Allison Mueller
Allison Mueller — 'Geo' Sculpture, 2024
$650
The surfaces of these works by Manly based artist Allion Mueller are inspired by the mass loss of Ribbon Gum that scar the ridges on the stretch of Highway south of Cooma, haunting the vast open landscape. The surfaces of these works take inspiration from the harsh and colourless, bleached paddocks, which are occasionally blanketed by snow in Winter. Alabaster and ivory from the snow and dried grasses and graphite and charcoal from the decaying trees and strange rocks. Simple wheel formed shapes are altered and joined, the surfaces are contrasted with matt and glossy, rough and smooth, hard and soft. Each piece exists as a reminder of this curious region.
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Originally trained as an Interior Designer, Allison’s career was as a Freelance Photographic Stylist. She worked for several major interior design magazines as a Contributor and Editor then moved to advertising, primarily consulting to Domayne as Stylist / Creative Director. Allison has completed a Diploma of Ceramics and in addition to her home studio she creates two days a week in the open studio program at northern beaches TAFE. While styling interiors, homewares and food shoots Allison became obsessed with vessels and decorative ceramic forms. The foundation shapes of her work are wheel formed then she adds, changes, alters or attaches elements to achieve interesting pieces. As a perfectionist she deliberately avoids this in her ceramic process. Her development of glazes and surfaces always provide visual interest, mixing matt with glossy, rough with smooth with a limited black or white palette she adds surface texture or glaze to wheel formed shapes designed to be decorative and not functional.
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November 14, 2024 - January 25, 2025
Curated by Simone Haag
Craft is thrilled to invite internationally renowned Australian decorator Simone Haag as the guest curator of Craft’s final main gallery exhibition of 2024. Making her curatorial debut, Haag presents a group exhibition featuring works by more than 30 Australian artists.
Material: raku clay and cotton string weave
Dimensions: approx. 30 x 28 x 28cm
Please note when purchasing, exhibition works are to be collected when exhibition closes.