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  1. I like it lots….

    Posted by kateharbour | October 5, 2011, 8:01 pm
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  2. Waw Dawn…nice work! I love the organic claywork!Hpw big are these balls?What kind of glaze do you use?
    For the moment I work with a gaskiln-pots are into a claybox(I don’t know the word…)with a ashglaze-seaweed-salt and some sulfates(?). I start the kiln on saturday.
    I’m very curious for these results.
    I,m not a facebook-er etc…cannot or don’t want to take time for it…

    Is it winter now at your place?

    Myriam

    Posted by Myriam Thas | October 6, 2011, 6:39 pm
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  3. Hey Myriam, glad you like these new works… they are different sizes, but am trying to go for scale… glazes I am still thinking about.
    The ‘claybox’ is a saggar… i have done some saggar firing in the past & love the results… these days I do pit firing which gets similar results & is very interactive.
    I think you can look at my Facebook photos & stuff without being “on” Facebook… if so you could look at some of my previous works. (this blog is only new).
    We are in Spring here at the moment & moving into Summer in November… so I guess you are the opposite??
    Anyways good to be in contact… :-))

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | October 7, 2011, 12:19 am
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  4. I know the feeling Dawn. Patience is not just a virtue, its absolutely imperative in pottery and its my biggest challenge… not to chance firing ‘probably dry’ greenware, not to open the kiln when it is ‘probably’ cool enough. Aargh. Sometimes I can’t bear it. Got my a glaze firing on this morning, kiln packed to the roof. Mostly my students work which i fret over more than my own. So here’s hoping for no mishaps and no power cuts as rain is brewing and our little country town often experiences power outages at the first hint of rain.

    Posted by Jean | October 14, 2011, 11:23 pm
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  5. Now,that is really terrible.Nature is revenging its self more and more. My car got smashed by a tree last June during a hurrycane and yesterday night we had a terrible thunderstorm down here in Portugal ( my second home) .Rain came through the roof, but did not dammage anything, fortunately.

    Posted by Katrin Schober | October 24, 2011, 9:29 pm
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  6. I agree, Katrin… the extremes in nature are becoming more & more pronounced… & we still have politicians around the works denying human contributed global warming! amazing…

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | October 25, 2011, 1:09 pm
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  7. some really great blog posts on this website , thankyou for contribution.

    Posted by Tracey Mcmahon | October 26, 2011, 4:56 pm
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  8. What lovely pieces and great depths in the black. I am having a battle with a nasty shiny black residue on my pots suddenly instead of the soft smoky-black I used to get. As far as I can remember I am still using the same fuel but may be placing it differently in the pit. Not sure how to remedy this and any comments would be most welcome.

    Posted by Jean | October 29, 2011, 7:23 am
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    • Hi Jean… thanks for the positive response to the works, hopefully the complete sculptures will come together nicely after the pit firing. Your black residue sounds fuel based to me… is it also kind of sticky?? It sounds like the natural resins from the wood shavings. Do you make your own sawdust or source it elsewhere, eg: woodworkers group, sawmill yard?? If so you may need to ask them what kind of wood it is etc… Could also be the temperatures in the pit…, but I’d check out the wood shavings option first. Hope this helps…

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | October 29, 2011, 6:28 pm
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    Posted by Jostvm | November 4, 2011, 12:05 am
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  10. NICE WORK!! What do you use to shine up your pieces?

    Posted by Sherry Potter | November 4, 2011, 1:35 am
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    • Thanks Sherry… the work is burnished then low bisque fired to retain the sheen. After sawdust or pit firing I then apply a wax and buff…

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 4, 2011, 10:20 am
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      • I’m pit firing on Monday for the second time. I didn’t use wax for the first firing. I was wondering what type of wax to buy? I know some use Butcher’s Wax. My work is bisque its a woodfiring clay that I wasnt able to woodfire. I am adding Copper Carb and Red Iron Oxide and Table Salt so the pit and I will see what happens. Thanks for the info.

        Posted by Sherry Potter | November 4, 2011, 10:31 am

      • Hi Sherry… there are many wax products: beeswax, liquid floor wax, neutral shoe polish… if you have not burnished them you may even try watered down PVA to give them extra shine…

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 4, 2011, 11:03 am

  11. Yes will keep my fingers crossed seeing that they are in good condition! Hope you get good results from the firing and meet the deadline without stress. Look forward to more pics on completion. Good luck!

    Posted by Jean | November 4, 2011, 3:02 am
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  12. Hi from a semi novice,
    sounds and looks exciting ..am to attempt something exciting soon too…
    hope to build a quick fire down flow this spring of 1 metric cube size.. for sculptured raku.
    but sure.. no doubt this will have its flaws !! done some research though..

    Posted by Stephen Flynn | November 4, 2011, 6:34 am
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  13. Good Luck Stephen… even if the kiln does not work the first time it is easy enough to mofidy the design 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 4, 2011, 10:22 am
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  14. Thx Jean 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 4, 2011, 10:23 am
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  15. I always wanted to try this. Hope you have great luck.

    Posted by Holly | November 6, 2011, 12:53 am
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  16. I love it< interesting composition.

    Posted by Saida Fagala | November 7, 2011, 10:04 pm
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  17. thx for the kind feedback Jostvm 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 8, 2011, 12:19 am
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  18. Really beautifull Dawn! This is a garanteed succes for your exhibition! It’s too far for me to travel “down under”…if closer I would certainly be there! Myriam

    Posted by myriam thas | November 8, 2011, 1:03 am
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  19. Very nice Dawn. I do love the colors you got from the firing.

    Posted by Sylvia Coppola | November 8, 2011, 11:24 pm
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  20. hey Sylvia… thanks for the kind words, glad you like my works… i was also very happy with these results 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 9, 2011, 12:08 am
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  21. Surface has a waxy appearance, sort of fleshy that is supported well by the color giving depth to or even below the surface, a translucency that is very engaging. The support rod tends to provide an opaque standard for comparison. Nice! I’d love to see more.

    Posted by jim wallace | November 9, 2011, 3:45 am
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  22. beautiful indeed what the fire did and i expect it is each time a surprise how it turnes out in details.

    Posted by Frans Commelin | November 9, 2011, 4:07 am
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  23. Lovely; reminds me of a jade ring, Chinese, possibly Chou dynasty, dia 4.5 inches, as appears in an old book published 1927…

    Posted by Celia Wilson | November 9, 2011, 12:25 pm
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  25. Very Nice Idea. Good luck with your show:

    Studio 149
    Brooklyn, New York

    http://www.leonkalas.com

    http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2427685

    Posted by lleon Nicholas Kalas | November 17, 2011, 2:36 am
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  26. Creativity at play , GREAT IDEA !! and great pieces very organic Love it!!!
    good luck

    Posted by Estela boudreau | November 18, 2011, 12:09 am
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  27. great idea good luck!!!

    Posted by Estela boudreau | November 18, 2011, 12:18 am
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  28. It looks like the works are allready glazed. Or is this just the way of fotography?

    Posted by Hanneke Bruijnje | November 19, 2011, 7:05 am
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  29. Hi Hanneke… pit fired works are not glazed. The colouration comes from the organic ingredients in the pit and the fuming from salts, etc in the pit. Afterwards they are are polished with wax to highlight the organic tones. 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 19, 2011, 8:02 pm
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  30. Thank you for sharing. I just loved the peaceful simplicity and restraint juxtaposed to the tradition and order. Powerful images!

    Posted by Ken | December 3, 2011, 12:37 am
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  31. What stunning images — thank you so much for sharing! I am loving the elegantly simple design of these.

    Posted by Sarah Jane | December 3, 2011, 5:03 am
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  32. Very creative. I would love to see these in person. How you’ve turned ceramic into something completing different is exciting. You’ve an interesting viewpoint.

    Posted by Jane Willson | December 9, 2011, 12:48 am
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  33. Thankyou for the encouraging comments, Jane…

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | December 9, 2011, 10:58 am
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  34. Love these images, these pots and would like to know more about the potters and their techniques. Thank you for sharing your trip with us all.

    Posted by Molly Schardt | December 15, 2011, 3:28 pm
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  35. thanks for all the nice comments 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | December 15, 2011, 4:55 pm
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  36. I have worked in clay for many years. Both functional and sculptural. I found when I did the art fairs, that functional was popular with the public. However when I started doing hand built primitive fired peaces they were even more popular. I do functional now only for my own personal use. Pictures of your work looks good. Good luck with your sales.

    Posted by Eloise Ritt | December 16, 2011, 6:25 am
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  37. Hi Eloise, thanks for the comment. I also do some pit & smoke firing which I really enjoy (you can view by using the tag cloud to the right). This work is a bit of an experiment and side step to what I usually make. Its also refreshing to do something different 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | December 17, 2011, 4:49 pm
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  38. great images. I look forward to seeing the results :^)

    Posted by Anna | December 23, 2011, 8:35 pm
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  39. thx Anna… at this stage I think I will post them in the new year… Xmas is so busy with family and parties etc… Merry Christmas 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | December 23, 2011, 10:59 pm
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  40. great move there with the experiments. I look forward to doing more of this in this new year, but I look forward more, like Anna to seeing the results of the firing. Happy New year.

    Posted by jay | January 5, 2012, 2:50 am
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  41. WOW, I am new to potter and this look like so much fun! Beautiful, natural outcome as well, nice job!

    Posted by tracie bolt | January 6, 2012, 1:15 am
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  42. Dawn, You are an amazing artist and I love your blog!! I wanted you to know that I have nominated you for the Versatile blogger Award! You can find the specifics about this award here:
    http://cravencreativity.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/versatile-blogger-award/
    Your blog is an inspiration, keep doing what you are doing:) I’m looking forward to following along with it!
    Sincerely
    Karen

    Posted by cravencreativity | January 17, 2012, 1:26 am
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  43. these are wonderful

    Posted by isabellart | January 17, 2012, 2:02 am
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  44. Thanks Isabelle, much appreciated 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 23, 2012, 12:49 am
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  45. Very nice!!!

    Posted by samroderick | January 23, 2012, 9:24 am
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  46. Hiya Dawn, interesting to see frottage in this context. I wonder if there is some mileage in creating a print of a textured surface on smooth ceramic, or alternatively finding subject matter for sculpture this way? Elsie

    Posted by Elsie Green | January 23, 2012, 9:44 pm
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  47. Hey Elsie… thanks for the comment…the main focus in my artwork is texture, the organic surface, natural form, etc… my ceramic sculpture is abstract & features textured, organic surfaces, images of this artwork can be seem on my Facebook page (“like” to right)… so I was particularly trying to capture a textured surface via the frottage technique. But, yes, trying to capture a textured surface via printing on a smooth ceramic would be an interesting experiment 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 1, 2012, 12:18 am
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  48. Your photos are stunning!

    Posted by Deb H | February 3, 2012, 1:15 am
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  49. thanks Deb…much appreciated…. hope that translates into sales!! 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 3, 2012, 2:18 am
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  50. Your recent creations look great! I read your post and can definitely identify with the firing…and the waiting and the wonderful feeling of seeing newly-glazed wares after the varying stages of clay work. I have a blog and an Etsy store, as well. I am just now getting more posted on there to sell after the grueling fall show schedule. I particularly like the tan-colored glaze with the hand tool shown. You can visit my blog at http://www.creativeclaycafe.com. Here’s to a prosperous 2012 and good luck with your new line of serving pieces.

