australian artist
Susan Simonini
ceramics
After more than a decade of painting and
screenprinting, I needed to find a new creative outlet.
I took a class early in 2013 at my local potters studio
and fell head over heals in love with clay. Most of my
pieces develop organically with just a loose idea of a
shape or design in mind. I use hand building techniques
- slabs, coils, pinching - and a variety of clays. I like to
use minimal equipment and prefer to hand roll the clay,
rather than mechanical methods such a slab rolling and
extruding. I allow the process itself to determine the
end product, whether it be a piece of art or a functional
object. Each individual form and each type of clay lends
itself to different surface treatments, so some pieces
are simply glazed and others become highly decorated
with my art. I am thoroughly enjoying the multitude
of processes and unpredictable outcomes of working
with clay. When I am not pottering in my studio you
can usually find me riding my longboard skateboard at
the beach. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Art from Griffith
University and a Graduate Diploma in teaching. I
painted and exhibited for over a decade before taking
up pottery early in 2013. I have artworks in private and
public collections in Australia and overseas.