Stewart Scambler - Medium Flower Jar (ssca09)

Medium Flower Jar by Stewart Scambler

MATERIALS: Stoneware clay

DIMENSIONS: approx. 150mm High

ABOUT THE ARTIST 

Stewart Scambler is a Scotland-born ceramicist who moved to Australia in 1956. During his time spent in the army reserve and working in a laboratory, he began studying ceramics at Fremantle TAFE, transitioning to a full-time ceramics career in the early eighties. He initially established his studio in Kwinana and later in Serpentine where he built the first of his large wood fired kilns. Scambler's current studio is located in Palmyra and the work is then transported to his property in York for firing. Environmental concerns drive much of his practice and he and his wife grow the wood used in the woodfired kiln from seedlings. The clay he uses is blended using local clays so that the work has a connection to place. Scambler has taught as a sessional lecturer for TAFE, Edith Cowan, and Curtin universities, has delivered workshops across Western Australia and offshore, and has been a tutor at Fremantle Arts Centre for several decades.

This item is available at Mundaring and Midland Junction Arts Centre.