    Posted by creativeclaycafe | February 5, 2012, 1:06 am
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  51. I’m doing a monthly blog roll on the side of my blog. Just wanted you to know you’re linked to for February!.

    Posted by High River Arts | February 8, 2012, 1:35 am
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  52. Thanks High River Arts… much appreciated 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 8, 2012, 11:35 am
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  53. Great stuff Dawn! Looks amazing!

    Posted by kateharbourKate Harbour | February 8, 2012, 8:12 pm
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  54. thanks Kate!!

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 9, 2012, 1:25 am
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  55. Beautiful jewelry Dawn!

    Posted by cravencreativity | February 9, 2012, 10:27 am
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  56. Thanks cravencreativity 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 11, 2012, 2:26 am
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  57. Lovely!

    Posted by Sadhana Peterson | February 15, 2012, 8:42 pm
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  58. Love it! You have inspired me. How long did your firing last?

    Posted by Louise van Niekerk | February 20, 2012, 12:12 am
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  59. Hi Louise, glad to be of inspiration!! The firing itself takes a few hours, then is covered up & takes about 18-24 hours to cool.

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 20, 2012, 7:38 am
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  60. Looking Good Dawn, keep up the good work.

    Posted by Kate Harbour | February 20, 2012, 11:09 am
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  61. It’s so interesting to see the progress pics. Know these are gonna be gorgeous, can’t wait to see the finished project! Thanks for sharing 🙂
    Take care and best wishes with your upcoming event!
    Karen

    Posted by cravencreativity | February 22, 2012, 12:41 pm
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  62. I really liked the green earrings!
    Thanks for stopping by
    Please visit my photo blog too
    menotspeakenglish.wordpress.com
    😉

    Posted by loniduekloni | March 6, 2012, 2:34 am
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  63. Great stuff, Dawn! Apart from whatever we potters may EARN through newly-made pieces, there is a certain joy about work that has come out to our satisfaction, isn’t there? Those moments tend to make up for all the times of disappointment or, occasionally, intense frustration at work that did not have the desired results, don’t you agree?

    Posted by Steve | March 6, 2012, 7:46 pm
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  64. Hey Steve… words of wisdom!! It is those moments that get us through… but I guess it’s like that with all things… 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | March 6, 2012, 8:10 pm
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  65. Mm , I must try this myself – preferably without the finger injury as an incentive ! In fact I’m going out soon to draw trees so I’ll take something less refined for the bark .
    I hope the finger is operational again , any cuts are awful when working with clay .

    Posted by rukshanaafia | March 16, 2012, 7:51 pm
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  66. Hi there rukshanaafia… yes clay is a problem with finger injuries.. but getting better now… still a bit numb, etc

    Anyways, good luck with the frottage experiments: take lots of different gsm papers & lots of different pencils… the paper & pencils make a big difference to some textures

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | March 16, 2012, 8:00 pm
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  67. I like the textures and the natural elements in your work. Thank you for sharing it. Maureen Ahern

    Posted by Maureen Ahern | March 23, 2012, 2:04 am
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  68. I am very impressed with the way you use the materials to compliment each other. The textures and variations of different clay processes relate so well with the materials you combine them with. Very, very nice!!

    Posted by Jane Chischilly | March 23, 2012, 3:13 am
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  69. Hi Dawn,
    Your work is inspirational. I just want to reach out and touch them to explore the different textures. Guess that is what happens if you work in 3D. Isn’t the computer a wonderful gift for we folks that like to see what is happening in our medium and we can do it all around the world. Keep up the goos stuff.
    Helen Lyons
    Canada

    Posted by Helen Lyons | March 26, 2012, 9:44 pm
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  70. That should be good stuff not goos stuff

    Posted by Helen Lyons | March 26, 2012, 9:45 pm
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  71. Lichen is pretty cool. There’s this one kind, called wolf lichen, that’s very intensely green. I only know of one tree around here that has any on it, and it’s mysteriously covered in it while no other tree in sight has any signs of even having a little bit. 🙂

    Posted by cavepainter | April 1, 2012, 1:36 pm
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  72. These are beautiful! I love the shapes. Very serene and graceful.

    Posted by naomisilverart | April 3, 2012, 11:10 pm
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  73. Thanks Naomi… I’m glad you like them 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | April 3, 2012, 11:24 pm
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  74. These are really fantastic Dawn. Love Sacrificial Landscape, and the other sculpture with the twigs encasing the fired objects. Nice work!

    Posted by sydney | April 4, 2012, 8:44 am
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  75. Hi Dawn,

    I attempted to download your doctoral thesis through the link above but was unsuccessful. Facebook is not my “thing” nor do I understand how it works most of the time. I’m wondering if you would please email me a PDF of your thesis? I am a graduate student in art therapy and find your research fascinating. I would also like to cite some of your work in the my final masters paper. Thank you for considering my request.

    Take care,
    Teresa Barrett

    Posted by Teresa | April 7, 2012, 2:39 am
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    • Hi Teresa, I hope you get this message as you did not leave your email address in the message. Emailing it may be too big a file, so try again to download by clicking on the above link, then there will be a green button with ‘download’ written on it. Click on that & it should automatically download. If your computer does not ask where you want to save it, it will probably save to your ‘download’ folder.
      If this doesn’t work, get back to me & I will try to email you a copy.

      cheers Dawn

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | April 8, 2012, 7:28 pm
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  76. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, when travels difficult it’s great to get a feel for the work like this.

    Posted by russellscottskinner | April 11, 2012, 8:25 pm
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  77. I enjoyed reading about your ceramic adventure in Korea. Thanks for sharing

    Posted by Lynn Isaacson | May 12, 2012, 12:27 am
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  78. Green with envy is all I can say. What an experience And as you say, with all the perseverance it takes to be an income producing ceramicist, imagine being a national treasure!

    Posted by Louise van Niekerk | May 12, 2012, 12:39 am
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  79. Beatiful artwork!

    Posted by ka'prisc | May 29, 2012, 5:14 am
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  80. Congrats on getting into the arts centre market – it’s pretty notorious for being so hard to get into! I was going to suggest putting some things in some of your tableware as well but see you’re already on to it 🙂

    Posted by hellkatdesigns | June 15, 2012, 10:49 pm
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  81. Yes thanks hellkatdesigns…. each week improves… will post pics of the food in dishes 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | June 16, 2012, 12:45 am
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  82. Love your Jewellery! and the gift wrapping you’ve made it so cute!!

    Posted by designerthoughtsnow | June 22, 2012, 6:59 am
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  83. Hello Dawn, thank you for visiting MoE art, I do like your work, especially “colony”. I will visit again. Kind regards, Gregory.

    Posted by Molecules of Emotion | June 30, 2012, 5:09 am
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  84. Wow, that archeological grid is gorgeous!

    Posted by Laura and Blakeley @ Restoration Harbor | July 12, 2012, 4:11 am
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  85. thank you very much Laura 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | July 13, 2012, 2:20 am
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  86. Awesome work.Thanks for visiting my blog. Silvia

    Posted by rlte | July 15, 2012, 11:48 pm
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  87. Love the work – and your comment about the ‘flotsam and jetsam’ that you ‘don’t hoard’ in your studio! Delightful … and exactly how I feel about my shelf of oddities in my own studio! A continually-changing assortment of items that reveal so much about our relationship to the land and the natural world, and our conflicting relationship to ideas of permanence. It’s as much a psychological archeology as anything else, isn’t it?

    Posted by sydney | July 16, 2012, 3:58 am
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  88. Hi Dawn, good to know about your shop.
    I am interested in buying some clay for making wide shallow pots -appr 20″ Diameter.
    I have had trouble with this shape cracking across the bottom in the firing… a mix or stoneware and red raku has been suggested a remedy.
    Do you agree with this idea? Will you stock red raku?
    Regards Trevor
    Ps I hope you can order/ buy without using facebook?

    Posted by Trevor Wheeler | July 18, 2012, 4:52 pm
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    • Hi Trevor… no you don’t have to buy over Facebook… I do have a “real” studio!!

      There are many reasons for bowls and plates cracking : from clay type, through to not compressing the base while throwing to not mopping up excess water while throwing, etc…

      The raku idea may be a solution, but doesn’t necessarily have to be red. Raku clay has more grit in it, so has a more open clay body and so is more resistant to cracks, so it doesn’t really matter what colour it is. It is also rougher to throw with.

      At the moment I have a few bags of white raku clay as I use it in my pit firings… I will be getting more, so that is not a problem.

      I am on the outskirts of Ballarat… and there is nowhere around this area to buy materials… I presume you are nearby?

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | July 18, 2012, 8:52 pm
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  89. I find your work very interesting. Congratulations. I love the mix of simplicity/complexity (in execution/idea) and I like the austerity of means. Nice!
    Congratulations
    p.s. I post art commentary on artiseternal.wordpress.com

    Posted by lookingforbeauty | July 28, 2012, 1:57 am
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  90. Dear Dawn, how much is the price per kg? Thanks

    Posted by zaemah | July 29, 2012, 4:41 pm
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  91. Is it the seeds inside a pomegranate with a purple enhancement??

    Posted by vastlycurious | July 31, 2012, 3:46 am
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  92. Ummm NO… any other guesses??

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | July 31, 2012, 4:02 am
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  93. A candle?

    Posted by newsofthetimes | July 31, 2012, 7:25 am
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  94. Candle.

    Posted by Matt | July 31, 2012, 10:20 am
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  95. Hi there, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! I truly enjoy your site; keep posting! 🙂 Make sure to click the link.
    loniduekart.wordpress.com
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    Posted by loniduek | August 2, 2012, 1:49 pm
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  96. Thanks for the reblog. Lovely earrings.

    Posted by nuvofelt | August 4, 2012, 1:56 am
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  97. Gorgeous…would be very happy with one of each!

    Posted by Chrisy | August 5, 2012, 8:51 am
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  98. Nature’s recycling at it’s best!

    Posted by Maurizio Riccio | August 8, 2012, 11:59 pm
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  99. Is that a square toadstool!! I’ll have to look up the difference between a toadstoll and a mushroom!!

    Posted by Lisaman | August 10, 2012, 5:14 am
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  100. Lovely – but I wouldn’t eat it 🙂

    Posted by diannegray | August 10, 2012, 10:02 am
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  101. Wow I wish it were that easy for me. Great post. I’ll definitly try this out for writing my blog.
    http://www.ruthannsgiftbasketsblog.com/

    Posted by Ruthann | August 11, 2012, 5:22 am
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  102. Very interesting textures…the results remind me of a 3D map of the earth’s surface. Great work!

    Posted by MegansBeadedDesigns | August 16, 2012, 1:47 am
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  103. Thanks Dawn for following http://www.photobotos.com/. You have a very creative site here and I will try to visit more often.

