Porcelains and mixed media – Sally Cleary

 

mixed media sculpture Sally Cleary

Wood and fungus – Land and Identity  —  Sally Cleary

 

Sally Cleary likes to create mixed media landscapes that combine hand made organic forms with natural and man-made found objects transposed through mixed-media sculpture, art installations and photography. These range from large scale installations or more compact 3D collages . Her hybrid creations attempt to re-examine and reinterpret the genre of still life in the 21st century with particular emphasis on the mechanisms and mixed art categories reflecting changes in our natural environment. Symbolic objects are introduced as metaphors for the fragility and vulnerability of our natural ecological balance. Since 2016 she has also been developing a new range of porcelain ceramics, focusing on organic vessel forms that can be utilised for vases, lighting and tableware.
Sally always new she would pursue art as a career and began with a Diploma in Visual Arts followed by an MA and a PhD in Fine Art. She worked for 2 years at the National Gallery of Australia aand 15 years as a teacher in ceramics and sculpture at the RMIT University . She is currently living in Paris where she gives workshops in the porcelain arts and also shares a large studio on the outskirts of Paris with a group of artists.

 

Sally Cleary website

 

 

the Unswept Floor series-by-Sally-Cleary wall art

the Unswept Floor series by Sally Cleary

 

 

Porcelain vessels by Sally Cleary

Sally Cleary porcelain ware

 

 

slab constructed porcelain vessel by Sally Cleary

Slab construct porcelain vessel – Sally Cleary

 

 

Sally Cleary---works on-paper sculpture

Sally Cleary — works on paper

 

 

Sally Cleary----white paper-sculpture

Sally Cleary — works on paper

 

 

 

Caught in the forest -- Sally Cleary Mimesis nature collage

‘Caught in the forest’ — Sally Cleary

Mimesis series

 

Of life and love-Sally Cleary - mixed medias collage

‘Of life and love’  – Sally Cleary

 

This work connects to a Roman Mosaic, The Unswept Floor , by Heracleitus, 2nd cent. AD. Mosaic variant of a 2nd-century BC Greek mosaic by Sosos of Pergamon.

 

 

 

Sally Cleary--slab built vases in black and white

Sally Cleary–slab built porcelain vases

 

slab built porcelain vases by Sally Cleary

Slab built porcelain vases by Sally Cleary

 

dry-dam-collage sculpture-Sally-Cleary

Sally Cleary

 

 

Dry-riverbed-Sally-Cleary--mixed media art

‘Dry riverbed’  – Sally Cleary

 

 

porcelain-footed-cone-vessel with candle by -Sally-Cleary

Porcelain footed cone vessel with candle  -Sally Cleary

 

 

 

escarpment-sculpture-Sally-Cleary - Land and Identity series 2008

‘Escarpment’ —  Sally Cleary

 

 

Textural porcelain vases slab built by Sally Cleary

Textural porcelain vases by Sally Cleary

 

 

 

2 porcelain vases by Sally Cleary

Porcelain vases by Sally Cleary

 

 

Sally Cleary black on white porcelain vase

 

 

Porcelain cup, saucer,plate and spoon - Sally Cleary

Sally Cleary

 

 

Porcelain leaves by Sally Cleary

Sally Cleary white porcelain leaves

 

 

Two hand made cylinder slab vases - Sally Cleary

Two hand made cylinder slab vases – Sally Cleary

 

 

Incised porcelain vase - Sally Cleary

Incised porcelain vase – Sally Cleary

 

Sally-Cleary-three sculptural-porcelains

Porcelain sculpture – Sally Cleary

 

 

Cone shaped cup  —  Sally Cleary

 

 

‘Silent Night’  —  Sally Cleary

This artwork introduces a bird, The Barking Owl, sitting on chair in the middle of a dry riverbed. This owl, once a visitor to my farm, could often be heard barking or screaming at night, and is now on the extinct species list of animals in the south-eastern forests of Victoria, due to habitat removal.

 

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Sally  Cleary with her Silent Night exhibition

 

 

 

 mixed media collage

‘Silver bower’ – Sally Cleary

 

Sally Cleary

 

 

Swirling around--Sally Cleary 3D collage

‘Swirling around’ — Sally Cleary

 

 

Unfurling Mimesis,-2008---Sally-Cleary

‘Unfurling Mimesis’ – Sally-Cleary

 

 

winter-landscape-sally-cleary

‘Winter Landscape’ by Sally Cleary

 

Sally Cleary website

 

 

 

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