A Life Shaped by Clay and Current Gerry Wedd, born in McLaren Vale, South Australia, in 1957, is an artist whose work embodies a fascinating tension between the enduring traditions of ceramics and the ephemeral currents of popular culture. His journey began not within the hallowed halls of art schools—though he would later earn a Masters in Fine Art from the University of South Australia—but amidst the practicalities of family life, l…