Laura Velef — 'Specimen Gully' Vessel #9

This sculptural vessel is wheel thrown and assembled stoneware with collected slate rocks, processed to create a textured slip glaze. This vessel references the upturned and rearranged Central Victorian Goldfields landscape where the artist lives and works, on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.  The work asks us to contend with the lasting impacts of our actions while at the same time valuing what remains- celebrating this landscape in recovery.

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Laura Veleff is an artist and maker living and working in the Central Victorian Goldfields on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Laura works predominantly on the potters wheel to create sculptural and functional ceramic work that is imbued with her deep love for the natural world and respect for its materials, often incorporating materials that she collects from the environment.

Since moving from Melbourne to Djarra Country, Laura's more recent work engages with the complex narrative and history of her surroundings and is interested in how our surrounding environment can influence how and what we make, use and  value.

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Material: stoneware, slate rock, glaze

Dimensions: 15 x 14 x 14cm