Cassie Hansen is a Kyneton-based (Taungurung) ceramicist, creating midfire and stoneware vessels and tablets that combine wheel-thrown and hand-built elements. Her work is inspired by her interest with the simplified forms and linear qualities of various architecture periods and movements, as well as the shadows and compositions captured in architectural photography.
As the former editor of design magazine Artichoke and current editor of InteriorsAu, Cassie draws on more than a decade of experience looking critically at architecture, interiors, design, furniture and objects. She began ceramics in 2016, and in 2018 spent a year learning from renowned ceramicists Neville French and Kate Jones at Shane Kent’s Melbourne-based ceramics school, the School of Clay and Art (SOCA). She has exhibited at Modern Times, Stockroom, Michael Reid and Curatorial and Co galleries. In 2023, she was awarded the $10,000 Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize and mentorship.