The climate crisis and the growing disconnect between humans and nature is the thread that runs through my creative practice and increasingly drives it, and I see environmental activism that supports threatened species as part of my responsibility. The flora and fauna of Bundjalung country in northern NSW surrounds me and filters through all my work one way or another.
Clay presents an intrinsic link to nature by its very materiality; it comes from the earth and connects the maker and user through process, object and function.
The closer we get to nature, the more we care about it.
The more we care about it, the deeper the connection.
The deeper the connection, the harder we’ll work to protect it.
Whether it is an object to be used, or an installation for a specific site my intent is to engage audiences to look consciously into their relationship to nature to bring an awareness as to how deeply it moves in and through us all.
catherine lane 