Shannon Garson www.shannongarson.com is a ceramicist specialising in thrown, decorated porcelain, and her practice continues to grow with a collection of exhibition work and limited edition tableware developing hand in hand. Garson has fast become one of Australia’s most collectable ceramicists, combining strong draftsmanship and a controlled design flair for the simple and organic. Her pieces explore ceramics and life through the synthesis of surface decoration and form, and reflect a strong kinship with the Australian environment.

Garson uses a myriad of techniques to garnish the final product, and her background as a painter is evident with the lively drawings that transform everyday objects into works of art. Each piece connects the visible world with the intangible and mysterious, a massive metamorphosis from meagre lumps of porcelain clay. I’m especially loving the rustic appeal of the Beastie cake plate and set of cups that are inspired by the medieval majolica pots of Umbria.

Garson’s studio is based in a small rural town in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. Check out her blog, strangefragments.blogspot.com, for some worldly perceptions into the strange byways and obscure currents of contemporary craft and design.

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