Pottery In Australia Vol 30 No 2 1991

Coloured slips are used over stencils, with
press or sponge stamping and sgraffito. I like
the pots to be treated inside as well as outside.
My pots may be quite tame but sometimes
it'S fun to get a bit wild.
Paula Coombs
Carole Ashton
Carole Ashton
My introduction to clay came a little late in
lifeata time when there was a gap to be£illed.
I was always drawn to pottery exhibitions
and fairs. So I enrolled in a TAFE course to
learn the "basics II and enjoyed it so much I
found myself eventually in this course.
Ceramics has become an obsession, so many
things to explore and learn. It is never boring,
but it can also be very frustrating when
things go wrong. But when you produce
something which makes you happy, the satisfaction
is always worth the effort.
My current interest is in the full-bodied
shape of the Minoan jug from Crete around
2000 Be. Highly developed in art, architecture
and writing, the Minoans produced
abundant metalwork, pottery, engraved
seals, jewellery, statuettes and frescoes.
Their jug shapes could be squat or tall and
their designs depicted their free and easy
lifestyle, along with the marine and plant life
of their island.
Dorothy Ellis
My choice of ancient arms and armour as a
subject derives not so much from their use as
instruments of war as from their use as a
symbolic identification of kingdoms and
clans. They were fashioned as items of
beauty, indicators of status and wealth, worn
on ceremonial occasions.
Their use in war has taught us nothing. No
country can claim true peace. We fight
amongst ourselves and with neighbouring
countries. But we still feed weapons to our
children as ingredients in their stories, as
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