Born in British Columbia, Canada, my art reflects my memories of those natural surroundings and the beauty of my current home in Newport on Sydney’s northern beaches. I was inspired to sculpt whale tails during a whale migration in which a white whale named Migaloo made a journey up the east coast of Australia. I then became interested in the plight of polar bears and their changing environment. Sculptors like Ponpon elevated the polar bear and now that their environment is changing, I decided to make a contemporary polar bear. I chose raku for a couple of reasons. Firstly, there is a randomness to the result of raku, that is, firing results are not completely controllable – this provides surprises. It also seemed logical that that I use multiple firing and hot smoke environments for an animal that lives in the frozen arctic.

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