Pottery In Australia Vol 39 No 4 December 2000

DECEMBER 2000
AUSTRALIA WIDE
remain in the Bun St premises, after consideration of the
submissions forwarded to members, An ne Airey and
Frank Parrotte were thanked for the time spent searching
for a su itable prope.ty, Members will now look for ways
to improve the current bu ilding,
The Cera mic Arts Association of WA retained th e
executive comm ittee wi th Greg Crowe continuing as
President wi th the addition of Fleu r Schell , Alison
Browne, Murra y Gibbs, Na than Bray and War ick
Palmateer to the committee,
The Denmark Members Exhibition and the
Clay Ol ympics wi ll be held at the
McKenzie's propeny and studio in Denmark
over the Labour day weekend 3-4 Ma rch
2001. Be there to join the fun , Teams will
compete, artists will demonstrate and the
exhibition wi ll open in the Edge Gallery
on Su nda y, Check for informat ion on:
www.ceramicanswa.asn.au
Current exhibitions show all the diversity
of ceramics from richly decorated terracotta
bowls with maiolica and lustre glazing by
Ma rion Ahem Fischer at the Fremantle Ails
Centre to the solo exhibition of Fleur Schell.
An gela Mello r has returned to Pefl h
foll owing her MA research at Monash
University and is exhibiting her fine works
of translucent bone china at Gallery east.
See; www.galleryeast.com.au
Angela has also had her work featured in
a new book 'Working with PapercJay and
Other Additives' from Crowood Press,
In Perth the founh fabulous Teapot Show
was held at th e Old Bakery Gallery,
Maylands, Best functional teapot prize went
to Dianne Sigel.
Happy Christmas and happy potting!
• Ann Storey
ACT
The much anticipated move of Craft ACT to
their new premises on the first floor of the
No rt h Building, Civic Squ are, in the city
centre has been made, Th e newly fitted
gallery spaces were officia ll y opened in
early October by Kate Carnell in wha t
proved to be one of her las t appearances as Chief
Minister of the ACT. CuratOr fo r Craft ACT, Catrina
Vignando, has mounted twO inaugu ral exhibitions - a
stunning and comprehensive retrospective of the ceramic
work of Hiroe Swen in the main gallery and a smaller,
but no less inspiring, display of recent jewellery by the
Gray Street Workshop in Ga llery 2, Craft ACT continues
to use ex hibi tion space in the Link at the Canberra
Theatre Centre and on the first floo r of the Canberra
Centre Mall in addition to its central ga lleries.
MAGGIE SMITH
SA REPRESEt\fTATIVE
My first foray into clay was as a school
girl in England and it wasn't until 1974,
eight years after a move to Adelaide,
that J attended evening classes in clay
sculpture, Ceramics became a serious
pursuit in the late 70s,
Always ambitious, early on I entered three (not very good)
Voulkos white, cobalt decorated vases in an exhibition only
to discover that without exception, every other entry was
glazed in Terunoku or Wengers Dark Oatmeal - there's a
memory.
A compulsive decorator (charactature, whimsy, humour and
lots of flowers) using maiolica and underglaze techniques, I
find the variety of working through all temperature ranges,
stimulating, InspirJtion surrounds me everywhere.Handbuilt
figures are a favourite and much in demand,
A traditionalist with firing, I built my own 20 cu ft propane
fired brick kiln,
I've done lots of committee and gaUery work over the years
- J loved organising but now enjoy a quieter life.
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