials used in this collection.
1. 100% as glaze | 2. 100% as glaze | 3. 27% in glaze | 4. 42.5% in body | 5. 37.5% in body | 6. 100% concrete | 7. 50% in body | 8. 5% in body | 9. 50% in glaze | 10. 40% in body