Clare Unger
Resume
Clare Unger completed a Bachelor of Fine Art, majoring in Printmaking, at the University of Cape Town. She enjoyed many aspects of printmaking but always felt a desire to work three-dimensionally and after moving to London in 1996, took the opportunity to study ceramics at a community college. In 1998 she returned to Zimbabwe but due to political unrest emigrated to Australia in 2001. Clare then continued studying ceramics at TAFE NSW and has since completed a Diploma and an Advanced Diploma in Ceramics through TAFE NSW.
The work that I make is the result of everything that I have experienced. Clay, stitching and printmaking have come together in an organic and unpremeditated way to express my story. The functional nature of my work ties it to the domestic realm where both stitching and ceramics are often found to be in use, but the concepts which drive my creativity add another layer to the story of the humble domestic objects that I choose to make.