    Posted by PhotoBotos.com | August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
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  104. Very interesting new work. Thanks for visiting my blog. RLTE

    Posted by rlte | August 21, 2012, 3:15 am
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  105. Hello! I actually really like this take on the theme, very different yet still totally representing ‘Merging’ – good job! 🙂

    Posted by Imogen Shepard | August 22, 2012, 1:37 am
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  106. Congratulations, Dawn! What an honour! I love the 500 series, having seen some of the jewellery ones, but wasn’t aware that there were Ceramics titles in the series. A tribute to your talent. Well done!

    Posted by Ruthie | August 26, 2012, 1:03 am
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  107. That’s awesome, Dawn! Congrats and cool piece as well.

    Posted by Monique | August 26, 2012, 3:14 am
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  108. Oh congrats! It’s a beautiful piece!

    Posted by sydney | August 26, 2012, 1:42 pm
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  109. Congratulations! That’s very exciting, the 500 books are great.

    Posted by hellkatdesigns | August 26, 2012, 4:33 pm
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  110. Greetings, Dawn! I’ve nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog Award”. If you’re interested, you can read all about how to accept and pass it along to other deserving bloggers:

    http://artdoesmatter.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/one-lovely-blog-award/

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 30, 2012, 12:12 am
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  111. well thank you so much Patricia… sounds a bit scary but I’ll give it a go 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | August 30, 2012, 12:22 am
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  112. Nice photos.

    Posted by Northern Narratives | August 30, 2012, 7:53 am
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  113. Congratulation!!! Cheers Nonoy Manga

    Posted by nonoymanga | September 4, 2012, 5:12 pm
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  114. Congrats.
    Enjoy your award, it is a really good boost. I know that because I have three myself.

    Posted by ahamin | September 4, 2012, 5:30 pm
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  115. Congratulations Dawn, what a lovely thing to happen for you. It is so nice to be acknowledged and with that thank you so much for nominating me as well.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | September 4, 2012, 5:40 pm
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  116. Dawn, thank you so much for the lovely mention. I really enjoyed reading your seven things! Number four is hilarious, and I feel my youngest kitten is already heading down that same road! 😉 But seriously – what a fantastic blog you have, and I love seeing/reading about all of your work as well. I will check out the blogs you’ve nominated too!

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  117. Thanks Patricia… much appreciated 🙂

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  119. Congratulations. What an honor and very deserving. RLTE

    Posted by sILVIA wILLIAMS | September 6, 2012, 1:21 am
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  120. You are indeed a busy lady, Dr. Whitehead. Good job. RLTE

    Posted by sILVIA wILLIAMS | September 6, 2012, 1:26 am
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  121. I’ve got a paper bark tree in my yard. It’s lovely but growing a little too close to the powerlines 🙁

    I like your painting – very clever indeed! 🙂

    Posted by diannegray | September 7, 2012, 7:40 am
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  122. Dawn-
    Thanks for featuring our wedding tree tags and vintage journal set.

    PS 10% off for your followers as a special thank you until September 15th. Just enter “ThankYou091512” when checking out.

    Aurie
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/AuriesDesigns

    Posted by Aurie | September 8, 2012, 10:20 am
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  123. Hi, loved your Etsy shop. I have a few questions I would like to ask you.

    Posted by nivtaiber | September 11, 2012, 1:11 am
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  124. Nice collection. Maybe I like the first and the fourth the most. It is the sharpest of all. Nice work.

    Posted by Albadr Nasution | September 12, 2012, 11:44 pm
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  125. My kind of ART and photography! Can’t choose a favorite, Dawn, because they are all so well composed and the sculptures very enigmatic… mmm. You know, I want to look at that cool looking red buoy which should logically dominate the barren landscape but my eye is draw in to the sculptures. Again, fantastic composition!

    Posted by caliroe | September 13, 2012, 2:54 am
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  126. how very interesting showing the devastation of drought cannot choose one either

    Posted by jas45 | September 13, 2012, 3:34 am
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  127. Oh – I can’t believe you do tendrils! They’re my favourite! I actually did an entire A3 page of them one day. Well done! 🙂

    Posted by diannegray | September 16, 2012, 2:06 pm
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  128. Congratulations, Dawn! What a wonderful experience for you. I haven’t checked out the links yet, but plan to right now 🙂

    Posted by diannegray | September 18, 2012, 7:48 am
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  129. Many congratulations!!!!!!!!!! You go girl!

    Posted by caliroe | September 18, 2012, 12:34 pm
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  130. Sounds like a wonderful opportunity for you, Dawn – Congrats!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 20, 2012, 12:49 am
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  131. I think as artists we underestimate the power of our doodles. Not as works of art in and of themselves, but I think the shapes we draw subconsciously in response to mood (or as you hypothesise in response to the content of a phone conversation) reveals a lot about the types of imagery to which we are drawn and of which we may not be entirely aware. I have noticed that if I am put on hold for a long time I tend to start drawing angular, pointed doodles whereas when I talk to a friend they are much more languid. Not a big surprise really as when I am on hold I am usually swearing at the same time!

    Posted by Marta Brysha | September 20, 2012, 8:18 pm
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  132. So simple, so beautiful. Art is everywhere when you know how to look.

    Posted by Marta Brysha | September 20, 2012, 8:22 pm
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  133. Congratulations Dawn, getting an exhibition for your art is fantastic, I will have to see if I get in there to see it.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | September 21, 2012, 9:48 am
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  134. Oooh, pretty choices!

    Posted by MegansBeadedDesigns | October 3, 2012, 7:11 am
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  135. You know… I just fell in love with these Portfolio Oil Pastels recently. I have only worked with Senillier Oil Pastels (love the variety of colors) but these Portfolio are so versatile being water sols and soooo creamy! Yeah… I get it… MINE! 🙂

    Posted by caliroe | October 4, 2012, 5:36 am
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  136. I just love those pastels, Dawn! 😀

    Posted by diannegray | October 5, 2012, 4:22 pm
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  137. Wow. What an honor. Excited for you. What an opportunity. R;TE

    Posted by rlte | October 8, 2012, 5:41 am
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  138. Thanks Dawn, where in Ballarart?
    Do you have trachyte dust or some other material to make textured pots?

    Posted by Trevor Wheeler | October 8, 2012, 9:21 pm
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  139. Dawn, I really enjoyed this – it brought back very find memories of my grandmother buying me a set of oil pastels as my first “art” present way back. Only thing is, I’ve never felt I’ve mastered using them! Such a difficult and unforgiving medium, yet can yield such beautiful finished drawings. Cheers!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | October 10, 2012, 2:49 am
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    • Hey there… yes i agree. I have been drawing with pastels everyday now for seventy eight days, & I have seen an improvement. Its also about understanding the medium, but its been good!

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  140. These are excellent. Well done! 😀

    Posted by diannegray | October 25, 2012, 6:18 am
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  141. Excellent job rendering those misc natural objects 🙂

    Posted by Chase | October 29, 2012, 5:09 pm
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  142. I remember doing these sort of things when I was still drawing, you have done a great job, I love the addition of splashes of colour.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | October 29, 2012, 5:15 pm
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  143. These are absolutely lovely, Dawn. Well done 🙂

    Posted by diannegray | October 31, 2012, 4:53 pm
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  144. Congratulations, that is a great achievement Dawn. It is good to have a goal set for your blog. Someone asked me yesterday about how do I do a post a day, and I said, because I have to, that is what I do, if I stop doing one a day, then I won’t get around to do it at all.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | November 2, 2012, 5:04 am
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    • Thanks Leanne… yes it definably becomes a routine thing… with my other blog I sometimes struggle to post weekly just simply because the ‘routine’ is not there… but its been a good experience. i don’t know how I will keep it up in Italy, but we will see 🙂

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  145. This is fantastic, Dawn. Well done for reaching day 100 😀

    I love the pictures!

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  146. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love your drawings. So very delicate. RLTE

    Posted by rlte | November 5, 2012, 10:40 pm
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  147. These are such beautiful photos, Dawn. My favourite is the beach geometry – I love beach stones 😀

    Posted by diannegray | November 7, 2012, 10:05 pm
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  148. My daughter loves it Dawn, she especially likes the black one, out of curiousity she wants to know how much it is.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | November 9, 2012, 4:16 pm
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  149. Hi Leanne, the stone pendants are $30 including a handmade jewellery pouch… like the ones in the etsy store 🙂 Glad your duaght er likes them I am actually in Apollo Bay right now, and will probably be gathering some more stones!

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | November 10, 2012, 12:51 pm
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  150. I love stone jewelry – these are great 😉

    Posted by diannegray | November 11, 2012, 1:04 pm
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  151. The coastline is a wonderful theme for renewal – it is never the same (even moment after moment) 😀

    Posted by diannegray | November 13, 2012, 5:00 pm
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  152. Enjoyed your blog and congrats on weekend. Any new theme is indeed a renewal in itself.

    Posted by Carolyn | November 13, 2012, 10:14 pm
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  153. I love Apollo Bay, I haven’t been there for a few years, I really must revisit.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | November 15, 2012, 7:35 pm
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  154. Great stuff Dawn, I am going to have to visit the Etsy store.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | November 20, 2012, 8:27 pm
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  155. These are great, Dawn 🙂

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  156. Beautiful new photos. Very interesting take on ocean findings Thanks for visiting my blog. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | November 24, 2012, 12:51 am
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  157. What a wonderful way to fire!

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  158. Thank you so much for the detail and pictures of your process, especially for a small saggar for jewellry. A Canadian fanHelen Lyons Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:59:42 +0000 To: helenlyons_48@msn.com

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  159. Stunning work. I love the colours and the presentation. I hope you do really well and sell everything. Enjoy your time overseas. Christmas will be such fun.

    Posted by nuvofelt | November 26, 2012, 8:59 pm
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  160. Reblogged this on Chittle Chattle and commented:
    Some lovely and unusual work here. I thought you would all like to see it.

    Posted by nuvofelt | November 26, 2012, 9:00 pm
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  161. Love your mixed media work and use of found objects! Relic mounted like that is great, makes even more of very evocative and myserious piece. Are you familiar with the work of the Dada Baroness? She began making found object pieces a hundred years ago in New York and was a great hoarder of almost anything. She was also a poet, performance artist, model and any number of other activities which all contributed to an extraordinary artistic career. I bet she would have loved your Archiological Grid.

    Posted by Susan Gilbert | November 26, 2012, 9:15 pm
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  162. Wonderful work!

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  163. This is brilliant, Dawn. Best of luck at the exhibition and ENJOY! 😀

    Posted by diannegray | November 29, 2012, 7:31 am
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  164. So glad to hear you and your work arrived safely. Having had to ship an extremely fragile item myself recently for a show (although not internationally like you, only within the US) I’ve been stressed beyond belief. Enjoy the opening – your pieces look fantastic!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | December 1, 2012, 3:51 am
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  165. Thanks for stopping by my blog. A fascinating account you have just given us. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | December 3, 2012, 10:22 am
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  166. It looks absolutely fantastic, Dawn. I’m nowhere near Florence unfortunately – otherwise wild horses couldn’t drag me away from it! 😀

    Posted by diannegray | December 4, 2012, 5:43 pm
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  167. fascinating to see the process – that magical transformation is something I always find so remarkable. thanks for sharing this!

