ABOUT ARTIST
Feyona van Stom is an accomplished ceramic sculptural artist working in Sydney, Australia. Feyona Van Stom’s work is widely exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions in Aust­ralia,USA and China. Several of her works are part of private collections around the world. She is the current president of the Sculptor society of Australia. Feyona Van Stom uses primitive firing process. Her ceramic artworks are always a celebration of the human forms and movements.

ARTIST STATEMENT
“My sculptures are mostly hand built, individual pieces of work. My work begins with an idea translated into a drawing although it is the clay that determines the final form and how every piece of work will look in the end. As I work the clay I start seeing a form. I use clay with grog in it - sometimes letting the finish be rough or burnish it for the smoothness. Once the sculpture is completed, I leave it to dry, sometimes with underglazes, sometimes without.
The raku firing that was discovered years ago in Asia It works beautifully on my female forms.
I love the heat, the smoke, the teamwork and the random finish that occurs in both the glazed and the unglazed raku pieces. The wood firing has a particular aesthetic. The darker glazes and the smoke and heat from firing has unpredictable effects on the sculptures. I rarely clean the work. When I do, I clean it with hot water, soap and a scrubbing brush. I contemplate on the pieces for a few before deciding on the final pieces. I then document it from several angles, trying to catch the movement that I started with. I enjoy every stage of the creation, the idea, the making, the firing, the finish, and am only waiting for someone else to enjoy it too".

Feyona Van Stom
www.vanstom.com

Feyona van Stom is an accomplished ceramic sculptural artist working in Sydney, Australia
She has lived in Hong Kong, Sydney, New York, Connecticut, Los Angeles.
Opened a gallery in Whale Beach
Opened gallery41 in Woolloomooloo,
Vice President of The Sculptors Society 2009 -  2011
President of the Sculptors Society 2012 - 2016

Exhibitions in group and solo shows from 1989 to present. She has exhibited in most of the major cities like Sydney, Victoria and Perth in Australia. New York and Chicago with SOFA, Palm Beach, Philadelphia and Oregon in New Zealand, Changsha, Hunan and Beijing, China

Feyona built a 3-metre-tall sculpture in Changsha, Hunan Province, China – built in clay which was then moulded and made into a bronze sculpture in 2015.
Several of her works are part of private collections around the world. She enjoys that her work travels and are enjoyed in many places and by many people.