New Zealand-based artist Sammy Mayell works from his studio in Queenstown, creating sculptural ceramic compositions that explore colour, form and spatial relationships. With a background in photography and graphic design, his practice is informed by a disciplined understanding of proportion and composition. Mayell’s wall-based works occupy a considered position between contemporary art, design and interior architecture.

Mayell’s ceramic forms are individually slip-cast, refined by hand and finished with layered reactive glazes. Produced in small batches, each element retains subtle variations in tone, texture and surface. These distinctions are integral to the work, reflecting both the material character of clay and the natural unpredictability of the firing process.

New Zealand-based artist Sammy Mayell works from his studio in Queenstown, creating sculptural ceramic compositions that explore colour, form and spatial relationships. With a background in photography and graphic design, his practice is informed by a disciplined understanding of proportion and composition. Mayell’s wall-based works occupy a considered position between contemporary art, design and interior architecture.