Details
- Maker•Holly Rose Morgan
- Medium•Clay
- Origin•Aotearoa
- Composition•Stoneware, glazed with silt
- Dimensions•H270 x W160 mm
Description
A one-of-a-kind fluted stoneware vase by Aotearoa ceramic artist Holly Rose Morgan, glazed with silt collected in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle in Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay.
The use of collected silt continues a material exploration that began with Holly’s No Control body of work, developed in response to Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023. This smaller fluted vessel was made as a maquette for a taller vase developed for Holly’s Burning Ground collection, with the final larger form instead realised through anagama firing.
Transforming material left behind by the cyclone into a ceramic glaze, the silt creates a layered, earthy surface that connects the vessel directly to the landscape from which it was gathered.
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Traditional wood firing explored through contemporary ceramic practice.
Holly Rose Morgan is a ceramic artist based in Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay. Her practice explores traditional wood firing through a contemporary ceramic lens, balancing functionality, localism, conceptual depth and global ceramic heritage.
An experienced wood firer, Holly has spent recent years immersed in the study of ancient pottery techniques and cultures, undertaking extensive research overseas with a particular focus on Japanese wood-firing practices and Korean onggi pottery. Through this research, she examines how traditional ceramic techniques can exist within contemporary practice, while questioning how we consume, use and understand vessels today.
Her work spans both functional and conceptual forms and has been selected for national ceramic award exhibitions throughout New Zealand. In 2025, Holly presented Burning Ground, a major solo exhibition at Hastings City Art Gallery, showcasing two years of research and making. In 2026, Holly completed a three-month residency in Faenza, Italy, in association with the International Museum of Ceramics.
