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Hi, I’m Gemma. I’m an artist, a poet, a photographer, a sculptor, a sun worshiper, a believer in magic and a heart interpreter. 

I have always been on a creative journey.

I grew up fossicking for gold and hunting for treasures with my dad in fern tree gully's deep in the Australian forest. Spending weeks at a time camping and living out in the forest meant that my creativity and imagination was given a free rein. I believe this is where my heart and who I was to become was nurtured and born. These are my fondest memories. Digging clay from the banks of a creek and making clay pots to put in the fire. Catching yabbies under rocks and cooking them to eat. Finding cicadas emerging from their shell and being convinced they were true fairies.

I have always believed in magic and fairy tales and even though I loved to be creative it did take me a while to find my heart and my feet. 

I picked up a camera after the birth of my son. I wanted to take great photos of him and capture every little tiny detail in the most beautiful way that I could. Photography was the launching pad that ignited the possibility that I could actually do something creative. I found my way to ceramics next and started to grow a little successful business. But something that I have learnt is creativity and pressure don’t mix well together. I was inundated with orders and I didn’t have the opportunity to be creative anymore, I was making the same thing over and over again and my passion started to die out. 

Then one dark and lonely night I was in bed journaling and I wrote a poem. I didn't know it at the time but this one little poem set off a chain of events that completely transformed my life. I started to write poetry non stop and share it on Instagram. People started resonating with what I was writing and for the first time in my life I was following and listening to my heart. Some beautiful things happened like getting an amazing book deal and then the pressure thing reared its ugly head again and I started to look for other ways to be creative instead of just focusing on poetry. I found my way back to ceramics but this time I knew how to listen to my heart and so I knew I wanted to make fairies. 

I describe my fairies as poetry in clay.

I write poems about feeling invisible, not worthy, lost and unlovable and about how I believe these are the emotions that make us beautiful and if we are willing to turn towards our vulnerability (and therefore towards our heart) then this is where our true magic lies. My fairies represent the fragility, vulnerability and the softness that I write about in my poetry. I make them because there is a deep connection with my heart and who I am when I do and that's what I want people to feel when they hold them, a connection to their heart also. 

I have also found my way to art and painting. At my core I love to learn. I love to be creative and painting was another thing for me to learn and another language in which to express my heart. My artworks are rich, deep and intense. They represent the intensity in which I feel. 

To create art and even to collect it is born out of a desire to be seen. To feel deeply. To find meaning. To get in touch with one’s heart and to feel a true sense of purpose. I think we should fill our lives with what makes our heart feel the most joy because when we do, we are connected, we are alive and we are loved.