General News
3 October, 2024
Nature inspires Kerry’s tangents of creation
WORMS! Not the first thing to come to mind when thinking about art but for Kerry Punton, they have become a source of inspiration. While Kerry has a penchant for featuring native flowers and birds in her paintings, inspired by the nature surrounding...
WORMS! Not the first thing to come to mind when thinking about art but for Kerry Punton, they have become a source of inspiration.
While Kerry has a penchant for featuring native flowers and birds in her paintings, inspired by the nature surrounding her studio, Kerry’s ceramic making has less of a theme.
Kerry says she “tends to go off on a tangent” of what she is interested in at the time.
Currently her interest is in worm towers.
Usually made from pvc pipes, Kerry has strayed from the norm and created beautiful towers out of clay with intricate designs.
She enjoys making these as her creativity can run free, and as a bonus, they help the environment as worm towers are method of composting.
In addition to creating art, Kerry also runs monthly workshops, pieces of which will be on display in her studio over the weekend, teaching ceramics skills. All workshops are for hand-built products, such as worm towers or pinch pots.
While she does run private lessons for people interested in using a pottery wheel, she is limited to only two wheels, making running a full class with the wheel impractical and she prefers using the hand-building method overall.
In addition to her adult workshops, Kerry also teaches at schools and works with children. She thoroughly enjoys sharing her knowledge and interacting with different groups of people while teaching art.
Kerry will open her beautiful studio, located on a sheep and wheat farm in Eastville, to the public over the weekend, and will also have paintings on display at the Newbridge Hotel, both as a part of the Loddon Valley Arts Trail.
- RUBY HYLAND