Photo: courtesy of the artist.
February 5 - March 19, 2027
Opening night: Friday, February 12, 6-8pm
Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta
Free entry, all welcome
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You can find Offerings to the Kiln gods in Gallery II, located at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
We are excited to present Offerings to the Kiln gods, a new group exhibition by emerging ceramicists ad The Mill studio artists, Melissa Au, Wee Shiang Tay, Rivers Flowings. Through new work, they explore faith in the Kiln Gods, and the hopefulness and optimism of artists' practice.
This exhibition pays homage to the Kiln Gods, a rite of passage for all ceramicists. As part of the process of firing works, ceramicists place trust in the kiln. Optimistically, they hopr (and pray) that their work will go through the intense process of firing, and come out the other side unblemished, shining with hope and glaze. Through playful, colourful and tongue-in-cheek works, these artists expand on the concept of the Kiln God through process, metaphor and playful storytelling. Audiences are invited to ‘consider welcoming clay’ into their lives, playing on the cult-ish nature of ceramic practice.
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Melissa Au is an emerging ceramic artist with a tendency for overthinking. To combat their overthinking, they use repetition and automatic making. The resulting collections of work can be developing iterations of a concept; explorations of subconscious influences; or created just for fun.
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Shiang is an emerging ceramic artist from Malaysia and is currently based on Kaurna Country (Adelaide). She creates colorful anthropomorphic ceramic sculptures using hand-building techniques. Inspired by animals and our natural environment, her practice reflects on mythical beings, endangered wildlife.
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River is an emerging ceramic artist, currently practicing their craft in Adelaide. River’s work incorporates intricate surface manipulations and detailed paintings. They use high quality clay to create functional pieces that express their originality and unique style. River employs their technical skills and decorative techniques through playful experimentation. Their pieces tell stories, and allude to experiences and scenarios; the creations are intuitive and based on memories and subconsciously stored impressions or knowledge, referencing imagery they are still in the process of extracting and analyzing.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body
