Robert Cloughley is the ceramics program coordinator and senior lecturer at the Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand. He has been working with clay for about 30 years, and during that time his own practice has been predominantly focused on ceramic sculpture, with thrown work on the side. His work has included installation, performance, collaboration, and mixed media. Rob has been interested in creating sculpture that tells a story of liminality, and the simulacra of industry that might be organic, remnants of a post-industrial age.
A barrel of fun
Maybe not so much fun for some these days
With leaky holes, and leaky ideas
Crusty bits n crabby drips
Was this useful, once upon a time, or again?
The driving wind creeping through the slots
The sea crashing
Now we are barreling along in the wrong direction
