‘Quiet please’, 2024

‘Quiet please’ is a response to the constant noise that surrounds us, often making it difficult to find stillness amidst the chaos. This piece is created with a sense of calmness, accompanied by music and meditative marks carved into its form. Through this piece, I aim to offer viewers a moment of serenity – a chance to pause, take a deep breath and reconnect with themselves, even if it’s for just a minute or two. It serves as a gentle reminder to embrace the quiet moments that allow us to find peace within.

Fliss Dodd is a Sculptor living outside of Berry on Yuin country, NSW, Australia.

She studied Ceramics at the ANU School of Art in 1994, and it was here that she fell in love with hand building whilst being taught by renowned ceramicist Hiroe Swen.

Dodd’s sculptural pieces are all independent characters that unfold as she creates from slabs of clay, working with both stoneware and earthenware clay bodies. Born from a deep fascination with other cultures and their reverence to the bull, ceremonies, rituals, costume and story, they hold a sense of music, calmness, courage, connectedness and rhythm.

Fliss’ manner of working is best described as deeply intimate, making small, rhythmic, thoughtful, mediative marks on select pieces with the addition of the symbolic red thread, inspired from travels to Asia signifying a form of protection, luck and staying connected to the spiritual world. With every piece she makes her heart sings.

Her pieces are held in private collections both in Australia and overseas and no two are ever the same.