Amelia Black — 'Trace Sediment Iron Red Vase Eucalypt #2', Sculptural Vessel

This collection explores material memory embedded in terracotta clay, featuring etched shadows of native trees that create distinctive textural surfaces. The earthy palette evokes the Australian landscape, reflecting processes of accumulation and transformation in nature. Melbourne-based artist Amelia Black investigates connections between materials, landscape, and environmental sustainability through this body of work, continuing her ongoing research into ceramic practices that respond to our changing relationship with the environment.

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Amelia Black (she/they) is an American artist and material researcher currently residing on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. Amelia studied Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2006) and then lived in London to work on exhibition projects with Michael Petry and Arup. From 2008 to 2020, they lived in New York City, where they earned an MFA in Design Criticism from the School of Visual Arts (2010), in addition to, working in collaboration with artists such as Natalie Jeremijenko, George Trakas; and institutions like the Noguchi Museum, Blue Apron, Google and IDEO.org. Relocating to Australia in 2020, Black focuses on a practice-based research approach to clay and ceramics, seeking a more connected relationship with materials and landscape in response to the current climate emergency.

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