The word “vessel” has a multiplicity of meanings, but here, they are the carriers of message and pattern. In this exhibition, Lezlie Tilley has made a connection with her days as a studio potter making containers, vases, cups and bowls, along with a special interest in ancient South American ceramics.
Tilley chooses to work with ancient South American ceramics because of the playful shapes that could carry the contemporary grid pattern. These vessels were highly decorated with abstract patterns that served to inform future generations of important social, spiritual and religious knowledge. These vessels were often shaped into effigies, animals and birds.
Lezlie Tilley in her studio with ‘Vessels’. Courtesy the artist and Straitjacket, New South Wales
Straitjacket
24 May to 15 June 2025
New South Wales
