The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 54 No 1 April 2015
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<strong>Australian</strong> Ceram ics Triennale 2 015<br />
panellists have built strong and supportive online communities through different social media platforms.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will discuss the potential <strong>of</strong> social media to shape one's practice and how to then share it with an<br />
infinitely accessible audience.<br />
<strong>The</strong> conference has an exciting line-up <strong>of</strong> demonstrators programmed every afternoon, many showing<br />
innovative techniques for making and firing. Cj Jilek, a ceramicist from Chicago, is one such artist,<br />
whose meticulous method and attention to detail make her work exquisitely beautiful and eerily fleshy.<br />
Her work is complex and involves layer upon layer <strong>of</strong> texture. Her component forms are slipcast, then<br />
expertly assembled, textured and coloured, only to finally undergo a series <strong>of</strong> post-firing treatments such<br />
as rubber-coating or flocking.<br />
Somchai (haroen is a Thai artist living in Sydney who started his career in indust rial ceramics. He<br />
now incorporates this expertise into his artistic process, making slipcast forms w ith extreme precision.<br />
Charoen pushes the technical boundaries <strong>of</strong> slipcasting, making highly complex and delicate forms that<br />
he then finishes with great attention to detail. He will present the moulds he uses and demonstrate<br />
his casting technique to create a series <strong>of</strong> forms that can be interactively assembled in flexible<br />
configurations.<br />
<strong>The</strong> free and inclusive public programs organised on the fringe <strong>of</strong> the conference will cater to a<br />
broad range <strong>of</strong> ages and ceramics expertise. Sli p Graffiti will be a community artwork event in which<br />
participants will build up a layered, textural surface by painting with different coloured slips. Another<br />
event will feature the construction <strong>of</strong> a large-scale ephemeral clay sculpture, built onto a central<br />
armature. <strong>The</strong>se programs represent a practical, hands-on side to the conference, and all are invited to<br />
take part.<br />
Isabelle Mackay-Sim, BVA (ANU)<br />
For the full program and presenter/demonstrator details see<br />
www.australianceramicstriennale.com.au/<strong>2015</strong>/program<br />
Somchai Charoen<br />
Fiona fell<br />
Carole Epp<br />
100 THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS APRIL <strong>2015</strong>
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