Gregory Bonasera’s passion for ceramics started early in his life fostered by his parents when they replaced his much loved plastic toy potter’s wheel with a real one in 1975. Carrying this love for his craft into adulthood, Gregory has been practicing as a designer-maker since graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Ceramic Design in 1988. His final year portfolio consisted of furniture, lighting and sculptural toy robots made from slip cast porcelain, steel and cast glass. Early in his professional career, Gregory was awarded a three month studio residency in Northern Italy in 1991 through the Australia Council’s Visual Arts Board. Throughout his 25-year career, Gregory has continued to hone his skills as a designer and artisan, he now works in partnership with industrial designer Anthony Raymond with whom he owns and runs internationally renowned brand, Porcelain Bear Australia. An early adopter and local pioneer of CAD design in studio ceramics, Gregory’s work has been exhibited in Europe, the UK, the USA, throughout Asia and locally. Porcelain Bear continues to increase its international reputation as one of the most influential brands producing unique porcelain lighting, furniture and objects.