Image by Amelia Stanwix
Alyssa Nuttall is a ceramic artist and designer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice explores the relationship between clay, geological time, and fragile ecosystems.
Working with clay as both material and collaborator, she creates carved and reconstructed forms that reference shifting Australian environments, including coral reefs, eroding coastlines, and drought-affected landscapes. Guided by balance, weight, and the material’s limits, her vessels sit between stability and fragility.
Through asymmetry and layered surfaces, Alyssa’s work reflects on ecological change and the quiet resilience of the natural world, inviting closer attention to the environments that sustain life.
Exhibitions
2026
The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) Members’ Exhibition: Continuum at Noosa Regional Gallery
Melbourne Design Week
*An initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
- Tall Poppy at Kelli Lundberg Art
- Finite at Dowel Jones
- Relics & Remains at Nord Modern
- 100 Chairs at Abbotsford Convent
Craft Victoria Member’s Exhibition
2025
Held Together at Dowel Jones
The Museum of Modern Craft at The Finders Keepers Market (Dowel Jones with Craft Victoria)
Press
2026 The Design Files: Alyssa Nuttall's Ceramics Are Inspired By Fragile Ecosystems
2026 Slow Clay Centre: Artist-Teacher Spotlight: Alyssa Nuttall
Professional Experience
Wheel Throwing teacher at Slow Clay Centre, Collingwood VIC (current)
Education
Teacher Technicianship at Slow Clay Centre
Bachelor of Psychology (minor in Music), Monash University