Pottery In Australia Vol 39 No 4 December 2000
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Above: Blue Celadon cups on carved<br />
and glazed support rings.<br />
19.5x 12an<br />
Left: Support rings for cups, glazed<br />
and unglazed porcelain (detaiQ.<br />
3x8cm<br />
OpPOSite<br />
Left: Porcelain cup with oil spot glaze<br />
interior. Crackle glaze support ring.<br />
lOx6.5cm<br />
Right: 'Urchins', unglazed porcelain.<br />
9.5 x 6.Sern. 8.2 x 5cm<br />
Photography by Petra Murphy.<br />
overglazed with crackle glaze, on the surface of some of<br />
the cup forms, adds an element of interest.<br />
Wheel thrown and turned to achieve lightness and<br />
translucency when fired in a reducing atmosphere to<br />
J 300°C, the c ups are polished wilh wet and dry<br />
sandpaper to create the desired smoothness. The<br />
"doughnut" ring SUppOlt was a natural extension of the<br />
original sea urchin idea.<br />
These rings are wheel thrown, hollow and deceptively<br />
light. Crackle glaze provides a strong contrast to the<br />
unglazed exterior of the cups. Balancing inside the<br />
"saucer' support ring, the cup invites the viewer to touch,<br />
to feci the tactile quality of the polished porcelain, and<br />
reanrange the elements.<br />
A recent exhibition of this work titled "Balancing Act 1"<br />
at the Link Gallery in Cannerra, was the result of the 1999<br />
Emerging Artists Support Scheme, Craft ACT Award.<br />
The 1999 (EASS) Clayworks Award gave me the<br />
opportunity to produce the body work using Southern<br />
Ice porcelain. G\!)<br />
Pelra Murphy is a teacJler of ceramics al Cooma C..olJege ofTAFE.<br />
www.ozemail.com.au/-ciayworkimurphy.hnll<br />
Tel 02 6452 3219<br />
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