2025
Clay and self
Eliza Claire Munro is a Ceramicist living on both Wadawurrung Country and Wurundjeri Country.
Eliza holds a Diploma of Arts from Griffith University, a Certificate of Chinese Language and Culture from Wuhan Daxue and completed two terms at the Bendigo Pottery Centre of Learning and Design in 2019, under the tutelage of the former CLAD Director, Dr Damon Moon.
In recent years Eliza has pursued larger pots and undertaken a course with the well regarded potter Stephen Proctor in order to achieve this goal.
Studio
Eliza previously had a large professional ceramic studio she called 'Community Clay', a name chosen to allow for community projects and small philanthropic acts.
Community Clay was situated directly off the High street of Lancefield in Central Victoria.
The late John Marsden kindly rented this commercial space to Eliza and she remains grateful to John and Kris for this opportunity to make larger and better pots.
In 2025, Eliza is relocating her studio equipment to her self-funded accessible studio premises in Buninyong.
Disability
Eliza lives with a debilitating and life limiting auto immune condition that requires she avoid UV light as it triggers her immune response.
Clay has been an important tool in coping with the pain, fatigue and the myriad of other symptoms brought about by her condition.
There is currently no cure for Eliza's condition and lifestyle modifications (avoiding light) are her best method of ensuring longevity and quality of life.
With Systemic Lupus, just 5 minutes of light exposure is enough to cause damage. Fluorescent indoor lighting is a particularly damaging light source, and this limits Eliza's access to many spaces that still utilise Fluorescent lighting.