2010, The Other, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne

Titania Henderson, Message Sticks, 2009, bone china porcelain and French Limoges porcelain, 4.0 x 70.0 x 28.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Message Sticks, 2009, bone china porcelain and French Limoges porcelain, 4.0 x 70.0 x 28.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Listening II, 2010, bone china porcelain and French Limoges porcelain dimensions variable. — Titania Henderson, Listening II, 2010, bone china porcelain and French Limoges porcelain dimensions variable

Titania Henderson, Silence, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 25.0 x 20.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Silence, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 25.0 x 20.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Light & Shadow Couple, 2010, bone china, 11.0 x 10.0 x 40.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Light & Shadow Couple, 2010, bone china porcelain, 11.0 x 10.0 x 40.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Connection, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 12.0 x 16.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Connection, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 12.0 x 16.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Circle of Life, 2009, bone china porcelain, 7.0 x 20.0 x 27.0 cm. — Titania Henderson, Circle of Life, 2009, bone china porcelain, 7.0 x 20.0 x 27.0 cm

Titania Henderson, Remembering, 2010, bone china porcelain, 37.0 x 30.0 x 25.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Remembering, 2010, bone china porcelain, 37.0 x 30.0 x 25.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Piled Up I (Yellow), 2009, bone china porcelain with black bone china porcelain, 25.0 x 52.0 x 38.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Piled Up I (Yellow), 2009, bone china porcelain with black bone china porcelain, 25.0 x 52.0 x 38.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Piled Up III (Yellow), 2009, bone china porcelain with black bone china porcelain, 25.0 x 52.0 x 38.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, Together II, 2010, bone china porcelain with 5 black china porcelain inserted forms, 14.0 x 32.0 x 35.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, Together II, 2010, bone china porcelain with 5 black china porcelain inserted forms, 14.0 x 32.0 x 35.0 cm variable

Titania Henderson, The Other, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm variable. — Titania Henderson, The Other, 2010, bone china porcelain, 36.0 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm variable

Photographs by Garry Smith

20 October – 12 November 2010
The Other, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne

Titania Henderson’s exhibition The Other presents a range of ceramic sculptural installations in pure white Bone China that convey a three-dimensional engagement. A fragility and vulnerability resonate through these poignant paper-thin configurations, bringing a sense of clarity and freedom. These hand built works challenge the conception of Bone China as a material only suited for slip casting. Henderson’s method involves perseverance, technical proficiency and precision, as she creates her own language of rhythmic ceramic art. There is an inherent translucent character that appeals to elements of shadow and light within the works. This new body of work is based on ideas of the human conscience and larger philosophical ideas beyond the objects themselves and beyond language.

Karen Woodbury