Petra Molloy

Petra completed a Diploma in Art(ceramics) at the Australian National University in Canberra in 2003. She has also spent a number of years under the tutelage of Peter Stichbury at Auckland Studio Potters. Her focus, since graduation, has been the exploration of porcelain, its translucency and ability to transmit and reflect light. She also enjoys domestic ware, with its contrast to the ephemeral characteristics of porcelain. Here she likes to focus on the earthy origins of the materials used. The clay she uses is often grogged. The glazes are an attempt to reflect the colours in the natural world. Her work is reduction fired in a gas kiln or salted in a wood-fired kiln.