Situated in beautiful Guringai country, Sydney’s Pittwater, Salt Studio Sydney is where you will find me.
An organic and sculptural starting point and an absolute adoration of all things botanical, I create slow hand-built ceramic vessels and tableware which attempt to honour nature. Surrounded as we are with technology 24 hours a day and the perfection idolation, fast pace and instant gratification which comes with it, this approach just feels so good.
Inspired by the beautiful, incredible, natural landscape of Pittwater and a wild childhood spent on Dyarubbin (Sydney’s Hawkesbury River), the visual language; shape and tone of sandstone, gum tree and oyster shell are part of my DNA and inform my work.
A traditional Japanese Reiki Practioner, I have meandered from an incredible art/ceramics teacher in High School, on to figurative sculpture, ceramics, ikebana and bonsai. The study as well as the collaborations with incredible floral and ikebana artists continues.
Situated in Elanora Heights, surrounded by beautiful Guringai country, Sydney’s Pittwater, is where you will find me.
With an organic and sculptural starting point and an absolute adoration of all things botanical, I create slow hand-built ceramic sculptures, vessels and tableware.
Working slowly on one individual piece at a time, with each process done by hand is such a joy. Surrounded as we are with technology 24 hours a day and a culture which idolises perfection, a fast pace and instant gratification, this approach just feels so good.
Inspiration comes from mythology, philosophy, the beautiful, natural landscape of Pittwater, a wild childhood spent on Dyarubbin (Sydney’s Hawkesbury River), my practice of traditional Japanese Reiki, my plants and pets, and above all the love of family and friends.
I first studied Ceramics as a teen and from there continued to weave in studies in figurative sculpture, ceramics, glaze formulation, ikebana and bonsai.
Some of my favourite exhibitions to have participated in:
Annual Exhibition Sydney Art Space 2015, 2016,
Bonsai Society of Sydney Exhibition, Forrestville 2022, 2023, 2024
Grand Bonsai & Ikebana Festival Exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 2022, 2023, 2024
WA Ikebana Festival, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne 2024.
The exploration and study as well as collaborations with incredible floral and ikebana artists continue….
x Kelly Hawken
