Art Guide Australia

From Clay to Bronze

Janet Fieldhouse is best known for her intricate ceramic sculptures—carefully crafted characters and vessels often measuring no more than 20cm in diameter. So, the question everyone is asking about Sister Charm, her commission for the National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden, is how did she go adapting her practice to a larger scale? Her answer: “If I had a bigger kiln, it would have been even bigger.”

Of course, , the object as it stands in the garden, was not made in a kiln or by Fieldhouse’s

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