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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