    Posted by sydney | December 6, 2012, 4:43 am
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  168. oh beautiful work!! congrats – I’m sure you’ll be a hit in Italy!! Have a lovely time – I am sure you will return inspired (and yes a little jet lagged) … ti will be worth it!

    Posted by sydney | December 6, 2012, 4:44 am
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  169. What a fantastic experience, Dawn! 😉

    Posted by diannegray | December 9, 2012, 10:36 am
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  170. What wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing

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  171. Welcome back – you’ve taken some amazing pics 😀

    Posted by diannegray | January 11, 2013, 7:17 am
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  172. It looks wonderful Dawn, glad you are back, love my necklace.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | January 16, 2013, 7:39 pm
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  173. Hi Dawn

    Briliant !

    thanks Pam

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  174. Italy does take some getting used to, when I used to live there it took lots of patience dealing with the occasional pushy person, haha. And the dirty streets! But, the art and culture more than made up for those less-than-lovely circumstances. Glad you had a great time otherwise in Italy; thanks for sharing!

    – Jonathan I http://styleoverstress.wordpress.com

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  175. What a great idea, parents are always looking for something different.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | January 23, 2013, 3:43 pm
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  176. Gorgeous Italy – Don’t know if you’ve read Peter Ackroyd’s book on Venice – I love his way of taking on history through the eyes of a city. Have just started getting into it.

    Posted by Chas Spain | January 23, 2013, 10:44 pm
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    • No i haven’t… will check it out 🙂

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 24, 2013, 12:07 am
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      • Hi Dawn- actually your blog spurred me on to get started on the book again – I’d left it to one side over Christmas. It’s a very atmospheric read -all the water and mists ….

        Posted by Chas Spain | January 24, 2013, 9:30 am

      • Atmospheric does sound like an apt word to describe Venice… we were there just after the beginning of winter… so the mist would rise late morning and descend again mid afternoon… it was amazing to see especially while in St Marks Square with the huge Basilica looming from the fog…

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 24, 2013, 1:36 pm

  177. Five weeks in Italy. I think I need some professional development.

    Hope you had fun, and the exhibition went well. Looking forward to more photographs.

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  178. Wow. Congrats, Dawn on exhibiting in that beautiful country, Italy. Looks like you are happy and the pics are gorgeous. Love your red boots. Thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing some of the pics of the exhibit. Rltei

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  179. This must be a really fun class to teach as well as be a part of; if any of these team members claimed never to have made pots before, I wouldn’t believe them. These folks must be innately artistic! Nice post, Dawn!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 30, 2013, 9:33 am
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    • Hi Patricia… a couple of them said they had made pots at high school (everybody says that) , but they all were part of a design and research team, so I guess that must mean there is a bit of creativity lurking…

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      • Oh, most definitely then. I always get so jealous when I hear of others who had art teachers in high school that taught them how to throw on the wheel; I went to an all-girls school and the art teacher was a nun, lol! Drawing was all there was. Anyway, I enjoyed your post very much!

        Posted by artdoesmatter | January 31, 2013, 2:27 am

      • I also went to a school where art was not big on the agenda… and when it was it was mostly painting… Anyway glad you enjoyed the post 🙂

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 31, 2013, 2:07 pm

  180. Hi Dawn

    We can hear this, birds singing but cannot see a video.

    Something wrong ?

    kind regards

    Posted by pljacobs@tiscali.co.uk | January 30, 2013, 8:55 pm
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  181. Hi there pljacobs 🙂
    The video is working for me when I load the page and I also was able to load it from a mobile device – my tablet… both use different browsers…. so maybe it was a glitch? perhaps try again. If you still have no luck the youtube link is http://youtu.be/nNhrY06IMtE

    Let me know how you go…. 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 30, 2013, 11:55 pm
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  182. Thanks for your visit to my blog, Dawn. I love all the art you do. You are so creative. Keep up the good work. Congrats on your recent Italian trip and exhibit. Rlte

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  183. love it….just made a purchase!

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  184. Hi, nice soft organics, I enjoyed the walk looking at your pieces. Can your pieces remain outside in the cold or does it not snow where you live? We have themes in common, connection to nature the body and installation of grouped forms. Please have alook at my website http://annealexandersculptor.com and please like my facebook page Anne Alexander sculptor.

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  185. Hi Dawn – I overuse the word texture so perhaps patina is the right word here? Beautifully rubbed backed, worked and loved. Also – you can’t worry about work when you’ve been Italy. You have been feeding your soul which is essential for the poet! If you do two drawings and two poems a day you are setting a bit of a task for the rest of us… 🙂 look forward to seeing more.

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  186. There is always bad with good, but sounds like the good far out weighed the bad, which is fantastic. I look forward to hearing about it.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | February 2, 2013, 2:25 pm
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  187. We don’t mind
    you’re a little behind
    we enjoy when you post
    the most!

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  188. This is really lovely work Dawn! Liked the walk through the space too!

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  189. Beautiful! We should organize an art workshop in our Italian region! 🙂 Alessia

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  190. I loved the sculptures in the first photograph, even before I knew they were yours. Did you switch them in the second shot because of the colors? And how did you make the green globe?

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    • Hi bronxboy… thanks fro loving my sculptures. They were rearranged in the second photo simply because they were moved further out into the exhibition space after opening night (or is that the other way around?). The green globe was handbuilt using a plaster mould and strips of clay- mostly my sculpture is wheelthrown. I get alot of questions about this piece… I will have to explore the form more, I think 🙂

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  191. Lovely pics 🙂

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  192. Hi Dawn,
    the forms are really of closed caracter: are women like that? Preferrably you chose more open ceramic shapes to represent the feminin. Nice idea to make an installation with ceramics. Best wishes Mariska (sculptor, the Netherlands)

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    • Hi Mariska, thanks for your comments… yes the forms are quite closed… the forms themselves – which can be considered sexual where also based on universal symbols such as spirals and abstract shapes in the landscape which evolutionary psychologists we have evolved to recognise. The feminist aspect of the installation was more about the size and construction of the artwork and installation – small, close to the Earth, etc. Whereas historically sculpture has been patriarchal and in that context also monumental.

      hope this is helpful 🙂

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  193. Thanks for sharing what must have been a very interesting experience. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | February 22, 2013, 11:40 pm
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  194. I really want to go to Tuscany one day.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | February 23, 2013, 6:41 pm
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  195. That is pretty cool, I can remember trying to make paper years ago, but it never seemed to work.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | February 23, 2013, 7:15 pm
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  196. Fantastic photos, Dawn. That Sean Connery castle is really something else! I hope to visit Tuscany one day as well, as the wine-making tradition was strong in my mother’s Italian side of our family. Really loving all the posts from your Italy travels 🙂

    Posted by artdoesmatter | March 2, 2013, 2:11 am
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  197. Interesting the way a close look reveals a whole new world of detail – a lesson for life?

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  198. Hi Dawn the shadows are great- quite abstract

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  199. I love each shot as they represent a small world of their own.

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  200. Everything is beyond gorgeous!

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  201. Beautiful pictures of a beautiful town, and region!
    Just because it was unseasonably warm doesn’t mean global warming had anything to do with it – statistically, some winters will be colder than “normal” some will be warmer.

    Posted by Terri | March 7, 2013, 1:39 am
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    • Hey Terri – True… some winters are colder, some warmer… however, global warming accentuates these extremes. I have noticed a trend over the past decade or so…. in 2007 I went to Japan, and the locals said it was unseasonably warm. In 2010 I travelled to France, and was told by the locals it was unseasonably warm. In 2011 I went to Korea…. same thing. And now Italy! Even where I live now we are having a long run of over 30 degree days and very warm nights – this is very unusual for where I live at this time of year….

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  202. Reblogged this on carmillaweirdlove.

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  203. The shadows are really amazing.

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  204. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | March 11, 2013, 10:33 pm
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  205. Beautiful set of photos.

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  206. I love your work always, but particularly like the ones you have done this month. Love your use of color and style. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | March 14, 2013, 1:01 am
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  207. OMG, I am so jealous of these, I want to go there and take photos too.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | March 18, 2013, 7:37 pm
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  208. Nice artwork and like your “blue ceramic tapas dish set” with the cute little spoon on Etsy.

    Posted by Mary Gilmartin | March 19, 2013, 2:15 am
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  209. These are fantastic, Dawn. Thank you for taking me on the journey through these pics 😀

    Posted by diannegray | March 26, 2013, 10:12 am
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  210. Thanks for visiting my blog. I continue to enjoy yours. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | March 27, 2013, 12:42 am
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  211. It is such a great initiative – both locals and tourists started noticing it, especially on the weekends! Great idea, one of many creative uses of public spaces in the future I hope.. Chalk Street Art – I’d love to see it happening soon too.

    Posted by Aldona Kmiec Art Photography | April 7, 2013, 4:57 pm
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  212. I think the “what Lies Beneath” exhibition is fantastic. Innovative and here in Ballarat. I agree with Dawn that Ballarat is buzzing artistically.

    Posted by Lynden Nicholls | April 8, 2013, 4:26 pm
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  213. An impressive piece of work with a strong narrative.

    Posted by Pete's Pots | April 8, 2013, 10:46 pm
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  214. I agree w/Pete. Also, you create such a variety of work, but this vein / genre is my most favorite. This piece is magnificent, Dawn (and underpriced!) It’s worth much more in my eyes.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 9, 2013, 12:54 am
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  215. I like your artwork on the commercial product – “Earth Wrap” ( guess I learn something new everyday). PS: but, would like to see it close-up to get a better view.

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  216. hi dawn – the wreath of leaves is very beautiful

    Posted by Chas Spain | April 11, 2013, 12:34 am
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    • Thanks Chas…it was an ephemeral work I made while in Melbourne for a few weeks last year. I was walking my dog and collected some materials along the way and then created an artwork on the cracked concrete, photographed it, and left it there! Something I am interested in doing more of…

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  217. Very beautifully captured

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  218. Great photos and I especially love the one from the plane…brilliant 🙂

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  219. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I llove your sharing of trips, photos, etc. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | April 13, 2013, 12:51 am
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  220. I’ve never seen such a deep orange glow like that in our sunsets here. Your weather must have been blazing (as I’ve heard the past summer in Vic was). These captures are really amazing and so lovely, Dawn.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 18, 2013, 11:55 am
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    • Hi Patricia…. thanks for the kind remarks 🙂 Yes summer was blazing here…. so much so that I had a bushfire scare a few kilometres from my home! It is still remarkably mild even now, which is unusual for where I live – but I wouldn’t live anywhere else!!

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  221. Do you put this up on Etsy as well Dawn? The jewellery bows are lovely.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | April 25, 2013, 8:51 am
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    • Hi Leanne…. hopefully these bowls will make it to Etsy… if my partner doesn’t claim them first! He’s the cheif of the house, so whenever I make functional wares he ‘buzzes’ them as he also loves to present his food nicely… but I will be making more, so stay tuned 🙂

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  222. It seems everyone is looking up at the moment, you have some great images to match the challenge Dawn.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | April 26, 2013, 8:29 pm
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  223. A great selection of ‘up’ images and some lovely buildings. Must go to Rome one day …..

