I’m a ceramicist who works in Hepburn Springs in regional Victoria. I make functional and non-functional objects such as crackers, funnels, grinders, paddles, sculptures, sieves, spoons, strainers, tableware, and vessels. I use high-fired ceramic stoneware and porcelain, which I beat, build, embed, pierce, scrape, squash, and transform until the colour, density, shape, texture, and tone are in harmony. I try to create beautiful objects, beautiful because they have a purpose and because they excite the imagination.
Beyond form and function, I try to imbue warmth and tenderness into my work with a hope that the objects are pleasurable to use, view, and hold. I use images of my ceramic objects drawn on my ceramic objects! Images of birds and clouds, for example, reflect nature’s all-encompassing influence on my art, both at the representational level and also at the abstract level. I hope that my ceramic objects function well and delight!
Bridget Bodenham
I’m a ceramicist who works in Hepburn Springs in regional Victoria. I make functional and non-functional objects such as crackers, funnels, grinders, paddles, sculptures, sieves, spoons, strainers, tableware, and vessels. I use high-fired ceramic stoneware and porcelain, which I beat, build, embed, pierce, scrape, squash, and transform until the colour, density, shape, texture, and tone are in harmony. I try to create beautiful objects, beautiful because they have a purpose and because they excite the imagination.