Jayne Papalia is a ceramic artist based on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, known for sculptural works that explore form, texture and movement through clay.

Drawing inspiration from the Australian coastline, Papalia is particularly interested in the traces left by time and the elements — eroded rock formations, weathered surfaces, shifting shorelines and forms shaped by water and movement. Rather than recreating the landscape, she uses these observations as a starting point, allowing them to evolve into abstract sculptural forms through an intuitive process of making.