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A man stands next to a woodfired kilm with a fire blazing, as he tends to pottery objects.

"Transforming the earth-given materials of clay, water, wood, and fire into a 'synthetic rock' has always been a magical kind of alchemy."

Pottery vases and plates sit outdoors on a grassy area, with a bush shed in the background.

"Deb and I looked for a parcel of land where we could live and create a studio and be off the grid and live a simple, creative, quieter life,"
he said.

A mountain range shrouded in mist, with gum trrees in the foreground.

"The influences in your work come from the triggers around you, whether that's the material, or the colours in the landscape. They all become elements you use to make work."
A man's hands form an imprint on a pottery plate.

"It's a 100-year-old timber kickwheel and that forces you to slow down a bit. You have to provide the energy, but that's fun, it's part of the holistic approach of being off the grid and living quieter,"
he said.

A bush shed with flames showing from a kiln.

A middle aged man wearing glasses and a black t-shirt stands outdoors and looks down at an object in his hands.

"For those fire-affected people it was feeling above the trauma."

Pottery strewn on a lawn.

"I guess it's a steady kind of commitment over that time working with native materials… in the interest of generating a character in the work that is of the place,"
he said.

A patterned ceramic bowl, sitting outside.

"Inventing ways to make and finish soft clay forms using a kick wheel is exciting and forever challenging."
A series of ceramic vases of varying shapes and designs sits on a table

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