Emma Davies is a Melbourne based artist with an established reputation for innovative and creative installations for both the private and commercial sector. Davies’ work can be seen throughout Australia and overseas in commercial outlets, as part of large scale collaborations and complex commissions in high profile properties.
Her process of discovery and invention is largely experimental, informed by an inherent curiosity with contemporary materials and using unconventional methods to challenge the possibilities of each creation.
Davies reward is in removing materials from common functionality, such as packaging and bailers twine, and being able to transform what is intrinsically ugly into something beautiful.
Emma Davies guides us through this virtual age; her objects re-awaken the ghosts of stoneware and glass. Craftsmanship was once proven in the capacity of vessels to hold their contents. By contrast, the appeal of Davies objects is their openness. They have an almost platonic simplicity, as though representing metaphysical shapes.
/ Kevin Murrary
Aug 9 — Sep 20, 2025
Emma Davies, Noriko Nakamura, Michaela Pegum, Makiko Ryujin
In the Making presents the work of four makers that centre the act of making at the heart of their conceptual exploration in craft practice.
The exhibition speaks to the heart of what it means to be a maker. It highlights the reciprocal and responsive relationships between the practitioner, the application of craft-based skills and the creative expression that is articulated through materials.
