Jamie-Lee Garner is an interdisciplinary Artist that lives and works in the Northern Tablelands, on Ngarabal country in NSW, Australia. She received her BA in Architecture from the University of Sydney in 2018. In her arts practice Jamie-Lee works with ceramics, painting and film photography. Through all her works she explores the relationship between our inner world and our external reality, dealing mostly with the energetic integration or dissonance of our memories. 

Utilising upcycled textiles and an exploratory ceramics process Jamie-Lee is focused on optimising sustainability and creative expression. She plays with the senses through materiality and form, building sandy raku clay vessels and meticulously wrapping them in offcuts from vintage bath towels that evoke a sense of nostalgia. 

Each towel is individually sourced from a range of interesting characters across Australia and each of these towels has had a journey all its own. The towels are then handmade into one-of-a-kind hats at Sydney based fashion label Re/lax Remade, after which the colourful offcuts are diverted from landfill and into Jamie-Lee's hands, ready for the alchemy of the ceramics studio. 

"Through the process of warmly wrapping these stone like vessels I am reminded of the true expanse of human imagination and collaboration across time and mediums. This fabric has travelled across decades, been held in many hands, loved in many homes and is now living anew. These nostalgic patterns have a third chance at life and it is something quite special to know that many artisans have worked with them along the way."