PETER Pilven\u2019s skills as a ceramicist have informed the artistic process of student, Audrey Martin.<\/p>\n
You might assume Pilven has taught Audrey through his work within Federation University Arts Academy\u2019s graduate diploma of ceramics, but that\u2019s not quite the case.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s his ceramicist daughter, Ruby that has been her studio art teacher at Ballarat Grammar, passing on the skills and techniques she learnt from her father, to a third generation of creatives.<\/p>\n
Audrey is one of many 2020 VCE art and design students who have had pieces selected for the NEXT GEN 2021 exhibition, and will have work displayed at the Art Gallery of Ballarat at the same time as established ceramic artist, Pilven.<\/p>\n
Her NEXT GEN contribution is mixed media creation, Reveal and Conceal<\/em>, while his woodfired anagama stone piece, Sentinel, <\/em>is part of the Federation University 150th Anniversary Trail.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to have this opportunity because everyone\u2019s work is amazing. My work is all about how people conceal some aspects of their identity around others,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve included images that I\u2019ve collected of people I don\u2019t conceal myself around and am my true self with.<\/p>\n \u201cThe work is made of painted plywood, terracotta and porcelain. I\u2019ve cut holes out of some of it, and I\u2019ve screen printed images over the top.\u201d<\/p>\n With the guidance and advice of Ruby Pilven, Audrey decided to experiment with ceramics for the first time last year, loving the process of turning a lump of clay into something meaningful, colourful and textural.<\/p>\n \u201cRuby is very passionate and has learnt a lot. Everything she knows about ceramics, she\u2019s learnt from me, but I still haven\u2019t taught her everything I know,\u201d Peter Pilven laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic for the Gallery to have shown and supported three generations of ceramicists. It\u2019s really nice to see people like Audrey getting involved in that, and in art in general.<\/p>\n \u201cBallarat\u2019s had a huge impact on the ceramic scene because of the university, and the clay deposits discovered during the gold rush. The Gallery has had a very healthy collection policy with ceramics, and has been very aware of supporting local artists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PETER Pilven\u2019s skills as a ceramicist have informed the artistic process of student, Audrey Martin. You might assume Pilven has taught Audrey through his work within Federation University Arts Academy\u2019s graduate diploma of ceramics, but that\u2019s not quite the case. It\u2019s his ceramicist daughter, Ruby that has been her studio art teacher at Ballarat Grammar, […]<\/p>\n