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I am still trying to resist the comfort of a fixed language in the studio. This is probably because I often worry about locking myself into a narrative just to get stuck there. So it was really a privilege to show some of my newer exploration work at .remains . Thank you so much for your encouragement and generosity ._________ .

Each work begins with a single, thin coil laid against the line of the banding wheel. From that first line, the form rises gradually through the stacking of further coils, each one pinched into the next until a shallow upright plane emerges. It is a precarious structure, with exposed edges and little support beyond the tension of its own construction. The surface is then stained with thin layers of glaze, broken by incised lines that echo the abraded skin of the fragments.

Feel so surreal to be in a room with some of the most talented artists I also get to call friends at .remains for Melbourne Design Week 2026. Many thanks to the wonderful curator ._________ and for creating the most beautiful experience.

Featuring works by:
Alyssa Nuttall, Curtis Bloxsidge, Thannie Phan, Julian Leigh May, Madeline Cardone, Nicholas Burridge, Park Minjeong, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Sundance Studio, 2am close.

Amazing photos by .

A series of hand-coiled ceramic sculptures built in response to Anya Gallaccio’s Preserve ‘Beauty’ (1991–2003), in which scentless, mass-produced flowers grown for commercial consumption are pressed beneath glass and left to wither. Gallaccio’s show brings into view the passage of time. It interrupts the consumer fantasy of the object as polished, without history, untouched by labour. Built slowly, through the repeated grafting and pinching of thin coils, these forms return time and labour to the object, making both visible in its surface and structure.

The sculptures are made in two parts, pairing an upper flower-like form resting on a separate lower cylinder. The body rises, flares, then collapses downward on the final coil. Its thin, open mouth records the movement of fingers pinching the clay outward. The surfaces move through yellow, red, and deep purple, crossed by sgraffito lines like veins. Looking through the opening and you can see the second form appears below, glazed differently, one body resting within another.

Part of .mdw for Melbourne Design Week 2026 curated by the wonderful .shields . Available via website. Link in bio 🔗
Photographed by amazing .

Closeup of .mdw. You have to come for the full experience. Curated by the wonderful .shields who will be at Bishop's Parlour for the rest of this week till 5PM everyday.

mặt phẳng is a series of ceramic sculptures made in response to potsherds displayed at Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quốc gia in Hà Nội. The fragments, recovered from shipwreck salvage, are broken bodies in which time is condensed, imprinted on the surface. 

Each work begins with a single, very thin base coil. From that first ring, the form rises gradually through the stacking of further coils, each one pinched into the next until a shallow upright plane is formed. It is a precarious structure, with exposed edges and little support beyond the tension of its own construction. The surface is then stained with thin layers of glaze, broken by incised lines that echo the abraded skin of the fragments. 

In both process and form, the sculptures gravitate toward the condition of the sherd, a material trace of time lodged, where temporality is sedimented in matter.

Coming to .remains . Open 14th May at . Curated by ._________
Featuring works by:
Alyssa Nuttall, Curtis Bloxsidge, Thannie Phan, Julian Leigh May, Madeline Cardone, Nicholas Burridge, Park Minjeong, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Sundance Studio, 2am close.

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.remains brings together works that sit at the threshold between destruction and persistence, loss and survival, speculation and
archeology. Pieces stripped of original function yet charged with new meaning. They are worn, fractured, altered by time and circumstance. Yet it is precisely through this that they speak. The exhibition highlights the liminal space of material meaning; the reconstruction after deterioration, the uncovering of new material properties, and how objects hold an energy that transcends the systems that produced them.

Relics & Remains offers an immersive walk-through of a material landscape, inviting quiet, speculative propositions, that exist in a space of timelessness. The works presented imagine a time in which objects and materials become evidence, provoking questions about the fragility of earth. What are we leaving behind now, and how might our work in this moment become fragments of a lost world?

Curated by ._________
Featuring works by:
Alyssa Nuttall, Curtis Bloxsidge, Thannie Phan, Julian Leigh May, Madeline Cardone, Nicholas Burridge, Park Minjeong, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Sundance Studio, 2am close.

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An immersive interior installation curated by Ruby Shields .shields featuring over 40 artists, designers & makers.