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  224. St. Peter’s Square…. is your header?

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  225. I love Harajuku! 🙂

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  226. This is a weird culture, I really don’t get it. I think it is a great response to the challenge though.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | May 3, 2013, 7:25 pm
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    • Hi Leanne…. yes it is a very different cultural response… very Japanese – anime, and that cutesy Hello Kitty stuff and west vs east – all wrapped up together…. great to look at though!

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  227. Fantastic!

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  228. What a fabulous perspective you’ve captured, Dawn. It’s fantastic how it’s not only a candid pic, but he’s creating at the same time. He must have flawless concentration. Great pic!

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  229. Nice! I can see some good treasury items there. Watch this space 🙂

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  231. These are beautiful. Quite inspirational. Thanks for sharing.

    Posted by nuvofelt | May 16, 2013, 2:56 am
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  232. Beautiful. The “random pattern glazes” I’ve used on ceramic projects have always been my favorite.

    Posted by serif and spice | May 16, 2013, 10:02 am
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  233. You have some great work Dawn, I love wearing mine.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | May 19, 2013, 8:46 pm
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  234. This, I like! I bet it smells delicious too with all that eucalyptus. Love it!

    Posted by nuvofelt | May 20, 2013, 1:17 am
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    • It did smell great while making the paper… but once it is dry there is no smell :-/ However, some essential oil could be absorbed into the surface to highlight the ‘ingredients’ 🙂

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 20, 2013, 1:19 am
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      • Shame, I sometimes use eucalyptus to make marks on fabrics, the perfume does last a while. Once they are dry I store them together in a box for a time, this seems to help.

        Posted by nuvofelt | May 20, 2013, 1:45 am

      • good thought – I will give it a go 🙂

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 20, 2013, 2:12 am

  235. Fab paper, the sculptural nature of it is very interesting! Thanks for the post.

    Posted by Nicholas Herbert | May 20, 2013, 1:37 am
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  236. Dawn, how cool is that as I see you seem to be adding yet more kinds of varied media to your art repertoire. I really like how the stitching is done w/the colored thread. Hope to see more like this!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | May 20, 2013, 3:11 am
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  237. Dawn
    this is inspiring. Kids clothes. What a great idea. Really enjoying your poetry and drawing blog. I have also been influenced by licensing agreement on the left.
    Thanks for the ‘like’ too. Cheers Cat

    Posted by catbailey | May 21, 2013, 7:24 pm
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  238. This is wonderful texture. I’ve always thought it would be interesting to make some smooth paper to paint on with water medium. Have you ever made cotton paper?

    Posted by Suzanne M. Phillips | May 23, 2013, 1:02 am
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  239. I love that textured paper and your idea of lacing it together makes it even more unique. I know you had fun doing this!

    Posted by Beauty Along the Road | May 23, 2013, 6:38 am
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  240. The paper looks beautiful. A while ago I made a few books with paper that I make miself an was a wonderful experience. I used plant materials like leaves and flowers to added effects. I wrote poems in the books and I have an exhibition of them in Montreal. Now, that I walk in the forest (I live in Costa Rica), when I found a dead leave or some fibers from dead plant I have the sensation of the paper in my fingers. Thanks for share.

    Posted by rosi garita | May 24, 2013, 3:16 am
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  241. Nice idea for all that “old eucalyptus hanging around! I never would have thought about that. I’ve been making paper since ’93, adding all sorts of stuff, including flower petals & spices – sadly no aroma afterwards. But rather than buy a deckle n mould, I made mine, 2 different sizes, using flat 1\1/2″ X 2” boards, L shaped household wall edgings & old window screens. I also made my own press out of old “good” plywood, screws & toggle bolts. It cost less than $ 5 for both! The only thing I didn’t have is the component to “bind” the paper better, that we used in in a Fiber Arts course I took. Still, they came out OK, if used as an object of art rather than to write on.

    Posted by Kathleen E Lo PINTO VIGNOLINI (GRASSI) | May 24, 2013, 5:58 am
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  242. The patterns as artist would see.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | May 26, 2013, 1:19 pm
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  243. I tried making paper quite a few years ago, but I wasn’t sure what to do with it once it was done.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | May 29, 2013, 9:04 pm
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    • I plan to experiment with painting and drawing – also sewing panels of it together, and perhaps artist books…

      I would think though that it could be interesting in the photography/printing realm…

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 29, 2013, 10:19 pm
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  244. What an enjoyable read! I had no idea ‘DeeDee’ was because of ‘Dr. Dawn’ – that is magnificent! Wishing the happiest of birthdays to you, Dawn!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | May 30, 2013, 4:41 am
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  245. Happy Birthday Dawn.
    My mum was a child during the 56 Olympics and she went to a school with about 20 kids. They all had to write to an athlete at the games, My mum wrote to Dawn Fraser, and my mum is the only kid who received a response. Dawn is a legend.
    I love why you hated your name during the 70’s, though I don’t remember the products you are talking about, haha.
    When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had been a Perry Mason fan for quite a few years, the old B&W ones, it used to be on in the after. While I was pregnant, the guy that played him died, so I decided that boy or girl my child would have Perry as the middle name, and she does, in honour of that show. Then when my second child was born, it was to be Della for a girl, Perry’s secretary, or Drake, the detective, for a boy. So her middle name is Della. At least they have a strange story to go with their name. Unlike my name.
    So I loved your post today, and very happy birthday Dawn. I hope you have a great day.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | May 30, 2013, 7:04 am
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  246. You’ve a long way to go but Dawn is harder to handle in the twilight years so Happy Birthday Deedee p.s. sadly your designs link is broken

    Posted by Laura Bloomsbury | May 30, 2013, 7:27 pm
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  247. I love the look of what you are getting! What is “caustic coda”? Do you mean “caustic soda”? Where do you find it, and how much does it take? Do you have to leave a window open for health reasons, then?

    Posted by Joy Kreves | June 3, 2013, 1:14 am
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  248. Great scene, you know I think I guess the state library, and I realised the heat thing, I can understand them doing that, it was such a hot summer, I am so glad it is over now.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | June 4, 2013, 6:09 pm
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  249. Dawn, I had no idea re: Korean potters in past history being forcefully sent to Japan. This certainly was an interesting read. And you can bet here in the US – even in ‘high-culture’ neighborhoods, that advertisement would never be on a bathroom door! Great to see how valued ceramics and applied arts are in South Korea.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | June 12, 2013, 11:07 pm
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  250. Hmm. Thanks for reminding me.

    Posted by Pete's Pots | June 14, 2013, 2:49 pm
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  251. My gosh Dawn – you’ve got such a clean-looking studio! Honestly…most ceramicists work in dusty conditions I just couldn’t handle. Your setup looks fabulous and well-organized! I knew after only one course when I was at the University, as dirty as metals are, clay is its own animal! 🙂

    Posted by artdoesmatter | June 15, 2013, 3:59 am
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  252. It sounds very very exciting Dawn, congratulations, I am really happy for you.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | June 26, 2013, 10:10 am
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  253. Yay!! That’s truly fantastic, Dawn! Big congrats to you!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | June 26, 2013, 10:19 am
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  254. Great post, Dawn. And def. food for thought! It’s a relief to hear that I’m not the only one that finds the standard “art-business world” closing of “Regards” or even worse – I’ve received this one ALOT: “Best,”. Best what?? It’s insulting if you’ve interacted w/ this person before and in poor taste. Yet – I see it all the time in correspondence from the most professional down to the familial!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | July 19, 2013, 12:53 am
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  255. So many points to respond to, so many complications to ponder. Christ, I’m simply glad I told my would be publisher publisher I was old school and though I loved speaking with her on the phone, I simply couldn’t submit via cyber space, old dog/new tricks. Hell, I could always ‘blog,’ whatever the hell that is.
    But, gosh, I am cushioned by the bennies of retirement. Still, you must be retelling the age-old dilemma of the artist,should be independent, devoted to her art, but needs The Patron. How did van Gogh do it. Hmm, his brother. How does my younger son do it? Hmm, his father. So chose the intimate approach? “Wuz up?”
    I love the formal salutation. It opens the door. It seems successive approaches should grow more intimate.
    Regardless, I often use what you use to close your communications: Cheers. Everybody needs it, right?
    A buddy in Hawaii taught me another: POW! I think it means, “I’m out of here.” Cheers–Carrico

    Posted by carrico | July 19, 2013, 1:03 am
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  256. it is a funny thing, how to view emails, are they official or not. I think I am old school and tend to think of emails as being informal, letters are formal. I always start with Hi, and finish with thanks, that is just how I do them. Then again, I am noticing that more and more people are using the internet as the only way to communicate, so who knows, maybe I need to start considering this more.
    Maybe that is why I don’t get replies back for some enquiries, they think they are too informal.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | July 19, 2013, 9:25 am
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  257. CONGRATULATIONS!

    Posted by dereklubangakene | July 20, 2013, 5:26 pm
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  258. Basically the good ole days are the good ole days for a reason. Everything adhered to a certain precept and it made things easier.
    It seems the only time we get to use ‘Dear Sir/Madam and Yours Sincerely” is when we’re sending out cover letters for job applications.

    Its confusing right now, what passes for formal and what is informal.

    Posted by dereklubangakene | July 24, 2013, 8:35 pm
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  259. Wonderful photos, Dawn, particularly those gargoyle-like faces spewing out the water from their mouths like a fountain! Must have felt you were in another world while strolling through these Italian gardens.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | July 27, 2013, 9:46 pm
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  260. Wow! what a fantastic looking place, Dawn – I’ll definitely visit when I go to Italy! Alienora

    Posted by alienorajt | July 30, 2013, 6:25 pm
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  261. My psychologist wife who didn’t know the artist at the time (about 10 years ago), having seen this painting for the first time said that was a female artist who had been abused by a man close to her. This was when I realised that my wife’s A-levels were not given for nothing )

    Posted by artmoscow | August 1, 2013, 2:00 am
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    • HHmmm…. she may well have been abused ( sexually) but we will probably never know that fact, however, given the time period she was certainly emotionally and psychologically abused – hence her not being known as an (female) artist till recently – but how different is this to today? Were the art academies the equivalent of company board rooms today!! Makes you wonder??

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | August 1, 2013, 2:25 am
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      • Artemisia Gentileschi was raped by her teacher Agostino Tassi; there are records for the high-profile trial.

        However, most historians today try not to characterize her work in terms of her being raped. Based on what we know about how artists selected subjects (Their patrons chose them) and the frequency of paintings of Judith slaying Holofernes (Very frequent! Caravaggio, Mantegna, and Rubens all depicted this subject, for example) it’s being omitted from art history texts as an influence on her work.

        I’ve written about this before if you want to check it out.

        Anyway, great post Dawn! If you’re interested in more female masters you might want to check out Sofonisba Anguissola or Lavinia Fontana.

        Posted by Melissa Huang | August 13, 2013, 5:59 am

      • Hi Melissa… thanks for your comment 🙂

        I first discovered Artemisia Gentileschi whilst writing a paper on women in art history during my undergrad days. At this time i read a much as possible about her and her artwork, and later saw a movie made about her life…. i can’t remember what it was called but it did deal with her being raped.

