Pippin Drysdale was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1943 and is internationally acclaimed as one of Australia’s most outstanding ceramists. Her work is represented in many private and public collections throughout Australia and the world and she has had a great number of solo and group exhibitions. Pippin Drysdale works in series, but each porcelain work is a one-off. At Puls she will present her Tanami (Desert) traces. Pippin Drysdale says about her work:
“The vessels in the Tanami Traces Series are a response to an excursion I took over the Tanami desert in a light aircraft. The vessels radiate a quiet nobility, yet conceal surprises, as their surfaces change with the perspective from which they are viewed. What from a distance often appears to be monochromatic, reveals fine nuances on closer viewing, a play of subtle light and colour effects, attributes with which could also describe a desert. The fine lines winding around the forms are sometimes even, sometimes broken, and in some places coarse, evoking traces in the sand. These works are the essence of emotional experience and aesthetic reflection and are an elaborate technique to express my mental images. The procedure is far from reliable; some 40% of the output is lost during the firing. However when everything goes well, form and decoration merge into a unity of great harmony.”