HOLD: Exploring the Contemporary Vessel
April 18 - May 27, 2017
Funaki presents a survey of contemporary vessels by Australian and international makers. As a prevailing form in craft tradition and daily life, the vessel affirms itself as unparalleled in the consideration of function, materiality and domestic ritual. A finely tuned relationship with material and process forms a common thread amongst this diverse group of artists.
Hold: Exploring the Contemporary Vessel essay
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Work from HOLD: Exploring the Contemporary Vessel
Christina Schou Christensen (Denmark), Soft Fold Pink, 2013, earthenware clay, engobe, glaze
David Clarke (United Kingdom), Baroque Beauties, 2016, pewter
Robin Bold (Australia), Series 3 - 1,3,7, 2012, silver plated nickel (EPNS), stainless steel, nickel, kauri (agathis atropurpurea)
Peter Bauhuis (Germany), Simultanea, 2016, sterling silver, fine silver 
Barbara Schrobenhauser (Germany), Time is on my side - Blue like the future, 2017, paper, paste, red sand, basalt sand, green glass pigments, lichen 
Marian Hosking (Australia), Cape Conran, 2017, sterling silver
David Bielander (Switzerland, Germany), Paper Bag (Sugar), 2016, patinated sterling silver 
Vito Bila (Australia), Vessel Cluster #1, 2012, stainless steel, copper
Inari Kiuru (Finland/Australia), Heavy water (Fukushima butterflies), 2017, concrete, iron oxide, pigment, wax, mild steel, iron filings
Sally Marsland (Australia), Vessels, 2012 - 2017, polyurethane resin mixed with powdered pigment, wood
Lindy McSwan (Australia), Fragment vessels - Char, Ash, Cinder, 2017, mild steel, enamel, porcelain, porcelain slip, mica, wax