Tanika Jellis


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Tanika Jellis (b.1994) currently living and working in Noosa, Queensland, is a ceramicist whose vessels, tables and forms ask their audience to pause and reflect. To find solace in their undulations, curves and organic silhouettes. There is a satisfaction in the way each piece gently alludes to a function which is balanced with the reassurance of their resolutely sculptural identity. Practicing for over a decade, Jellis began exhibiting her work in various group shows, awakening their potential to be made for exhibition.

Jellis’ stoneware practice draws upon coiling and slab techniques, informed by years of making and artists residency at Shiro Oni, Japan. Each piece holds considerations of how it will be used, where it may sit and the interaction between the everyday objects of one’s home. 

Side tables, vases, lights, planters, floor lamps, tea bowls, plates and drinking vessels are all forms in which Tanika’s practice manifests. The natural world, architecture, object design and Tanika’s background in floristry lend themselves to the primordial phases of shaping the ceramics.
“I begin with concepts and ideas for the forms but at a certain point I just surrender to the will of the clay” - Tanika Jellis