        But of course historians don’t want to include such details – they are, of course white middle class educated males (in the majority) so such details are ‘irrelevant’… or perhaps undermining….

        But on a happier note, it was amazing to see work of hers first hand.

        I will visit your writings and leave a comment 🙂

        thanks again

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | August 15, 2013, 12:22 am

  262. Always loved this Judith and Holofernes painting also. I appropriated images of Judith in my early jewelry pieces, too – not surprised we both like this artist and the message of the piece!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 1, 2013, 6:37 am
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  263. Great drawings Dawn… such a lovely gift 🙂

    Posted by Robyn G | August 3, 2013, 12:22 pm
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  264. best of lucks!

    Posted by lovelylollipop | August 4, 2013, 11:51 pm
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  265. Dawn, this is most excellent news! Congrats to you and I love your piece the jurors chose!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 5, 2013, 1:23 am
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  266. What exciting news! I love the piece you’ll be showing. Congratulations!

    Posted by Joy Kreves | August 5, 2013, 9:46 am
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  267. Wow! That’s great! Well done!

    Posted by alienorajt | August 5, 2013, 9:20 pm
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  268. Thats so awesome! Congratulations! Your work is lovely 🙂

    Posted by Jamie Brogdon | August 6, 2013, 12:45 pm
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  270. It is lovely to see some more photos.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | August 7, 2013, 8:28 pm
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  271. This post was enjoyable in a fun way, but for such a negative experience – you came away with such lovely photos! That 11th C. church looks incredible. What a total mess to experience – but at least you can say ‘I’ve seen it there!’

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 9, 2013, 11:03 pm
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  272. Wow. This is amazing, Dawn.

    Posted by dereklubangakene | August 11, 2013, 11:16 pm
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  273. Love this paper. I shall be stealing this idea from you:) Though there are no eucalyptus trees here, there are plenty others I can experiment with. Nice to have stumbled over you, figuratively, of course! Ann

    Posted by annisik51 | August 19, 2013, 7:11 pm
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  274. What a really nice gesture! Seems more personal than going to buy a Hallmark card out of your local Walgreens. Great niche!

    Posted by Pernell The Artist | August 22, 2013, 7:50 am
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  275. These would be a good item to have on-display at an Open-studio event, I think, and be for sale. Ppl are more apt to make an impulse buy than to go to Etsy to look for one. Also, I realize shipping outside Australia would be expensive for you to ‘absorb the cost’ of – so someone from Europe/US would just go to a store like Papyrus and get a limited edition handmade card for around the same cost. Personally, I like the abstract drawings cards you’ve done. Maybe blogging about the availability of these cards will open up doors for you to sell them!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 22, 2013, 9:20 am
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  276. Congratulations Dawn.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | August 22, 2013, 4:41 pm
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  277. Very nice, I need to find an art community that supports abstract artists.

    Posted by prewitt1970 | September 1, 2013, 2:05 pm
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  278. Very nice piece, Dawn. I always enjoy pieces like this more so because you’ve shared the materials used in the composition w/ us. (For those of us that are too far away to go see this lovely work in-person, especially!) Congrats on the show!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 1, 2013, 9:55 pm
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  279. Very nice! I love it!

    Posted by Java Girl | September 5, 2013, 11:02 am
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  280. Interesting work as usual. Congratulations on your show.
    We have a hard time in this corner of the world with abstract art. No buyers much. Rlte

    Posted by rlte | September 7, 2013, 10:37 pm
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  281. Not only the texture – but that interior color of exposed wood is just stunning. So many trees in Australia I’m finding through seeing pictures on Facebook and other friends’ posts are such differing varieties that what we have available here in the U.S.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 11, 2013, 5:23 am
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  282. Great capture for this challenge!

    Posted by janaline's world journey | September 13, 2013, 3:18 am
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  283. I really enjoyed this series of photos for the challenge. 🙂

    Posted by mybeautfulthings | September 23, 2013, 5:20 am
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  284. A great answer to a challenge Dawn. Love these images 🙂

    Posted by Robyn G | September 23, 2013, 11:04 am
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  285. Hi Dawn…Thanks for visiting my site. I look forward to exploring yours from which I see I have much to learn, and it has inspired me to start posting some of my own work. Cheers

    Posted by Andrew Seal | October 5, 2013, 3:53 am
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  286. We are alike in shadow. Love yours. I’ll have to hunt mine down on my laptop and chase them into the blogosphere. I’m reading a little book – an essay really – right now: In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki. Worthwhile. Ann

    Posted by annisik51 | October 9, 2013, 8:51 pm
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  287. Sending you a well-deserved and huge congrats, Dawn! What a fabulous accomplishment!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | October 10, 2013, 5:21 am
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  288. That looks amazing Dawn and I imagine a real exploration each time

    Posted by Chas Spain | October 22, 2013, 9:06 pm
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  289. Worth a trip up north for Dawn – love the look of your pieces here. I picked up some local pottery in Canakkale when I was in Turkey which is very earthy and quite different from the highly glazed ceramics around Istanbul. There was a ceramics museum within the archaeology museum site which was fascinating – showing all the various regional forms.

    Posted by Chas Spain | October 22, 2013, 9:11 pm
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  290. Congratulations Dawn – what a great (well deserved) achievement – looks like an absolutely beautiful book and I’m sure will be a real handbook for so many people drawn to your practice

    Posted by Chas Spain | October 22, 2013, 9:14 pm
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  291. Really beautiful textures too – yum

    Posted by Chas Spain | October 22, 2013, 9:23 pm
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  292. Beautiful work, Dawn, and congrats especially on the show! How exciting. And the fact that it’s a public art display actually means that more people will see the work. 🙂 Love it!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | October 22, 2013, 11:23 pm
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  293. Wow!

    Posted by nannus | October 25, 2013, 8:56 am
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  294. Looks like a lot of work but yet a whole lot of fun in anticipation of the beautiful creation when it is finished.

    Posted by Carol Blackburn | October 29, 2013, 6:23 am
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  295. That is a great horizon, in all directions.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | October 29, 2013, 6:55 pm
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  296. I love southern Italy and keep saying that I have no desire to visit the north. These images of Florence may change my mind.

    Posted by bronxboy55 | October 30, 2013, 11:04 pm
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    • Yes, it is worth the art and the views…. the furthest south we went was Naples and the furthest North was Venice – & they were like two completely different countries : in architecture, custom and people! Was great 🙂

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | October 31, 2013, 12:50 am
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  297. Very nice collection, Dawn – lovely colors and textures!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | November 4, 2013, 12:16 am
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  298. These things are like fossils, artificial fossils. Really beautiful.

    Posted by nannus | November 9, 2013, 7:06 pm
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  299. Dawn how long is the exhibition on for? My friends and I are planning a trip to Ballarat area on Monday 25 Nov – will it still be in place? Very interesting..

    Posted by Lynne McHutchison | November 10, 2013, 8:56 am
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  300. Beautiful. I’m wondering how you mounted the pieces?

    Leslie Wentzell

    Sent from my iPad

    >

    Posted by Leslie Wentzell | November 11, 2013, 1:15 pm
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  301. Congratulations Dawn.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | November 22, 2013, 10:24 am
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  302. Good designs.. Love it..

    Posted by Dannie | December 5, 2013, 3:32 am
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  303. Thanks to have published the photo of my work with the elephant shadow, i’m trying to sell a copy on this page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elephant-shadow-lamp/436149313152496 if someone is interested please contact me

    Posted by Itwvet Elefante | December 6, 2013, 3:49 am
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  304. So pretty Dawn!
    Like you I’ve just realised that Christmas is only so far away.

    Posted by Robyn G | December 12, 2013, 9:18 am
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  305. Dawn – this is so exciting. I really look forward to seeing the show you put together! I’d also love it if curating is something you continue to do, as I think you’d be a natural doing this.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | December 18, 2013, 1:26 am
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  306. Love those herb houses, Dawn! What a creative and unique idea! (And very functional also.)

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 6, 2014, 11:28 pm
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  307. Congratulations!! I Love Weddings!!

    Posted by rusticcraft | January 15, 2014, 12:37 am
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  308. Many congratulations, Dawn.

    Posted by nuvofelt | January 15, 2014, 4:50 am
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  309. Dawn, I’m so beyond happy for you and your soon-to-be husband! This is so exciting – and to be married at an Australian winery – AMAZING! I hope to be with you in spirit to celebrate your wonderful day! Happy upcoming Valentine’s Day and P.S. I really love your new ceramic rings above!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 15, 2014, 9:47 am
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  310. Wonderfful post however I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this subject?
    I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit further.
    Thank you!

    Posted by Whalan Florist | January 18, 2014, 12:14 pm
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  311. Thanks for your visit and a Happy New Year. Good luck with your new projects. Exciting.

    Posted by rlte | January 18, 2014, 11:13 pm
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  312. Congratulations. Marriage is a good institution. A very interesting place to get married. You are so crative.

    Posted by rlte | January 18, 2014, 11:16 pm
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  313. A big congratulations to you, Dawn! I can’t wait to see the pics 😀

    Posted by diannegray | January 19, 2014, 8:54 am
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  314. Beautiful and so delicate! It looks to be stoneware – yet porcelain-like delicate. Love this!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 24, 2014, 12:40 am
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    • Patricia, yes these bowls are high stoneware – marbled BRT and Feeneys white stoneware ( Aussie clays) but textured grogged clays, lightly wedged, so as to maintain the marbling, then wheelthrown. Despite the grogged/textured quality of the clay the bowl portrays a soft delicate motion. Thanks for listening to my speel! LOL

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | January 24, 2014, 12:52 am
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      • Very, VERY cool, Dawn!! I actually love hearing about the actual materials used – as I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen clays like this over here, in-person. Beautiful!!

        Posted by artdoesmatter | January 24, 2014, 1:12 am

  315. Absolutely gorgeous Dawn. There’s a delicious, inviting stillness to the vessel that I find tremendously appealing. Too bad they’re half a world away from me.

    Posted by sydney | January 28, 2014, 7:50 am
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  316. How wonderful Dawn, congratulations and all the best in your new life ahead.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | January 29, 2014, 9:49 am
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  317. Hi Dawn

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    Congratulations and best wishes to you both for your Wedding on 8th February 2014. The venue look lovely and I noticed that they have a wood fired Pizza Oven – ideal for some of your work!

    Pam

    Posted by pljacobs@tiscali.co.uk | January 30, 2014, 7:57 pm
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  318. Ragged indeed – poor thing has had a tough go of it!

    Posted by Tina Schell | February 2, 2014, 4:09 am
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  319. Welcome back and congratulations!!!

    Posted by basiga | February 2, 2014, 4:39 am
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  320. wow
    ~
    congratulations
    and
    don’t forget to
    breathe

    Posted by Geo Sans | February 15, 2014, 2:21 pm
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  321. Dawn, congrats to you on so many wonderful achievements and upcoming milestones. These items could have easily filled four or five different blog posts – as it sinks in all the weight of what you’ve got going on your making, writing, plus curating life. Congrats again, and I await seeing each stage of these ambitious projects as each unfolds!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | February 15, 2014, 5:19 pm
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  322. Hi Dawn

    Thank you for your e-mail. Would like to see some wedding pictures at the venue, hope it went well and some of your work appearing at the venue sometime too.

    best wishes

    Pam

    Posted by pljacobs@tiscali.co.uk | February 15, 2014, 6:14 pm
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  323. well done! I really like your ceramic work!

