August 2010... Some new local stockists on board ... great to have support for local designer makers... I have also started teaching at our community learning center and it is so enjoyable to pass on the knowlege so generously shared by my teachers and friends...
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July 2010... End of July now... Ceramics Now? opened at the Box Hill Art Space at the Town Hall... An exhibition that includes works from the Whitehorse City collection... wtih one of mine... so cool to be included in an exhibiton with some very fine ceramists.
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July 2010... Back to the studio after a few weeks of exhibiton and design festival and just can't wait to get back into production. Have some new products under development and plenty of orders to keep busy in this cold weather...
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July 2010... Come and see my work at the State of Design Festival exhibition: Design:Made:Trade - I will be sharing a stand with 3 talented Craft Victoria makers
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June 2010... Getting ready for a very busy month ahead in July. Studio is getting colder but the kiln keeps things warm!
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May 2010... Working away in Studio and getting ready for Fabricate an exhbition coming in July/
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April 2010... It's exciting to have a new gallery/shop in Melbourne selling hand made pottery... Potier opened mid April in Albert Park... http://www.potier.com.au/
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Still March... My studio is quiet now... I completed the last firing for the next few weeks.. and the floor is so clean!
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march 2010... The end of march... a little set of nexted bowls I created for the 340 gram exhibition coming up in April... They weigh in at 336... phew...
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march 2010... It has been very busy recently - with orders, exhibitions and comissions so I am looking forward to a week off at easter! The yearly teapot exhibition at the studio@flinders and the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery 2010 Emerging Artist Exhibition exhibition both open next week
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feb 2010... There are so many great exhibitions and opportunites to prepare for and the studio is busy. I have been working on one particular project for months... a comission for a simple teapot... Although I make teapots as part of my production line... this is a korean style teapot... for some reason to get every component to work correctly together is elusive... |
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I have made some water stones for the Herring Island "Oasis" Exhibition - Starts Saturday and runs over the following two weeks. This has to be one of the most fun things to do in Melbourne each summer. Only accessible by punt (just a touch 'wind in the willows'). Wonderful sculpture in a natural environment... in the middle of the City.
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What I did over the summer............
ahhhhh christmas... I kept busy by creating a series of new works for the 'Summer in the City' exhibition on now!
This is the culmination of a few busy weeks in my studio...
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Well, the Christmas Melbourne Design Market has been and gone.... which means the holidays start soon!
I am anticipating a productive time... culminating in a little exhibition opening early Jan in town
stay tuned...
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New! Little bottles now at Craft Victoria and smallpieces.
A few selected exhibitions coming up;
+ Ceramics Victoria 40th Anniversary
opens wednesday 14th October 09,
+ Masterworks in the Vineyard
opens 17th October
+ early november is 'Bottled'
at Pan Gallery...
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Have been busy in the studio working on a new range of little bottles... and stay tuned for some more stockists in Victoria and ACT..
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The Herald Sun visited last week which prompted a studio clean up!! no really... it doent always look so swish.......
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Spring if on it's way... and the studio is in full swing... getting a few group exhibition items ready and working on production...
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The new Handmade in Melbourne launched in August... filled with local makers and a handy geographical round up!
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Some new work shown at the Eclat exhibition in July
these designs will make their way into production soon
............. I am also pleased to have a new stockist! - Form gallery in Perth...
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My cup of tea at the 2009 Melbourne Design Market at Federation Square.
http://www.nationaldesigncentre.com/
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The exhibition was great!. The opening was really enjoyable + we raised some money for the Anti-Cancer Council. Simone and I looking happy!
www.sprangfrommycupoftea.com
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Getting ready for "My cup of tea" in may and although its getting cold outside - the studio is warm!
www.sprangfrommycupoftea.com
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End of summer and time to get busy with this exhibition. Things are taking shape... working with decals has potential...
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Summer is finally here and
as the end of the year
approaches I'm thinking
of lazy days at the beach!
So I've come up with some fresh designs to go with the mood.
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Fast forward through winter .......
It's August and it's great to be in the studio. I got a bit side tracked with work.
I also spent some time working with decals with varying results. But I'm definitely back in
production mode with a new range of porcelain bottles.
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We're flying through May.
Studio is getting a bit chilly. I found some little frogs living in my reclaimed clay bins outside! I moved them on though.
Still working on the molds for light housings and experimenting with joined forms... double walled bowls...
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Well... april was spend working on porcelain bottles and other objects.
They featured at the hotbeam stand at Designex 08 in Sydney. I've also been working on
coloring my base glaze with a range of stains.
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porcelain bottles in the studio
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The rest of my studio time has been working on multi-part molds for slip casting. These are to create housing for light fittings. I'm experimenting with cool-casting slip which looks promising. Creating a production process for a comercial product is very different from making one-off objects or sets.
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working with stains to come up
with a new pallete
for a range of colors
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