Lady Ellen Stirling’s husband, James, was the first Governor of the Swan River colony. Guildford, on the Swan River, was the place where Captain Stirling established a town site and river port in 1829. Captain Stirling led the Pinjarra massacre of the Binjarep Noongar people in 1834.
These tea set works use local raw Guildford clay in the construction of a series of vessels as items from a distorted and dysfunctional tea set. The tea set queries the practice of the colonial importing of culture and land management practices from England which had devastating impacts on the country and the Nyoongar people.
Goblet | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 17 x 17 x 22 cm
Goblet (top view) | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 17 x 17 x 22 cm
Bowl | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 28 x 28 x 19 cm
Bowl (top view) | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 28 x 28 x 19 cm
Big Jug 3 | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 18 x 18 x 26 cm
Big Jug 2 | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 17 x 17 x 31 cm
Big Jug 2 (detail) | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 16 x 16 x 24 cm
Big Jug 1 | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 16 x 16 x 24 cm
Big Jug 1 (detail) | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 16 x 16 x 24 cm
Milk Jug (top view) | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 16 x 16 x 14 cm
Milk Jug | 2022 | stoneware and site specific clay, stain, gold lustre | 16 x 16 x 14 cm