    Posted by Nicholas Herbert | February 16, 2014, 12:41 am
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  324. I like your bowl! Thanks for looking at my ‘bowl’. The bowl has come to me unexpectedly and the picture is dreadful – must change it. I’m going to have to contemplate ‘bowl’ for a while – till the road runs out. Now your bowl is stunning. It hovers between energy and matter, for me. Its base is edgy, just coming into being and so the bowl is not quite possible yet. It is gathering weight. Ann

    Posted by AnnIsikArts | February 16, 2014, 9:07 am
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  325. Yay for you! So many marvelous things happening in your life. Breathe!! And enjoy!

    Posted by sydney | February 18, 2014, 3:05 am
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  326. Dawn, this photograph is so lovely and representative of your artwork – meaning, it’s like the perfect illustration of how nature and our dependence on it are so interlocked. I can’t believe I missed this post earlier (too busy packing, I guess, yikes!) What a really amazing image to see and capture in your own backyard!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | February 21, 2014, 12:35 am
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  327. Dawn, this all looks spectacular – from the execution of the artwork through the installations! How exciting to be part of an art initiative like this – congrats!!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | March 2, 2014, 12:47 am
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  328. What a supreme undertaking this must have been, Dawn, but so well worth it! I would have found it hard to sleep that night between firing and awaking to see the results. The forms look so beautiful and such great surfaces. No wonder pieces sold right away!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | March 12, 2014, 4:52 am
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  329. Dawn, those lotus flowers are beautiful! What a great event to partake in with others.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 5, 2014, 12:20 am
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  330. These sculptures/objects are seriously beautiful, Dawn. You may consider entering them into further clay or sculptural competitions, as they deserve to be seen (or bought!).

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 5, 2014, 12:24 am
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  333. Thank you so much for spreading the word! 🙂

    Posted by Hannah Diamond | May 2, 2014, 8:08 am
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  334. Truly stunning, Dawn!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | May 23, 2014, 2:25 am
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  335. Hi Dawn! I’m super excited that you participated in the inaugural “Women-Owned Business Day!” Spreading the word helps raise awareness about the discrimination women entrepreneurs experience when it comes to receiving funds from financial institutions for startup and expansion. As Hannah stated in a comment, the goal is not simply to have a day but to create a movement – one that changes minds and results in a new paradigm. Thanks for being part of that!

    Posted by Kerwyn Hodge | May 23, 2014, 2:55 am
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  336. Wow, beautiful sunset!

    Posted by mithriluna | May 23, 2014, 9:41 am
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  337. This one really caught my eye this week Dawn.
    Fantastic shot!

    Posted by Robyn G | June 6, 2014, 6:12 pm
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  338. Gorgeous photos. Glad to hear from you again

    Posted by rlte | June 15, 2014, 1:19 am
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  339. Please let me know if you’re looking for
    a article author for your site. You have some really good posts and I feel I
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    Posted by seo | June 23, 2014, 11:18 pm
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  340. Wishing you a successful opening Dawn!!
    Pit firing is something Id love to try one day.
    Congratulations.

    Posted by Robyn G | June 30, 2014, 9:34 am
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  341. Wishing much success to you, Dawn!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | July 2, 2014, 5:35 am
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  342. The Book looks wonderful Dawn!! I’d love to do one of four workshops in September, but may need to wait for the next one as I’m planning a family trip to Europe.

    Posted by www.aldonakmiec.com | July 5, 2014, 8:53 pm
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  343. Congratulations Dawn, wishing you much success. Can’t wait to get my hands on one!!!
    x

    Posted by Kim Haughie | July 6, 2014, 9:53 am
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  344. Congratulations Dawn.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | July 11, 2014, 1:25 pm
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  345. Congrats Dawn!!
    So good to see the pics of your launch. Thanks for sharing.

    Posted by Robyn G | July 11, 2014, 2:20 pm
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  346. Congratulations on your book. You ceramics are gorgeous. I love the unexpectedness and randomity of raku pottery.

    Posted by AnnIsikArts | July 20, 2014, 6:05 pm
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    • Hi there, thanks for the comment and thanks for the congrats…. just a slight point – pit firing and raku are two very different processes. My book is about pit firing which is firing works unglazed in the ground. Raku firing is low fired glazed work fired in a kiln and removed while still hot and given post reduction treatment… both have very results, but both look great 🙂

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | July 21, 2014, 7:53 am
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      • Thanks for the clarification. I must have the two processes confused in my mind. I thought raku pottery was fired in the ground too and so ‘pit firing’ and ‘raku’ were just two names for the same process.

        Posted by AnnIsikArts | July 21, 2014, 1:02 pm

      • Yes, it is surprising how many people think the same!!

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | July 21, 2014, 3:13 pm

  347. Dear Dawn….

    wishing you all the best for your new exhibition…once again, couldn’t get Jess into car to get to launch! but hope all went well, and hope to take in exhibition when free to get there.

    Kind regards,

    sue and jess dridan.

    Posted by sue | July 27, 2014, 4:22 pm
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  348. I love your ceramics; I have some pieces of Svend Bayer’s whose pottery is fairly close to me here in England and whose work I find similarly pleasing.

    Posted by Hariod Brawn | July 29, 2014, 1:35 am
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  349. Dawn, this is fabulous! You obviously are not only super-skilled at throwing, but you make it look like this is so easy (and I know from my own experience, it’s the total opposite!!) The bowl is beautiful you’ve made and it’s not even bisque’d yet!! Also want to add how wonderful it is to hear your voice, after two years or so of following your great blogs. 🙂

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 5, 2014, 1:41 am
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    • Thanks Patricia!! I may make it look easy but that is after YEARS!! When I first began… YIKES!! LOL

      Yes, it I funny hearing peoples voices for the first time – you kind of have preconceived ideas in your head about people ….also I find it odd to listen to yourself. I often think is that how I sound??

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

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  350. I love the idea of blogging your progress…and your thoughts. I am not an artist, so I enjoy your explanations of what you’re trying to achieve.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | September 7, 2014, 9:40 pm
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  351. good luck

    Posted by Geo Sans | September 14, 2014, 6:30 pm
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  352. Good luck, Dawn. I know the feeling – this month and next seem to be peak ‘call for entry’ months around here, and I’m spending more time on the paperwork and apps than I’d like! Have a good show and workshop next weekend.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 14, 2014, 11:58 pm
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  353. It sounds exciting AND fun! You go gitl!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | September 15, 2014, 4:06 am
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  354. wow I wish I had known about this earlier! I would have loved to attend. Hope it all went well and you had fun and fired lots of great pieces.

    Posted by yvettedelacy | September 24, 2014, 8:12 pm
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  355. Hey Yvette…. it went really well, great results (I just published a new post with more pics)…. and there will be more workshops in the future…. I try to do them on a regular basis around fire bans etc 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | September 24, 2014, 8:29 pm
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  356. Dawn, I didn’t realize the logistics of planning an outdoor firing such as this, but after thinking and reading your post – I’m so glad that the weather and seasonal temps cooperated. I’ve been enjoying following along on Facebook too and seeing all your pics – looks great!! I encourage others to check out your page or better, take a class w/ you if local. 🙂

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 24, 2014, 9:36 pm
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  357. Hi Dawn, do you put holes in the tins so there is no explosions? I do lots of ‘eco dying’ on wool and silk with gum leaves, this looks and feels very similar. I did some pit firings years and years ago at Un but they were more hit or miss these seem a bit more controlled with the print and very exciting. Yvette x

    Posted by yvettedelacy | September 29, 2014, 9:50 am
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    • Hey Yvette… yes I do put holes in the tins!!

      I follow a couple of blogs about eco dying…. it is something I am interested in exploring – along with a thousand other things – time is such a pain in the a^%$se 🙂

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      • Yes I have a big pile of Cinerea gum leaf dyed wool pieces ready to be made into bags. I made one, last summer, alas that’s where the journey ended…I had great plans but no time. I think I posted the bag I made on an earlier post on my wordpress blog.

        Posted by yvettedelacy | September 30, 2014, 8:05 am

      • yes time is a big problem!!

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | September 30, 2014, 6:02 pm

  358. You sure have had a busy season. I love your ‘kiln god’ – was it something you found in your travels or you made it? It’s fabulous!! Congrats on all the exciting things that have been going on for you, Dawn. 🙂

    Posted by artdoesmatter | October 12, 2014, 11:29 pm
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    • Thanks Patricia…. yes I have been way too busy I have decided!! LOL

      I actually made my kiln god during my second year of undergrad!! She is saggar fired and has sat on top of my kiln for years…. she does a great job!

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  359. I was going to ask if you made the delightful gargoyle…and I see you did! It’s always fun to have an inspirational muse along for the ride.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | October 13, 2014, 12:27 am
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  360. Plus picking the RIGHT contents…you know a lot about color and texture, but it’s got to be difficult to figure out cherries or peppers, a handful of berries or a handful of cereal. I guess that’s the joys — and stresses — of being artistic. BTW..I think you’ve made appealing choices so far…

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | October 20, 2014, 11:01 am
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  361. I love them all Dawn! Your bowls look great with food in them. I much prefer to see ceramics being used rather than against the stark white. But I guess it works as that what everyone does!

    Posted by yvettedelacy | October 20, 2014, 2:31 pm
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    • Yvette, I agree…. yet I think the idea of lighter backgrounds is so that the focus is on your product, and not the other props around it – so draw the buyer in with the uncluttered image and then hopefully they will get to see the other in situ images…. plus I do think that having lots of different shots with different props on a shop page does tend to look a bit cluttered…. but the jury is out – everyone has a different opinion! 🙂

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  362. I may not always understand the story behind the art, but I do love the art. The story is like frosting on the cake.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | October 24, 2014, 8:47 am
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  363. I work on the publication of a number of catalogs, including an Arts & Crafts catalog. I go through the catalog page by page, and am amazed that there are so many “creative arts” that one can wander through, including ceramics. I can’t believe there are sooooo many glazes, underglazes, paints, brushes, and other components to choose from. Your art is definitely not simple, and it’s constantly evolving. Am happy to be learning from you!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | November 10, 2014, 1:13 am
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  364. The cows are awesome! They would look great being featured on my Sunday “Unique Art” blog sometime. I love their colors and designs.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | November 18, 2014, 2:21 pm
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  365. Handmade and LOCAL! Yes!

