These works are part of another series in my current exhibition in response to the works of John Wolseley in the Araluen Art Collection. In researching his work I came across the following quote from him that sent me off to the NT archives to track down all the early topographical survey maps, snippets of which are incorporated into these pieces. "I have hoped that in my attempts to map certain ideas about the desert I can produce works which subvert the traditional strategies of map-making. The cartographic devices and methods used by earlier surveyors- whose aim was to colonise and find uses for country- I have appropriated to de-claim the desert; to find out what the desert does to me rather than what I or my sponsors can do to it.” John Wolsley from Sasha Grishin, John Wolseley: LandMarks. (Sydney:Craftsman,2006) 14. #intersectionsandboundaries #creativeinresidence #araluenartscentre #australianceramics #mapping #porcelain #watercolour #decals
Pastoral Series #slipcast #porcelain #intersectionsandboundaries #creativeinresidence #mapping #araluenartscentre #australianceramics
Dropping out for a bit. Plotting a new course. Following a new line. #holidays #seeya
A Sense of Place (series detail) Hand built porcelain, earthenware, decals. #intersectionsandboundaries #creativeinresidence #araluenartscentre #mapping #place #centralaustralia #mparntwe #australianceramics #artsnt
“In responding to the collection Robson has particularly explored the idea and power of the line - a universal mapping device by which space is defined, boundaries delineated, relationships laid out, the course of journeys documented and ownership claimed. It is the line that can bring us together and connect us, as much as it can divide and separate us. It is the line, both literal and metaphorical, the intersections and boundaries it creates, that has served as the starting point for much of this work”. Excerpt from the exhibition notes. “East Side”, Slipcast porcelain. #intersectionsandboundaries #mapping #creativeinresidence #araluenartscentre #artsnt #line #australianceramics #centralaustralia #porcelain #ceramics
Detail from my Pastoral Series. Slipcast porcelain with underglaze. #intersectionsandboundaries #araluenartscentre #mapping #pastoral #creativeinresidence #alicesprings #australianceramics