Georgia Arnold | Diamond - Circle - Rectangle | Corbans Estate Arts Centre

The exhibition was created during Arnold’s residency at Driving Creek, Coromandel that was split over two, two-week sessions between May and August this year. Making work like a brainstorming map, Arnold’s process is intuitive and develops naturally which for this body of work has seen her produce clay creatures, chunky drawings and ceramic bowls thrown on a wheel. These separate strands of exploration are all modes of processing experiences during her time at Driving Creek.

A key moment in her development was finding a pile of wooden diamonds, these shapes were off cuts from making round wheel bats. The relationship between the circle and diamond forms, and their respective values of use and decoration became ways to categorise the work she was making.

“The circle is the bat, the wheel, production pottery, items with a use value. The diamond is a discard, a decorative shape, a bit like magic - stars or a spark. I add a rectangle to the list (mainly for the satisfaction of an acrostic poem for the letters ‘DCR’ the acronym for ‘Driving Creek Railway’, but also) to stand in for chunky drawings, tiles or the spaces between railway tracks, a piece of paper, the surface of the slab roller, a window.”

Georgia has shared a few images of both the exhibition as well as the process and inspiration - “I made custom tables for this exhibition I was inspired by the furniture at Driving Creek, especially a canvas covered table in the studio. It was a great example of how materials can be repurposed - design with the limitations of whatever is lying around. I sourced my materials from tip stores and demolition yards, using an old target for the top, I created my own version of the studio table.”

Selected works from this exhibition will be included in our Summer group show in mid-December. To register interest: info@melanierogergallery.com