SARAH KEIRLE
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Crafts | 2022
Banksia grandis Collection seedpod No.115 | 2021
Sarah Keirle (nee Breen) was born in England and studied at Staffordshire University (UK). Sarah graduated with a BA Hons 3D Design: ceramics in 1998 and immigrated to Perth, Western Australia in the same year.
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Sarah started professionally in 2000, and now calls Perth Hills her home with her husband, who built her a ceramic studio, where she produces one-of-a-kind raku ceramic sculpture inspired by the surrounding native flora. Sarah recently won Darlington Art Festival 3D awards for her depiction of a Banksia grandis seedpod and is working toward a solo exhibition “Flora, Clay, Fire” with Linton & Kay Galleries.
Banksia grandis Collection Seedpod No. 202 | 2022
Banksia grandis Collection Seedpod No.199 | 2022
Gumnut, Seedpod No.222 | 2022
Fallen Marri Nut, Seedpod No.207 | 2022
Fallen Marri Nut, Seedpod No.207 | 2022
The Seedpod Collection consists of raku ceramic sculptures influenced by the native seedpods found in the Australian bush and specifically inspired by the flora in the Perth Hills Region, Western Australia where the artist lives.
Red-capped Gumnut Seedpod No.221 | 2022
Sarah’s sculptural representation of iconic gumnuts, banksias and marri seedpods is a stunning three-dimensional modern take on traditional botanical work. These sculptures represent the intense environment Australians live in where the natural disaster of bushfires can be devastating but also important for regeneration and rebirth.
All work is produced at her home studio where Sarah hand-builds ceramic sculptures using slab, coil, and pinching techniques and fired using a Western adaptation of traditional Japanese raku method.
Banksia grandis Collection Seedpod No.144 | 2021