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White Vase With Yellow And Black Dots
Laurel Robinson
Each ceramic artwork and product at Kaiela Arts is hand-moulded by our artists using a variety of clay, including Buff Raku Trachyte, White Raku, Terracotta, Porcelain, and river clay gathered from the banks and wetlands on Yorta Yorta Country. Various glazes are also utilised by our artists, and they often use the sgraffito technique, carving into the clay’s surface to reveal layered stories of Country, memory, and cultural knowledge.
This practice is supported through our dedicated ceramics program, led by esteemed ceramicist Kaye Poulton. With guidance and mentorship, our artists have embraced the medium of clay as a vessel of self-determination and cultural renewal. Through clay and fire, our artists continue to inscribe stories that honour the past while shaping a future that is both enduring and evolving. This program strengthens cultural practice, creates employment, and provides new creative pathways for our artists.
By purchasing a Kaiela Arts ceramic piece, you are directly supporting the continuation of these stories and the livelihoods of our artists and their families.
Medium: Ceramic – glazed
Artwork Size: 13 x 11 x 11cm
Catalogue No: 92-26
$75.00
In stock
About the Artist
Laurel Robinson
Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri
Laurel Robinson is a proud Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri woman, born and raised on Yorta Yorta Country in Mooropna, Barmah and Shepparton. Her life and work are deeply connected to her cultural roots, especially her time growing up on Yorta Yorta Country at the Cummeragunja Mission in Barmah, Victoria.
Laurel spent much of her life away from home, working first in Melbourne as a telephonist, then in Sydney for over 40 years with the Aboriginal Medical Service, before returning to Shepparton. Upon joining Kaiela Arts, Laurel reconnected with her passion for creativity, finding art to be a powerful way to reflect on memory, identity, and belonging. She says “I joined Kaiela Arts and I then realised my hidden feelings I had in art and the memories of my childhood. I do love working with the other Elders and exchanging stories, I think it’s important we pass our stories onto the younger generations.”
She works across painting and ceramics, often drawing on childhood memories and community stories. Laurel is a strong advocate for intergenerational knowledge-sharing, valuing her time spent working with fellow Elders and supporting opportunities for younger generations to learn and connect through culture and art.
Laurel is also known for her role in the legendary all-female Yorta Yorta music group, The Sapphires, whose story has become a significant part of Australian cultural history.
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