Cathy Franzi, Booroomba Peak Grevillea. Wheel thrown & altered Limoges porcelain, engobe, underglaze, glaze, sgraffito, 48.9 x 24.2 x 24.1cm. Courtesy: the artist and Beaver Galleries, Canberra.

Canberra ceramicist Cathy Franzi combines a botanical approach with relief printmaking methods to create her beautifully textural and colourful ceramic forms. For her second solo exhibition at Beaver Galleries, she was inspired by the hills and mountains of Canberra. 

Franzi has chosen seven peaks from which to view Lake Burley Griffin with a focus to highlight plant species particular to the bushland. “The environment and character of each mountain is captured in its flora. Standing on a summit I might be surrounded by granite slabs, Grevillea oxyantha flourishing at high elevation in rock crevices.  Another summit might offer a Drooping Sheoak forest, its foliage whispering in the breeze.”   

In 2015, Franzi was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University. She has received numerous awards, most recently the 2018 Ignition Award for Ceramic Excellence. Her work is held in collections such as Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Manly Art Gallery & Museum and Parliament House Art Collection.

Exhibition opens: 6–8pm Thursday 29 August 2019

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