For the past year Emma Lindegaard started each day at Walyalup Beach, a stretch of ocean south of Perth along Australia’s western coastline. Emma would traverse the shores, sitting and slowly navigating the uncomfortable thoughts over recent changes in her life. This meditative ritual allowed her to seek comfort through her sensorial interactions with the natural world.

Drawing on these memories, Emma has turned her lived experience into forms that reference her time at the ocean through the textures, shapes and movement. Intuitive mark-making and carving intend to emulate sounds and surfaces with an ethereal quality. Her sculptures are formed around a central void which allows the light to pierce through the clay, emulating the heart space within the ceramic body. Her works seek to encourage the audience to reimagine how we might engage with our physical environment and its effect on our psychological wellbeing.