Pamela Chan & Jana Roman, Tea & Dumplings, 2019, ceramic, copper, reclaimed Eucalyptus. Photo: Jana Roman

Tea & Dumplings

Pamela Chan
Jana Roman 

7 September

7 September, 11am-9pm 

(OPENING)

Sat 7 September, 6-9pm

at 

Testing Grounds 

1 City Road 
Southbank 3006 

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Pamela Chan, Teacup, 2019, ceramic, black, 80 x 73 x 40mm. Pamela Chan, Teacup, 2019, ceramic, blue, 64 x 64 x 33mm. Jana Roman, Slab, 2019, salvaged Acacia melanoxylon, 260 x 170 x 12mm. Jana Roman, Chopsticks, 2018, reclaimed Eucalyptus sp., length 245mm. Photo: Pamela Chan

At this one-day pop-up exhibition the artists invite you to join their ten-year conversation about making by sitting at their table to handle an all-new series of functional vessels and utensils. Highlighting texture and form using metal, timber and ceramics, these handmade individual and collaborative works centre on the functional aspects of consuming Tea and Dumplings. The works are made to fit right in the user’s hand. 

​Jana Roman and Pamela Chan employ repetitive and meditative methodologies in their making; tools become extensions of their hands through repetitive processes in the forming of objects. The ritual of a shared meal is a reflection of the repetition of making simple functional vessels. Inspired by the natural environment, materials show the passage of time with surfaces marked by the process of making. Beautiful surface imperfections and the feeling of impermanence are expressed by subtle changes of colour and texture.

Pamela Chan, Teacup, 2019, ceramic, black, 80 x 73 x 40mm. Pamela Chan, Sake cup, 2019, ceramic, black, 40 x 40 x 38mm. Pamela Chan, Teacup, 2019, ceramic, green, 60 x 60 x 30mm. Pamela Chan, Teacup, 2019, ceramic, blue, 64 x 64 x 33mm. Jana Roman, Vessel, 2013, copper, 125 x diameter 65mm. Jana Roman, Chopsticks, 2018, reclaimed Eucalyptus sp., length 245mm & 285mm. Photo: Jana Roman

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)
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Pamela Chan completed a Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honours, Gold & Silversmithing at RMIT University (2014). Pamela is an emerging artist currently working from her Menzies Creek studio where she explores different materials and mediums to create contemporary jewellery and objects. Her work is an exploration of repetition and the connection between past and present. She has been developing hollow porcelain objects as a canvas for her Chinese brush painting. Taking inspiration from the natural environment, she explores the essence and fluidity of the brush stroke as a connection to her Chinese background. 

Jana Roman is an emerging artist with an enduring interest in human inhabitation of the natural and built environment. Jana has shown in many group exhibitions of furniture, jewellery and silversmithing. Completing a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours – Gold & Silversmithing) at RMIT in 2014 Jana received the Wolf Wennrich Award for Craftsmanship (RMIT), and was 2015 co-resident of the RMIT Maggie Fairweather Studio. Jana exhibited in the 2015 Galerie Marzee Graduate Exhibition, the Griffith Regional Art Gallery National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2014 and was selected for three consecutive Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award exhibitions. www.janaromandesign.com