Lesa Farrant
Ceramic artist Lesa Farrant scours her local beach, Port Willunga, for a range of natural and man-made debris, from which she creates her slip-cast components. These delicate porcelain casts are then constructed to produce specimens of both the indigenous and introduced plant forms of the region. For the native plant specimens, Farrant includes casts of organic material such as sticks, shell and cuttlefish bone; and for the noxious species, she collects what she describes as ‘jewel-like beach rubbish’ of brightly coloured plastic bottle lids, children’s confectionery containers and tennis balls.
Margaret Hancock Davis, curator, JamFactory Adelaide, SA.
Video
MOVIE: Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 Years of JamFactory
One of a series of short interviews with South Australian crafts people. This one features Lesa describing her recent work and how she goes about its creation.
About
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LESA FARRANT CURRICULUM VITAE
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| Education | |
| 2009 | Master of Visual Arts, University of South Australia |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, La Trobe University Bendigo |
| Qualifications and Professional Development | |
| Current | Studio practitioner, Wirruwarrungga/ Port Willunga, SA |
| 2020 | SkyCity, sol rooftop art work commission, Adelaide |
| 2018 | Recipient 2018 Guildhouse Catapult mentorship |
| 2017+ 2018 | Arts SA Peer assessment panel member |
| 2016-ongoing | Arts Officer, Sauerbier House cultural exchange, Port Noarlunga, SA |
| 2002-2013 | Academic Lecturer, Ceramics, University of South Australia |
| 1999-2003 | Studio tenant, Jamboree Clay Workshop, Adelaide |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | An (un)natural Selection, JamFactory, Adelaide |
| 2014 | Scantlings, Craft ACT, Canberra |
| 2006 | Objectscapes, JamFactory, Adelaide |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | GOLD, 50 years 50 JamFactory Alumni, JamFactory, Adelaide |
| 2021 | Links, Loops and Crossovers, Collect Space, JamFactory, Adelaide |
| 2020 | Ebb,West Gallery, Thebarton, SA |
| 2019 | Making, the Quiet Voices. Australian Ceramic Triennale, Waterfront Pavilion, Hobart |
| 2017 | Solastalgia, Gray Street Workshop and Murray Bridge Regional gallery |
| 2016 | One + Three, Drawing Lines, JamFactory, Seppeltsfield |
| 2013 | Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 years of JamFactory, Jam Factory |
| 2012 | Subvert, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2011 | Home Front, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery Exhibition of new works. Artroom5. Adelaide |
| Awards / Grants | |
| 2018 | Independent Makers and Presenters Project Grant, Arts South Australia |
| 2014 | Professional Development Grant, Arts South Australia |
| 2011 | Project Assistance Grant, Arts South Australia |
| 2003 | University Of South Australia Library, Annual Art Purchase Prize |
| Selected Publications | |
| 2018 | The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 57 No2 July 2018, p 83 |
| 2014 | Scantlings: A Taxonomy of Plastic Soup, Craft ACT |
| 2014 | The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 53 No 1, p 105 |
| 2013 | Designing Craft/ Crafting Design: 40 Years of Jam Factory, p 86 |
| 2012 | Fleurieu Living, Summer issue, p 44 |
| 2011 | The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 50|2, p 7 |
| 2006 | The Journal of Australian Ceramics, volume 45|1, p 62 & cover |
Stockists
Lesa’s work can be purchased from:
JamFactory (Adelaide and Seppeltsfield)
South Seas Trading
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