inspiring!

"Painting with smoke"

a handbuild vessel made by David Roberts from the U.K.

And what a wonderfull week it was in gulgong. David Roberts one of the 18 master potters from around the globe, demontrating there way of ceramic making.

Our turn on saturday, my pot before firing, glazed and scrached.   Cooling down and some pots finished. 

It was a full program from 9.00 in the morning till about 8.00 at night. So plenty to take in and deciding wich demontrations to go to.

A warming up session of Louise Boscacci!

More for "Clay Energy" Gulgong

"Up In Smoke"

All delegates/potters/teachers/students are invited to make and exhibit a ceramic art work that will fit inside a matchbox.

All work will be exhibited during Clay Energy Gulgong 2010 in a venue to be advised.

A final 45 works will be chosen by Michael Ciavarella and Rowley Drysdale, with the aim of an ongoing tour of the exhibition. Venues for the touring exhibition will also include Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, and The Gallery, Eumundi, Sunshine Coast.

There is no set theme.
All participants are to bring their work with them to be delivered on Wednesday, April 28.
Late entries will not be accepted!
There will be a People's Choice Award and an Exhibition opening.
Please note:
No box is to be altered or painted on the outside.
The art work MUST fit inside a standard Redheads Matchbox (content 45 Safety Matches).

I did mine but only just in time! I had to do them twice!! The first time I used different colours which I discoverd didn't look good enough, not to me anyway. So I did them again and the red, black and white do look so much better.

"Clay energy" GULGONG

Clay energy is the eighth in this series of clay events and promises to be as rewarding and stimulating as the previous seven have been. International artists from Finland, Hungary, Israel, Iceland, UK, USA, NZ as well as Australian artists will lead the workshop presentations. Participate in experimental raku and hands-on events.

Talks, demonstrations, exhibitions and special events will take place in the historic and friendly town of Gulgong, heart of the renowned Puggoon clay deposits - a town small and convenient enough to be intimate and at the same time becoming again the hub of the ceramic world. Janet Mansfield is the art director and will host a day at Morning View including exhibitions and participatory events.

So... I can't wait to go there, leaving Maleny on the 27th of April for this 5 day event.

These are my 2 entrees for The Australian Ceramic Association  2010 members’ exhibition.

which is called 340 grams.

Why 340 grams?

This is the weight of a normal issue of The Journal of Australian Ceramics. The challenge? Take 340 grams of wet clay and make a bowl or a sculpture.