2017 has been an busy year of a new studio location, exhibitions, private commissions and collaborations with amazing stores across Australia. Below are details of highlighted projects during 2017. 

InsideOut magazine has featured the ceramic + brass tapestry wall hanging designed and handmade by myself. Visit their page below for more information about this piece and the beautiful wall art surrounding created by fellow Australian artists. To purchase this piece, visit my online store page included below.

A short video discussing my ceramic practice produced by the Australian Design Centre,

This film was created for Clay Intersections, an exhibition featuring myself and 7 other extraordinary ceramic artists. Click here to view additional videos featuring Bridget Bodenham, Cone 11's Colin Hopkins and Ilona Topolcsanyi, Helen Earl, Tania Rollond, Ulrica Trulsson and Kenji Uranishi

Clay Intersections is a group exhibition curated by Catherine Fogarty and features myself along with the talented Kenji Uranishi, Tania Rollond, Bridget Bodenham, Helen Earl, Ulrica Trulsson, Colin Hopkins and Ilona Topolcsanyi. The show explores the different backgrounds and approaches Australian designers/artists from across Australia work with the clay medium. 

The pieces I've included in "Clay Intersections" are guided by my practice of thinking with the hand and sketching with clay. The philosophy that all ideas are borrowed, nothing is original or new but rather invisible is a key ideology of my practice. Architectural intelligence, awareness and spatial fluency are intrinsic, subconscious traits appreciated by all.

By modelling built forms with clay rather than traditional architectural modelling mediums, I attempt to uncover artefacts aimed to reveal previously invisible spatial concepts. By offering sculptures of existing buildings and imaginary structures, my practice seeks to introduce the audience to a series of shelters.

The exhibition is open from 28 July - 21 September 2016 at the Australian Design Centre on William Street, Darlinghurst. Visit their website here for more information. 

Opening night is Thursday 28th July 6-8pm. Register here to attend. 

“Maquette” is an installation guided by the concept of sketching with clay, thinking with the hand and using ceramics as a tool for design and architectural thought. During my residency at the Centre for Creative Activities, I explored and studied the local architecture in Ustka and neighbouring Słupsk. The exhibition is a collection of sculptural ceramic maquettes influenced by these built forms. This exploration involves a search for new architectural understanding, attempting to reveal invisible architectural forms and uncover unrecognised spatial concepts.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Natalie has been awarded a Development Grant for the duration of this artist in residency program at the Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej.