Set within the context of a functioning foundry and pottery workshop, the exhibition explores the incidental compositions that form in working spaces; shelves are cluttered with tools, offcuts, vessels, and materials that gather not by design but by use.

Campbell draws on her background in art history and design to approach ceramics with a studied appreciation for form, space, and light. Her works embrace simplicity, clean lines, restrained glazes, and muted tones, echoing both the industrial setting in which they were made and the contemplative atmosphere they evoke.

Displayed within a shelving structure, the pieces invite shifting perspectives. Viewed together, they form a single visual field, yet each shelf or cluster operates as its own moment, a still life suspended in clay.

Rather than presenting an idealised version of still life, Campbell captures the unpredictable arrangements that occur naturally in a working environment. Her shelves are not curated but lived in, revealing the layered texture of a space shaped by making.

Using shelf units to display the work reinforces this idea of shifting perspectives and layered meaning. Each shelf tells its own story while contributing to a larger narrative, both a study in form and a meditation on the spaces we inhabit.

Anna Campbell lives on the western hills of Te Awa Kairangi, Lower Hutt, where her ceramic studio shares space with her sculptor husband's bronze casting foundry in a 400 square metre military bunker. She primarily works on the wheel, favouring understated forms, minimal palettes, and a quiet attention to detail.