Artist Statement

Melanie Sky is a contemporary artist living and working on Djaara Country in Maldon, Victoria. Her practice spans textiles, ceramics, and installation, drawing on materials and methods historically coded as “feminine” to challenge the cultural hierarchies that diminish women’s work. Rooted in personal narrative and driven by a strong sense of justice, Sky explores labour, resilience, and politics. Sky refers to her method of making as expanded crafting – a mode of making that values process, embraces imperfection, and turns the handmade into quiet acts of resistance. Her work often reclaims and reuses materials, transforming objects and spaces into charged sites where intention and defiance coexist.