Emily Hamann

Emily Hamann the creator of Ignem Terrae Ceramics is an artist and designer based in Sydney, Australia. Emily obtained a Bachelor of Design at the renowned fashion college RMIT in Melbourne.

After more than a decade designing for the fashion industry Emily switched disciplines; replacing the soft and often unpredictable medium of fabric with a more malleable, grounding material that is clay.

Emily’s artistic practise is primarily concerned with the contrast between soft organic forms and sharp sinuous lines. A practice informed by a love of draping fabrics on a mannequin, often involving the cutting and deconstruction of classical shapes to be reinvented to create unique and entirely unexpected sculptural forms.

Photo: Isaac Maclurcan Photography