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.

This video features a glimpse of my artistic process when creating sculptures through carving into clay.

In this piece, my goal was to highlight the often intricate patterns formed through the timber framed buildings found in Ustka, Poland where I'm located during my artist residency.

​Heavily influenced by the former German occupancy, these buildings in the town offer stark white and brown facades and are often very graphic and bold along the city streets. 

For the first week of my artist residency in Ustka I spent a lot of time photographing the local architecture. The town is filled with interesting buildings, many immediate contrasts between residential, commercial and industrial structures. 

The first image is the Centre for Creative Activities which is hosting me during this residency. It is a impressive building with beautiful original timber structure internally and red brick exteriors. 

The image below this features an example of the industrial buildings found within walking distance. Both structures share a view of the Baltic Sea and are part of the Ustka urban landscape. 

Very honoured to announce my Australian Council Development Grant has been accepted. This grant will help fund my current artist-in-residence position at The Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Ustka, Poland. 

Thank-you Australian Council for this opportunity and support of my artist practice. I encourage any Australian creatives with future project ideas to apply for the next round of grants here.

Welcome to my first news post. Here is where you can keep up to date with my artistic process, as well as current and upcoming exhibitions, workshops and more. 

Currently I have just begun an artist in residence position at The Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Ustka, Poland.

Ustka is a small fishing village along the Baltic Sea. During my stay, I plan to study the architecture and build environment in the town. Through modelling ceramic sculptures, I propose to translate these observed concepts and architectural thoughts.

This residency will provide a valuable opportunity to develop my understanding of architecture and it's relationship with ceramic modelling making.