Ebony Russell

Ebony is an Australian ceramicist of Maltese origins, with a strikingly unique gravity-defying approach to porcelain. She uses clay like cake piping and creams, with embedded  moulded elements, creating pieces in between cake frostings and cultural relics. Her work deliberately overindulges in traditionally feminine motifs to question the role of women in the history of art and craft. Her pieces have earned international recognition and are part of major collections, including the V&A Museum in London.

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During her residency she researched the region’s rich ceramic traditions and took inspiration (and lots of moulds) of local sculptural patterns, to incorporate them in her process and reinterpret Mediterranean themes through her unconventional piping technique.

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