By Peta Armstrong
ARTIST STATEMENT
"For this exhibition, I have created a series of four wall-hung plates, each embodying the quiet repetition that has become central to my practice. I have been leaning into this rhythm, enjoying the refinement of technique and the calm it provides. The familiar symbols returning, repeating, reflecting. Through their presence in the home, these works offer grounding—carrying the quiet symbolism of a talisman—objects to be lived with, observed, and revisited."
BIO
Peta Armstrong makes high-fired stoneware ceramics from her home studio on Wadawurrung Country along Victoria’s Surf Coast.
Drawn to both wheel-throwing and hand-building, she creates a balance between functional pieces and sculptural works, each carrying a sense of quiet contemplation. Inspired by natural landscapes, shifting textures, and the meditative rhythm of making, her work embodies an organic sensibility—one that invites touch, interaction, and reflection. This ongoing dialogue within the practice is deeply tied to process—where busy hands allow the mind to wander, returning again to these familiar markings. In this way, the work not only gives permission to daydream but gently guides the viewer there.
