No Wi-Fi in This Paradise

 

No Wi-Fi in This Paradise

The Postcard Ceramic Wall

The Postcard Ceramic Wall is a series of ceramic wall works that transforms imagined landscapes, distant memories, and places that may or may not exist into three-dimensional postcards. Like souvenirs from somewhere half-remembered, each piece captures a small world shaped by nostalgia, fantasy, and escapeβ€”more dramatic, more poetic, and with no stamps required.

The series was first presented as part of No Wi-Fi in This Paradise, a whimsical installation exploring the desire to disconnect from the constant noise of contemporary life. Using pastel colours, playful forms, and kawaii-inspired pop aesthetics, the works imagine an idyllic world where nature becomes strange, charming, and slightly surreal.

Rather than documenting real destinations, these ceramic postcards act as fragments of imagined journeys: places we long for, places we remember differently, or landscapes that exist only in our minds. Together, they invite viewers into a quiet kind of escapismβ€”a paradise where connection is found not through a screen, but through memory, imagination, and the physical world.

 

photo by Bhavin

No Wi-Fi in This Paradise
Solo Exhibition
12 β€” 22 December 2024
at SOL Gallery
Melbourne, VIC 3004

 

(on-going personal work) 2024 - current

 
 

BLOOMING LATE, LIKE MY DEADLINES
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
19 Γ— 15cm

NO WI-FI IN THIS PARADISE
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 16cm πŸ”΄

NATURE’S DRIVE-THRU
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
18 x 15cm πŸ”΄

HOME, BUT MAKE IT PINTEREST
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 15cm πŸ”΄

WHERE THE WILD THINGS PRETEND
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
19 x 15cm

 

NINE LIVES ALL NONSENSE
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 16cm πŸ”΄

STILL MORE GRACEFUL THAN YOUR EX
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 16cm πŸ”΄

TAKE ME HOME, CERAMIC ROADS
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 16cm πŸ”΄

NO DUCKS GIVEN
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
19 x 16cm πŸ”΄

 

AIRMAIL TO NOWHERE
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 x 16cm πŸ”΄

SWIMMING UPSTREAM IN STYLE
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
19 x 16cm πŸ”΄

SHALLOW WATERS, DEEP THOUGHTS
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
19 x 16cm πŸ”΄

NATURE CALLS, BUT IT’S ON MUTE
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre
20 Γ— 16cm

Image courtesy of Nani Puspasari

 
 
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