rach downie - artist - byron bay
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What does a surface remember?
Marks, materials, hands, pressure.
Working from her studio in Byron Bay, rach downie explores the memories of surfaces through clay and mixed media.
Language is the first layer.
Definitions half-buried and half-legible form the ground of each work; over them, a palimpsest of earth materials, until the words become sediment.
Then the mark. Physically rhythmic, repeated gestures and shapes of handwriting - sometimes wordless and openly-semantic.
Two
Dimensions
Spheres don't begin or end.
The process of hand-building spheres marks and scars the clay, an otherwise perfect form, made imperfect by intention.
Oxides and glazes are applied and wiped back, washed and reapplied, layer after layer; accumulation, removal. What remains is what survived hands and the fire.
Sometimes they are planted with living things, so the spheres become something else again; earth holding earth, alive and repurposed.
Three
Dimensions
Commissions & Acquisitions
Each piece is made with intention and takes time. Commissions are accepted on a limited basis throughout the year.
downie's work is also available through quarterly releases - please use the contact form to be added to the release invitation.