The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 50 No 2 July 2011
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Focus: <strong>Ceramics</strong> + Utility<br />
Left: Spot the bowls at sunset<br />
Below left: Victory Hotel chefs<br />
ready to serve dinner<br />
Below: Prue Venables at the<br />
event<br />
In a summer <strong>of</strong> unpredictable weather, the gods were smiling on Sunday 27 February when a 35-degree<br />
day with clear blue sky mellowed into a perfect evening for the One Magic Bowl event. On the tip <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Fleurieu Peninsula, Port Willunga is an hour's drive from Adelaide through the McLaren Vale wineries.<br />
Visitors picked up their bowls from the stacks at the entrance to the beach and added them to their picnic<br />
sets, not just for the dinner but also as a memento to take home.<br />
Meals were served from small tents along the beach and the menu was truly multicultural: there was<br />
curry, con gee, chowder, ravioli and couscous, all served with locally baked bread. Wine and beer could be<br />
purchased to complement the dinner and, as the sun set over the water, a light show and film stills were<br />
projected on to the cliffs.<br />
<strong>No</strong>t all the potters who made the bowls were able to make it to the event but those who did, including<br />
Prue and her director Brian Parkes, were able to mingle with the crowd incognito and witness the<br />
success <strong>of</strong> this major project which did more than help to feed a crowd, it reinforced the purpose <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Jam Factory which has always been to nurture the ca reers <strong>of</strong> talented artists, craftspeople and designers.<br />
Carole lander is a freelance writer and editor based in Melbourne,<br />
www.jamfactory.com.au<br />
THE IOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS IULY <strong>2011</strong> 35
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