Set within the Bishop’s Parlour at Abbotsford Convent, Synthesis explores how we live with design. Colour, material, light and scent held together, not in isolation, but in relationship.

At its core, Synthesis is about collective authorship. This isn’t about objects on plinths. It’s about what happens when everything comes together. Many voices, one interior language.

Opening Night ~ 16th May 6pm

Featuring works by:
Amy Vidler, Anne U, Angela Hayes, Astrid Salomon, Bel Williams, Bolaji Teniola, Cameron Green, Carl Broesen Studio, Craig Shanahan / Mood Workshop, Curtis Bloxsidge & 2am Close, Culture Cush, Dean Norton, Em Frank, Femme Brutale, Fools Glass, Georgia Harvey, Hannah Nowlan, Indigo Tolhurst, Jenny Jones, Jordan Fleming, Kelly Brown, KOEH Studio, Locki Humphrey, Marlo Lydia, Martyn Thompson, Max Copolou, Melvin Josy, Nicole Lawrence, Objects for Thought, Patrick Scott, Patrick Shields, Ro Noonan, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Studio Kaytar, Studio Tops, Subject Matters, Sundance Studio, Tantri Mustika, Thannie Phan, Theodosius Ng, Thomas Maxam, Zoe Diacolabianos.

Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Explore the full program: designweek.melbourne

|| SYNTHESIS || 

An immersive interior installation curated by Ruby Shields .shields featuring over 40 artists, designers & makers. 

Set within the Bishop’s Parlour at Abbotsford Convent, Synthesis explores how we live with design. Colour, material, light and scent held together, not in isolation, but in relationship.

At its core, Synthesis is about collective authorship. This isn’t about objects on plinths. It’s about what happens when everything comes together. Many voices, one interior language.

Opening Night ~ 16th May 6pm

Featuring works by:
Amy Vidler, Anne U, Angela Hayes, Astrid Salomon, Bel Williams, Bolaji Teniola, Cameron Green, Carl Broesen Studio, Craig Shanahan / Mood Workshop, Curtis Bloxsidge & 2am Close, Culture Cush, Dean Norton, Em Frank, Femme Brutale, Fools Glass, Georgia Harvey, Hannah Nowlan, Indigo Tolhurst, Jenny Jones, Jordan Fleming, Kelly Brown, KOEH Studio, Locki Humphrey, Marlo Lydia, Martyn Thompson, Max Copolou, Melvin Josy, Nicole Lawrence, Objects for Thought, Patrick Scott, Patrick Shields, Ro Noonan, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Studio Kaytar, Studio Tops, Subject Matters, Sundance Studio, Tantri Mustika, Thannie Phan, Theodosius Ng, Thomas Maxam, Zoe Diacolabianos.

Photography by the amazing

SAVE THE DATE ~ 16th May 6pm

I'm so excited to be a part of .mdw . Set within the Bishop's Parlor at Abbotsford Convent, this is an interior installation that explores how we live with design. Colour, material, light and scent held together, not in isolation, but in relationship.

At its core, Synthesis is about collective authorship. This isn't about objects on plinths. It's about what happens when everything comes together. Many voices, one interior language.

Curated by wonderful .shields
Featuring works by my favourite artists:

Amy Vidler, Anne U, Angela Hayes, Astrid Salomon, Bel Williams, Bolaji Teniola, Cameron Green, Carl Broesen Studio, Craig Shanahan / Mood Workshop, Curtis Bloxsidge & 2am Close, Culture Cush, Dean Norton, Em Frank, Femme Brutale, Fools Glass, Georgia Harvey, Hannah Nowlan, Indigo Tolhurst, Jenny Jones, Jordan Fleming, Kelly Brown, KOEH Studio, Locki Humphrey, Marlo Lydia, Martyn Thompson, Max Copolou, Melvin Josy, Nicole Lawrence, Objects for Thought, Patrick Scott, Patrick Shields, Ro Noonan, Saturday Yard Work, Studio Dokola, Studio Kaytar, Studio Tops, Subject Matters, Sundance Studio, Tantri Mustika, Thannie Phan, Theodosius Ng, Thomas Maxam, Zoe Diacolabianos.

Photography by the amazing

BACK ON SUBSTACK. A brief intermission from making.