Artwork: Milk jug with larva 2024
Artist: Sue Peachey
Medium: handbuilt earthenware, satin glaze, decals, coloured clay and sgraffito larva
Dimensions: 20 x 26 x 16cm
Acquisition: An acquisition of the ACT Legislative Assembly Art Advisory Committee, 2025
Asset no: OLA002998
About the Work
Sue Peachey's With moth was developed following her selection as the winner of the ACT Historic Places Art Prize – Craft + Design Award 2023. This prize, supported by Craft + Design Canberra, is part of their ongoing partnership with ACT Historic Places, fostering artistic engagement with Canberra's cultural and natural heritage. Milk jug with larva is from a body of work that draws on the collection of Canberra's historic Lanyon Homestead. It pairs utilitarian objects observed in the outbuildings of the homestead with endemic moth species. This pairing acknowledges the physical labour undertaken by workers and investigates the effect of the colonial endeavour on the natural environment. The larva on the jug is of the White Stemmed Gum Moth, a large moth frequently seen in Canberra,
About the Artist
Sue Peachey is a ceramic artist working on Ngunnawal country. She hand builds using porcelain and earthenware clay. Appreciation for all that sustains us on planet Earth and her love of the natural world are recurrent themes in the ceramics she creates. Sue was awarded the ACT Historic Places Art Prize – Craft + Design Award 2023. Based in Canberra, she is originally from New Zealand and brings a background in landscape design, permaculture and poetry to the work. Her studio, River’s Edge Ceramics, is located at the Canberra Potters Society.