Jess Nicholson: Ka maumahara te uku (the clay remembers)

Clay remembers being pounded flat or rolled into a ball, in the same way that it remembers being the basalt rocks of a mighty mauka or the silt swept along the bottom of a braided awa. In this solo exhibition, Nicholson continues to explore recycled, reclaimed and collected whenua materials. Through laborious and intimate ceramic processes to create the work they pay particular attention to the non-linear transformation of the materials – considering this as a metaphor for the process of reconnecting, belonging, and feeling at home in one's body and land.