Outlines In Clay

Join us in the gallery on Thursday, 12th December between 6-8 PM as we open Clare's first solo show Outlines In Clay.

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‍Artist Statement

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Searching for examples of earthen architecture, I travelled out into the regions. The images I created there reveale drippling green hills that flowed out in all directions. To capture the expanding open space, I directed my drone to flyup and sweep the panoramic landscape from an aerial perspective. Located upon the ground and tracing the edges of the hills were dwellings made from rammed earth. Their exterior walls appear as lines scored onto the surface of the mountains. Linear earthen walls wrap around the perimeter of regional houses. To build the walls, clay-based soils are taken from the ground and rammed into stable earthen structures. Pure mixtures of soil sourced from the earth can be recycled endlessly, therefore remaining balanced with the existing landscape of natural resources. This exhibition, Outlines in Clay, captures a series of linear rammed earth buildings located in regional Australia andEurope. Photographs taken from above uncover rammed earth lines laced upon a fabric of green grass.

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Artist Bio

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Clare Dieckmann is the founder and principal of Studio Clare. Clare’s practice is based on her commitment to make our built environment a more liveable and beautiful place. She guides her practice towards this aim by seeking innovative approaches to sustainable architecture and original ways of working with materials.Clare enjoys shaping volume and space for people to dwell inside. As a registered architect, she has shaped boutique residences, schools, sports and community centres, and museums of cultural significance with the desire to let people inhabiting them feel joy. In the future, she seeks to sculpt the places where you dwell. These might be within a house, a new alteration and addition, a holiday home, a small studio within a beautiful garden or a unique exploration within the architectural sphere. She seeks to collaborate with you on your ambitious project idea.

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