Ceramics Jenny Orchard Artworks

She has had a career in ceramics sculpture and art making since 1980.

Ceramics jenny orchard artworks. Her commissions include ceramic murals for the sheraton international hotel arlington virginia usa 1987 ceramic fish for vatuele resort fiji 1990 a 6 metre tall public sculpture in pressed metal in paddington sydney 2000 2001. Ceramic totems posted on january 16 2013 by claire b jenny s website explains her zookinii s and plantanimals very well. Amy jenny orchard third eye minus two 2008 grafton regional gallery collection to look at jenny orchards clay art is to traverse a world of unbridled imagination populated with adorably mutated sculpture figures which are a zany fusion of animal botanical and human configurations. Interpreting cultural sources jenny orchard.

Jenny orchard won the invitation only biennial prize for her ceramic sculpture. Jul 13 2016 explore tara hillhouse s board jenny orchard on pinterest. Group exhibition 2018. To look at jenny orchards clay art is to traverse a.

See more ideas about jenny orchard ceramics. According to curator virginia rigney orchard s figure is very evocative of that period in 1987 when the memphis design of italy the whole explosion of colour and contrasting patterns was really influencing ceramic artists designers and craftspeople. In 2002 her work was acquired by the schubert international ceramic award gold coast queensland. Orchard has been an important influence in contemporary ceramic art practice for the past 40 years continuing the long tradition of ceramic sculpture in australian art exemplified by artists such as john perceval and arthur boyd.

Posted on 13th february 2012 by admin. Sidney myer ceramic award shepparton art gallery. Objects of whimsy and intrigue.