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Daniel Skeffington is an emerging ceramic artist with a strong passion for contemporary glazed sculptural forms.
A graduate of the Northern Sydney Institute, and a member of the Australian Ceramics Association, Daniel Skeffington has published articles on techniques and glazes, with interviews by highly recognised artists including Turner Prize winning artist, Grayson Perry for the Australian Ceramics Journal.
Daniel Skeffington is recognised for his outstanding colour glaze effects on his forms that are the results of his experimentation and development of unique glazes following his own recipes.
About
My Barrier Reef series of 2016 are fired multiple times with layers and combinations of reduced paste lustre, slip and glaze that is alteredh before and after firing... sometimes with an angle grinder... revealing the glaze and surface beneath the latest layer and then refired in a deliberately non-standard firing sequence to achieve the desired colour and surface quality. This mirrors my observations of the shallow-water and deep-water reefs that we are in danger of loosing.
These ‘vase’ forms are made in porcelain with coloured slips with details of yellow and white gold... Each piece has been fired four times and the inspiration for the glazes, is taken from a camping break on Fraser Beach, in the Lake Munmorah National Park, Central Coast, NSW. The colours of the scrub land, the rock formations, the sand and the sea are represented in abstract blocks of colour broken by horizon and landform dividing lines.
Sculptured shell motifs found on the beach during these two days anchor each piece to the location.
The detail floral motif speaks of the scrubland around the beach and have been created by stencil blocks applied when the clay is wet. Coloured clay slips have then been applied and then fired to 1050o C. Contrasting coloured slips are subsequently applied and then fired again.
I grind, or "knock back" the surface to reveal more of the scrub motif. A clear glaze is then fired. Last I apply a yellow or white gold in solution and fire to just short of 800 C. ‘Beach bling’.
The overall presentation of each Vase form, comments Skeffington, borrows from Marko Rothko...and colours seen in more recent aboriginal artists' works.
With a nod to Andy Warhol´s ‘Cookie Jar’ collection, Winnie-the-Poo’s ‘Honey Pot’ and the 1970’s ‘must have’ Bendigo Pottery’s Bread Crock, Skeffington’s 2017 Cookie Jar Series, utilises the bright colours of the well know layered sugar candies, Liquorice Allsorts. A sweet with a wide variety of appearances, accounting for the allsorts name. Each of Skeffington’s hand thrown repetitive forms, uniquely adorned with cast and layered Allsorts motifs, has its own unique character.
As with Skeffington’s earlier work, Sweet offers another take on a ubiquitous vessel form of long ceramic history, dressed in the memorable colours of an 111+ year old sweet.
Artist Profile
Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | These Moments of Pleasure, Watson Arts Centre, Canberra |
| 2017 | Sweet, Artsite Galleries, Sydney , NSW |
| 2016 | Impressions italiennes/Impressioni Italiane, Novotel Art Gallery, Monaco |
Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | #Amore, Artsite Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 2020, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 | Collector's Choice, Artsite Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 2019, 18, 17 | C Studios Gallery, Newcastle , NSW |
| 2016 | Finalist Exhibition, The Gosford Ceramics Prize 2016, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW Amplitude, Artsite Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 2014 | GU14, Sydney Fringe Festival 2014, Artsite Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 2013 | Allusions, The Northern Sydney Institute (TAFE NSW), Hornsby, NSW Vitrify, The Northern Sydney Institute (TAFE NSW), Hornsby, NSW International Jewellery Fair, Australian Jewellery Association, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW Flash, Vita Art Space, Wangi, NSW |
| 2011 | The Idea of Colour, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2010 | Bowled Over, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney, NSW Lake Art, Vita Art Space, Wangi Wangi, NSW |
Awards
| 2013 |
Merit Award, Australian Ceramics Association |
Residencies
| 2021 |
Artist in Residence, Canberra Potters, Watson Art Centre, Canberra, ACT |
Commissions
| 2014 | Rigaletto Ceramic Props, (Tavern Accoutrements) Australian Opera Opera Company, Sydney, NSW |
| 2013 | VIP Pearls Pty Ltd (Installation) |
Collections
| Private Collections |
Australia and Italy |
Media/Publications
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Surface Therapy #4: Layering Daniel Skeffington, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 55, No. 3, November 2016 |
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Surface Therapy #3: Glazes for Functional Ware Daniel Skeffington, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 55, No. 2, July 2016 |
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Surface Therapy #2: Copper Reds Daniel Skeffington, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 55, No. 1, April 2016 |
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Surface Therapy #1: Who is Billie? Why is she so blue? Daniel Skeffington, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 54, No. 3, Nov 2015 |
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Daniel Skeffington, Baci Di Sanremo, First Edition Italy, 2015 |
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Geoff Mitchem - My favorite pot Written by Tony Martin, edited by Daniel Skeffington. Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 94, 2014 |
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Greg Daly - My favorite pot Written by Tony Martin, edited by Daniel Skeffington. Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 93, 2013 |
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Janet Mansfield - My favorite pot, Written by Tony Martin, edited by Daniel Skeffington. Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 92, 2013 |