Warrick Palmateer (born 1969) is an Australian studio potter and art teacher.[1] He is most well known for his collaboration with ceramic artist Pippin Drysdale since 1992. Palmateer is the creator of the vessels — both open and closed forms — that Drysdale uses as canvasses. Palmateer also specializes in creating large wheel thrown and coiled vessels. He is widely regarded by his peers as the finest thrower of porcelain in Australia.[2]
Warrick Palmateer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Curtin University |
| Known for | Ceramics |
| Spouse | Pauline |
| Website | warrickpalmateer |
Biography
editPalmateer was born in Melbourne in 1969.[1][3] He graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Studio Ceramics from Perth's North Metropolitan TAFE and gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999 and a Diploma of Education in 2003 from Curtin University.[4] He works as an art teacher at Prendiville Catholic College in Ocean Reef, Western Australia. His wife is Pauline, a fashion designer. Their daughter is professional surfer Felicity Palmateer.[5]
Career
editCollaborating with famous ceramic artist Pippin Drysdale, Palmateer creates porcelain forms that have helped to make Drysdale Australia's highest earning ceramicist.[6] Drysdale credits him with being a key element in her success:
I always say, without Warrick my work wouldn't exist. I feel like the luckiest bunny in the world to have someone make me the beautiful forms to create my own journey on ... Words can't express my gratitude. But he has an incredible throwing skill and an incredible sense of form[3]
Apart from his collaborative work with Drysdale, Palmateer also creates monumental forms on a theme of sea, rock and sand. Working with Perth brick making factories, Palmateer creates large coiled pots up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) tall and weighing 100 kilograms (220 lb) to 200 kilograms (440 lb) that require a forklift to move, and industrial brick kilns to fire.[3] Palmateer, an avid surfer, is inspired by the sea and rock forms found on Western Australia's coast in the littoral zone – where land meets ocean, particularly the bleached limestone at Yanchep Beach.[7] Palmateer uses mouldings and casting of textures from rocks, fossils and shells and uses them on the surface of the brick clay vessels.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "POTober 2016". Ceramic Arts Association of Western Australia Inc. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ Martin, Tony (March 2014). "Pippin Drysdale Is an Enigma: An Interview with Tony Martin". Ceramics Art & Perception. 95: 8–13. ISSN 1035-1841. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Laurie, Victoria (13 October 2018). "Thrown Together". The Australian. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Pippin Drysdale and Warrick Palmateer together at the John Curtin Gallery". Mirage News. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Felicity Palmateer Debuts Skin Deep on Vimeo". asbmag.com. Australian Surf Business Magazine. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Howlin, Jan (6 June 2018). "Indesign Luminary: Pip Drysdale". Indesignlive. IndesignMediaAsiaPacific. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "The art of WA's coast". The West Australian. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "50 Vessels full of artistic expression". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 29 October 2018.