Amelia Black
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Biography
Her practice sits at the intersection of poetic making and rigorous inquiry. After more than a decade in design research and sustainability innovation, including work with IDEO and other mission-driven organisations, Black brings systems thinking and qualitative research methods to questions of material ethics in contemporary ceramics. She works with local clays and reclaimed waste materials, tracing where they come from and how they move through cultural, environmental, and industrial networks. As part of Clay Matters, she co-leads the Material Provenance Project, collaborating with artists, community studios, and industry partners to map Australian clay sources and build greater transparency across the supply chain.
Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Black engages landscape through material. Hers is a practice in which both maker and place are in ongoing transformation. Her approach is embodied yet analytical, informed by a long-standing research career examining how materials, systems, and human relationships intersect.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and Princessehof Keramiekmuseum, Netherlands. She has written for the Journal of Australian Ceramics and Garland Magazine, teaches at Slow Clay Centre, and serves on the Board of Directors of The Australian Ceramics Association.
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