The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 52 No 2 July 2013

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Two kilns on, feet up, coffee, breakfast cereal
and yoghurt to hand . . time for my report!
The Gold Coast Potters Association had their 3rd
Art & Crafter's Market (the first of two for 2013)
on Sunday 5 May. Even through the exhaustion,
there is elation at having such a fantastic,
successful event on our site with almost 50
stall holders, demonstrations, music, woodfired
pizzas, sausage sizzle, cakes and sweets and
perfect weather. The stallholders already want
to book for the next one to be held on 24
November! For me a highlight was finally getting
to meet Katherine Mahoney of Sydney. This
charming lady donated bowls for our Empty bowl
Silent Auctions, and I made sure I successfully bid
on them each time!
The exhibition Ebb Tide, with work by Megan
Puis and Kathryn Mitchell, was opened on
Saturday 2 March by ceramicist Stephanie
Outridge Field; according to newsletter editor
June Cummings it was a meeting of the master
and the apprentice.
I, along with a few of my potter mates,
was disappointed we could not attend Clay
Push in Gulgong. But, to make up for our
disappointment we are having the famous (and
muddy?) Vicki Grima visit to judge our Members'
Exhibition in November, and, to conduct a
workshop. Very exciting!
There are more workshops also planned - Helen
Charles' large coil-built pots workshop in June
and a hands-on two day workshop with Malcolm
Greenwood in November. Shirley Battrick of
our Mudgeeraba studio will run a Printing on
Clay 6-hour workshop in August. Techniques
will include making your own transfers, using
commercial tissue transfers, lithography, use of
the Print Gocco machine, screen printing, decals
and overglaze decoration.
On 21 July, the exhibition The Rainbow
Collection will open at Clay Art Benowa Gallery,
followed by Living Pots on 8 September.
Spring Fever on the Sunshine Coast will be held
from 10 to 14 October. For more information,
email jackie-gasson@bigpond.com.
Happy potting,
Lynette Rogers
E: romeo-whisky@bigpond.com
sa
The next few months are looking promising for
the SA ceramics community. On 30 June is the
return of Mug Day in the hills. Mug Day was
an annual tradition that sadly ended a while
ago. It was held at Aldgate Crafts where every
mug purchased was filled with soup or mulled
wine. Thanks to Alison Arnold and Rose Maguire
at Milan Rouge, Mug Day will return to the
hills showcasing the best of South Australia's
handmade ceramics and, hopefully, plenty of
mulled wine.
After the buzz early in the year of the Adelaide
Festival and Fringe Festival, we are back into
the festival mood with the SALA (SA Living
Artist) Festival, which runs from 2 to 25 August.
Ozmosis, at Milan Rouge Contemporary Craft
and Design, opens on Sunday 4 August from
1-4pm and runs for the entirety of SALA. The
exhibition will feature work by ceramic artists
Alison Arnold, Sally Baddams, Jane Burbidge,
Anna Couper, Rose Maguire and Angela Walford,
and will explore the theme of Australiana in a
contemporary context. Another event associated
with SALA is the Open Studio Weekend on
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August, in which
the recently founded 6 Hands Studio (run by
Stephanie James-Manttan, Alison Smiles and
myself, Sophia Phillips) will be participating. And
as part of the bike tour, five or so mixed media
studios in the western suburbs of Adelaide
- Fontanelle, George Street Studios, The Axe
House and Gate 8 - will also join in.
And last but not least, Gus Clutterbuck is jetting
off to Jingdezhen for a residency in June and July
at the Pottery Workshop funded by the Australia
Council. He will be concentrating on blue and
white decoration skills and developing a new
exhibition of work. Bon voyage Gus!
Anyone wishing to contribute news to the SA
report, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Sophia Phillips
E: sophia@nemex.com.au
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