Image: Cracked Earth and vases collection (outcome of artisan in Residence for Regional Emerging Makers 2025; Natalie Ward is a Townsville-based ceramicist pursuing a sustainable ceramics practice transforming various mining waste materials), 2025, Natalie Ward. Reduction fired wild clay from the Charters Towers region in North Queensland; Glazed with rock from Victoria point and ash from Agnes Restaurant, Fortitude Valley. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Photography by artisan.