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\ Pippin Drysdale Tanimi Traces Series

West Australian ceramist gives body to Australian centre

Tanami Traces Series Southern Ice porcelain 40 x 52 cms from show RED EARTH opening on Australia Day in Frankfurt.

Memories of quiet times, reflective of open spaces, shifting sands and changing hues. All this and more is the land of the Tanami. There is a sense of old-time stories, of weaving of dreams – the weft and warp of an ancient place. People have lived there for thousands of years following the seasons, wandering their land, fed and nurtured by this land. On the face of it there is a sameness about the place but nothing could be further from the truth. The land bursts with abundance in good seasons and hidden secrets of rich places are there to be found for those who understand this place. The traces, the lines, evoke the richness of a diverse and changing landscape – a landscape which colours its responses – the chameleon of place.

Pippin Drysdale is a West Australian ceramist

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