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Time to finish up the year with plenty of plans for 2012! Have a happy new year...






Christmas 2011 
  


The Christmas Melbourne Design Market will be here again on December 4th at Federation Square






Melbourne Design Market new logo 
  


November 2011.. Melbournalia is a project that supports local designers in melbourne with 5 temporary outlets.






Melbourne Design Market new logo 
  



October 2011... For updates about what is going on in the studio check out the blog from my studio







blog 
  



September 2011... New for spring - soft pastel colors and some new forms.








Spring 2011 
  



September 2011... My work has been selected as a finalist in the Clunes Ceramic Award from the 11rd of September.








White nights 
  



August 2011... Transferring the Image opens in Sydney 26th August at the Kerrie Lowe Gallery. I have both my own work plus a collaboration with printmaker Kathy Fahey in this exhibition about imagery on ceramics.






Rush hour 
  



July 2011... Busy getting it all together for Design Made Trade 21 - 24 July and the Melbourne Design Market at Federation Square on 24 July.







design made trade
Melbourne design market 
  



June 2011... Getting colder. So playing around with color again!






Play teacups 
  



May 2011... 'Wish you were here' a group exhibition inspired by travel. This was a fun exhibiton to organise.






Wish you were here 
  



April 2011... After the joy of curating 'Forming Words'... another group show will be here soon... 'Wish you were here' opening 18th may 6:30pm






Wish you were here 
  


March 2011... A new group show coming up. Forming words is about ... text on ceramics! Opens 3rd March.






Pan Gallery Forming words 
  


Feb 2011...It's really busy now and I am trying to shake off that summer holidays feeling... by making more of these beakers with Michaela Bruton’s lovely illustrations commissioned by Craft Victoria's New Craft Project.






Craft Vic Beakers 
  


Happy new year!.... 2011 and I am in my new studio... It is all up and running and busy again.






New Studio 
  


I am looking forward to moving into my new studio over Christmas!

Thank you to everyone who has supported my work over the past year....






Merry Christmas 
  


The Christmas Melbourne Design Market will be here again on December 5th at Federation Square






Melbourne Design Market new logo 
  


November and have some new stockists including the Tarrawarra Museum of Art shop






TWMA logo 
  


October was really pleased to be a finalist in the Home Beautiful Product of the Year awards






TWMA logo 
  


September 2010... New cups for Cumulus restaurant in Melbourne available now! There were developed with Craft Victoria for Cumulus.






Fabricate 



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...






Fabricate 



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.






Fabricate 

  


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...






Fabricate 

  


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






Fabricate 

  


June 2010... Getting ready for a very busy month ahead in July. Studio is getting colder but the kiln keeps things warm!






Fabricate 

  


May 2010... Working away in Studio and getting ready for Fabricate an exhbition coming in July/






Fabricate 

  


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/






Potier 

  


Still March... My studio is quiet now... I completed the last firing for the next few weeks.. and the floor is so clean!






cups 

  


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...






 

  


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






Studio on thursday 

  


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...






Wheel 

  


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.






Water stones 

  
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...






Summertime bowls 
  


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...






Melbourne Design Market new logo 
  


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...






colored bottles at smallpieces 
  


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..





mexican ram at the entrance to my studio 
  


The Herald Sun visited last week which prompted a studio clean up!! no really... it doent always look so swish.......






pinboard in studio 
  


Spring if on it's way... and the studio is in full swing... getting a few group exhibition items ready and working on production...






looking into studio 
  


The new Handmade in Melbourne launched in August... filled with local makers and a handy geographical round up!






handmade in melbourne 
  


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...






alice vases 
  


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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simoneandingrid (22K)  
  


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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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... ....................






 
studio
  
Whatever I do in the studio it always comes back to playing around with colour at some point!






 
working with stains to come up
with a new pallete


  









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