"He really puts things to the fire, in a way," says Rick.
It's quite unlike any installation he has had before. Rick uses words like "earthy" and "gestural" to describe the pieces.
The work was produced during lockdown and, according to Darryl, "it's about the emotions of change and the unexplainable effects this will have on us from now on …"
The individual pieces, while in a kind of formation on the wall, were arranged with no thought of measured symmetry. Darryl is quite relaxed about the structure of the display.
Darryl's studio, gallery, home and workspace is called Frost and Fire in the township of Tasman, 40 minutes' drive from Nelson. He has been a fulltime potter and sculptor since the late 1980s. He grew up in Leigh and travelled to Nelson to study at NMIT in 1989, majoring in ceramics.
O VOID 2020 is on display at Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics. Photo / Paul Brooks
He has recently finished building his fourth Anagama kiln and his distinctive style of Anagama wood firing has gained him national and international recognition.
Darryl says his work is "a tactile and intuitive response to nature taken from his surroundings". His observations run wild and combine with the idiosyncrasies of the source of clay he uses.
