Details
| First Name | Graham |
| Last Name | Hay |
| Nickname | graham-hay |
Social Media
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My Ceramics
| In the studio I like to do | Handbuilding, Sculpting, Slip casting |
| Clay body | Earthenware, Porcelain |
| Kiln Type | Electric Kiln |
About Me
| Introduction | A paper clay-folic since 1992, based in Perth, Western Australia. Full time in the studio. Invited regularly to give paper clay workshops or talks/demonstrations (last count 300+ over 14 countries?). Â Biomorphic forms |
| What I Love about Ceramics | Making things. Setting new challenges for myself. Meeting wonderful clay people around the world who have welcomed me into their studios, communities, lives and homes. The joy of sharing my studio successes and failures with others and helping them along on their creative journey. |
| How I started with ceramics | Grew up on a farm in NZ playing in the creeks and obogganing on snow. The latter quickly turned into tobogganing on mud when the sun came out! Naturally gravitated towards clay at school, collage and university. |
| What inspires me | Human and animal patterns (sociology), Â Plant forms. |
| What I'm working on at the moment | combining paper clay and metal (see my article for the US Studio Potter a few years ago: https://www.grahamhay.com.au/writing.html |
| My Artist Statement | I have a deep interest in the social organisation around ceramics, and the social foundations of the arts. Initially I was inspired by the movement of my peers within an art school and then later the art world.  To articulate my personal perspective I borrowed aspects of architecture and banksia flowers(see 6 February 2008 blog entry).  Many see similarities to marine life in my work.Through my practice as both a professional artist and freelance art educator, my social networks have grown, providing both professional opportunity and creative stimulation.  I hope my ceramic paper clay work suggests the cycles, rigidities and dynamic nature of both our individual and collective activities, and myself within it.  Increasingly over the last decade I have been inspired by theories of non-organisational social networks. |
| My CV |
Heading in this abridged CV are hot-links to more details Major Exhibitions (174+)Â
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