Creating a new body of work is a lengthy creative process for master ceramicist Ian Garrett, who hand-builds to near perfection. Born in the Eastern Cape, Garrett has been building vessels in clay since his early childhood. His first studio was a self-built hut in the garden. Garrett studied Sculpture at Rhodes University, graduating in 1992 before specialising in Ceramics at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (1994-1997). His works can now be found in the South African National Gallery (Cape Town), the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Gallery (Gqeberha), the Pretoria Art Museum, the Private Collection of HRH Duke Franz of Bavaria, Die Neue Sammlung Design Museum (Munich) and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (Washington DC) to name a few. Garrett’s deep reverence for ancient sculptural forms is apparent, as is his fascination with South African ceramic traditions, yet his work is undeniably contemporary and experimental. The forms explore polyrhythmic compositions of both classical and contemporary, mirroring one another and infusing the works with a certain timelessness.