Ceramic artist Jenny Orchard was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1951 to a British army officer and his wife. She spent her childhood in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she developed a deep love for the natural world.
She left Rhodesia in 1969 and spent six years in London before moving to Australia. Orchard began producing quirky ceramics after a semester of ceramics tuition at Alexander Mackie College in Sydney, influenced by Ettore Sottsass and his Memphis group. Her oddity vessels sold well, and her ceramic creatures grew out of her vessels. She started teaching ceramics in 1982 and has taught at various tertiary colleges.
Orchard's totems represent unity, and each element embodies a particular form of celestial life. Her creatures express her reverence for all life, and the empathy she feels with such forms. Orchard has exhibited widely in Australia and participated in shows in Japan, Germany, Italy and more...
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