    Posted by ukcrochetpatterns | November 21, 2014, 6:47 am
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  366. Happy New Year Dawn, I hope you have a productive and creative 2015.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | January 2, 2015, 8:30 am
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  367. I love the mighty mushrooms, and will go over to Monochrome Madness, too! I would love to take pics like that — I already have so many arts and crafts and writing projects on my plate it’s now become a room-sized platter. But I do take nature shots all the time — love this one.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | January 15, 2015, 4:55 am
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  368. A claw in the air? One grasping the sand? Seaweed? How wonderfully imaginative! I love to see what other people see in the abstract. Shows the creativity of wo/man!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | January 22, 2015, 10:02 am
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  369. Your designs remind me of ancient Rome…although I must admit I just watched two seasons of the HBO series Rome in two days! I really like the vase.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | January 26, 2015, 12:59 pm
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  370. Hi Dawn

    Would be nice to see both before and after photos.

    kind regards

    Pam

    Posted by pljacobs@tiscali.co.uk | January 26, 2015, 6:18 pm
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  371. Beautiful volcanic glaze! I’ve never had the pleasure to work with it- it creates such a unique texture. Best of luck on the FB challenge!

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  373. These are absolutely lovely. And soothing. The pottery in the pond is unique and soothing. You are so right — these are conduits connecting humanity back to Earth. A peaceful focal point, yet they are busy in their intricacy. Your work would fit perfectly on my Sunday Evening Unique Art Museum — right next to the pics of the Modern Museums of Art!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | January 29, 2015, 10:39 am
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  374. Oh my goodness, I haven’t found you earlier, but now I have! You have a lot of very fine ceramics here!

    Posted by tussilaspring | January 31, 2015, 4:10 am
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  375. Hell Ms. Whitehand. I recently acquired three stoneware anamorphic figures signed Whitehand, one a boar one a deer and one a rabbit are these some of your earlier pieces. They are scribed copyright 1983

    Posted by bernadette | February 9, 2015, 1:30 pm
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  376. I was throwing some today… how much clay do you start with? I think mine may be too wide.. will see how they shrink..

    Posted by Anna | February 10, 2015, 8:46 pm
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  377. (a little extracurricular here..) Dawn..did you get my email? (I sent it to the wrong address the first time). PS Love the jewelry!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | February 11, 2015, 4:48 am
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  378. What a great idea the yarn bowls are Dawn, I imagine they could be quite popular.

    Posted by Leanne Cole | February 16, 2015, 8:33 am
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  379. hi dawn, do you still have my ceramic works submitted for the earthen centre gallery at the Back space gallery?

    Posted by petrus spronk | March 5, 2015, 11:23 am
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  380. How many miles do you think it is from Wisconsin in the US to Australia?

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | March 11, 2015, 1:01 pm
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  381. I love your pictures. I live on the other side of the world from you, in Wisconsin, in the Midwest of the U.S. Your gorge reminds me of the Wisconsin Dells, a tourist attraction that takes away from the real attraction: dramatic rock formations found along the Wisconsin River. They were shaped by strong currents of water from melting glaciers. And each dell is more impressive than the next. I haven’t been there in years, but your adventure makes me want to go again. Thank you for the tour of your beautiful countryside.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | May 5, 2015, 8:35 am
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  382. what a lovely photo. Wonderful to be able to get everyone together in one place..

    Posted by Anna | May 12, 2015, 8:58 pm
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  383. Great shot, i’ve probably asked before (if yes, sorry) where in Vic? I’m SE of Melbourne

    Posted by Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer | May 15, 2015, 2:52 pm
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  384. I can almost feel those clouds rolling in on the breeze – cool in more ways than one 🙂

    Posted by Anna | May 15, 2015, 10:32 pm
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  385. So happy you’ve joined the challenge (and I love the way you’ve described it). A gorgeous photo here, it must be so lovely to have this as your front yard. I love how a streak of pink, bright clouds separates the dark stormy ones from the ground. Thank you so much for sharing!

    Posted by Jennifer Nichole Wells | May 15, 2015, 11:50 pm
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  386. it sounds like a great project and look forward to seeing your own design completed…

    Posted by Anna | May 20, 2015, 6:03 pm
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  387. What a fabulous idea and project to work on, Dawn. I love the ‘in-action’ pics of you in the workshop, too! Looking forward to seeing when your piece is complete!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | May 22, 2015, 3:20 am
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  388. How about pit firing with no burnishing at all ? I’ve seen some really interesting completely matte smoke fired pieces done by colleagues .

    Posted by rukshanaafia | May 28, 2015, 11:48 pm
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    • Yes, I agree Rukshana …. I am just a bit hooked on the depth of colour achieved through burnishing…. but that would definitely be a solution keeping the existing textured surface – these things are such big decisions aren’t they?

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 29, 2015, 12:22 am
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  389. I love the new shapes. Can you explain what you mean by new sculptural forms that are more formal….? I am learning from you and, as a non-sculptor I would love to understand what is different. Love your work.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | May 29, 2015, 1:41 pm
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    • Hi Claudia… these forms are more formal in that they follow stronger lines of design, are more restrained and occupy space in a more rigid manner as opposed to more organic shapes and lines – does this make sense?

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 30, 2015, 12:53 am
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      • Yes, I think it does. They do seem more..solid (pbysically and conceptually) than, say, your garden pieces (they’re not really garden pieces, but I remember the cluster of creations you placed outside near water). Am I getting closer?

        Posted by Claudia Anderson | May 30, 2015, 2:53 am

      • absolutely!

        Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 31, 2015, 5:37 pm

  390. Simply gorgeous. Do you have the same weather most of the year? Or do your seasons change?

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | June 1, 2015, 8:10 am
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  391. how about a combination of burnished smooth areas and textured areas?

    Posted by Anna | June 2, 2015, 8:39 pm
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  392. I love to visit there again one day… we had a lovely family holiday there in the 1980s

    Posted by Anna | June 2, 2015, 9:50 pm
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  393. What a great idea! And thank you for taking time to teach others to do this — special needs or not. The world needs more art.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | June 5, 2015, 10:09 pm
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  394. they will look great when completed. I can see how the mesh with the design underneath would make it easier to follow up with the tiles…

    Posted by Anna | June 6, 2015, 6:03 pm
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  395. very intriguing… if I wasn’t on a deadline for teapots I’d be giving it a go..

    Posted by Anna | June 8, 2015, 11:24 am
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  396. Looks like you had lots of fun with these!

    Posted by Anita T. | June 8, 2015, 4:38 pm
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  397. Beautiful! What an aptly times photo. Thanks for sharing.

    Posted by Jennifer Nichole Wells | June 11, 2015, 1:37 am
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  398. More productive than when I have insomnia !

    Posted by rukshanaafia | June 16, 2015, 7:38 pm
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    • haha – yes, well usually when I have insomnia I am not this productive – usually I lie in bed getting frustrated at not being able to sleep… I have decided now though that I will get up & do stuff!!

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  399. love the yellow colour on that larger triangular piece.. and your book is a great one for inspiration and reminders of techniques…

    Posted by Anna | June 25, 2015, 10:35 pm
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  400. For you it’s Christmas in July — for me it’s the start of Art Fairs! So I’m off to your Etsy shop for that unique, one-of-a-kind treat!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | July 3, 2015, 11:38 am
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  401. good looking doors

    Posted by Anna | July 6, 2015, 10:11 pm
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  402. A beautiful door! A little “breezy” on either side, though. Must say I love the peek inside the studio, though!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | July 7, 2015, 8:49 am
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  403. I’ve only done one pit firing but I loved it. Now you’ve got me thinking about doing another one really soon. Thanks. Your pots look great.

    Posted by FutureRelicsGallery | July 9, 2015, 5:43 am
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  404. Congratulations Dawn! This is amazing!

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  405. Dawn, first want to say that I truly think these are some of the most beautiful sculptures you’ve made. Secondly, using polystyrene end packaging for press moulds is wildly creative! It scares me to think if we as artists do not find uses for these items like polystyrene – how terrible for the environment a plastic like that truly IS if left to just becoming landfill fodder. The surfaces on your new pieces are just incredible – so it’s not just the beauty of form here. It’s also the added beauty of your clay surfaces. Magnificent!!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | July 22, 2015, 8:32 pm
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    • thanks so much Patricia, much appreciated.

      Yes, I have been collecting polystyrene packaging for a while now and have a series in mind, so it is good to have something to work towards.

      Once again, thanks for your generous comments 🙂

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  406. coming along nicely

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  407. This is so cool! I would love to take a class to do this!

    Posted by compcrazy215 | July 30, 2015, 11:35 am
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  408. What a fun project to lead, your community garden will be gorgeous!!!

    Cheers from a dino party!

    Posted by Jessie | August 7, 2015, 1:06 am
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  409. Nice works. ☺ .

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  410. congratulations on the sales. Yours look very wearable and creative. Sorry to hear about your mother and hope her recovery is soon complete.

    Posted by Anna | August 10, 2015, 11:01 pm
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  411. Congrats on your sales, Dawn! Always good news to hear. I understand what you’ve been going through w/ your mum, as both my husband and I have been dealing w/ same, it feels almost nonstop, since February. In our case, they are doing well now, and I hope the same is true for your mum.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | August 10, 2015, 11:16 pm
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  412. These are beautiful! The first one is absolutely gorgeous. 🙂

    Posted by JustmeV | August 15, 2015, 2:22 pm
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  413. These are beautiful. i love how you got falling pieces of snow right in front of your lens.

    Posted by Jennifer Nichole Wells | August 17, 2015, 12:05 pm
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  414. looks like you had lemon ice that year… lovely pics

    Posted by Anna | August 17, 2015, 12:20 pm
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  415. I am sorry for your loss. My heart breaks every time I lose a furry one, too. But they give us great memories, so what better way to charge ahead?

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | September 3, 2015, 3:56 am
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  416. Congratulations, Dawn. It looks fantastic : )

    Posted by Anna Cull | September 3, 2015, 12:19 pm
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  417. you achieved some great results for a first go…. I can see there would be a connection with ceramics which I seen marbled with coloured slips..

    Posted by Anna | September 7, 2015, 5:42 pm
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  418. that’s looking great!

    Posted by Anna | September 12, 2015, 9:45 pm
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  419. they are lovely designs and such a good cause

    Posted by Anna | September 15, 2015, 10:15 am
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  420. that looks like you got some good colours… I’m currently checking your book to get ideas for my next sawdust firing…

    Posted by Anna | September 29, 2015, 10:06 am
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  421. Fantastic pieces, thank you for sharing!

    Posted by Artisan | October 7, 2015, 8:34 am
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  422. a great write up of your studio visits and the SAM exhibition, thank you. I’ll be sharing so others can read it too.

    Posted by Anna | October 7, 2015, 7:38 pm
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  423. Fabulous pots. I’m a pot hound. Bought two last week. These are good enough to eat. 🙂

    Posted by AnnIsikArts | October 8, 2015, 1:15 am
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  424. I am SOOO proud of you! Your poetry has always been great. As well as your artwork. I want to jump on the publishing bandwagon, too — doesn’t it feel good? Keep your entries going. Am off to read your interview now.

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | October 10, 2015, 3:29 am
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  425. Superb work!!

    Posted by ARTmoses | October 10, 2015, 4:51 am
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  426. Congrats! This is an wonderful and exciting adventure for you!

    Posted by compcrazy215 | October 10, 2015, 6:52 am
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  427. You are so talented and work hard. A hardy congratulations

    Posted by silvia | October 10, 2015, 10:25 am
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  428. congratulations – that is quite a milestone for you – also inspiring me to start drawing again 🙂

    Posted by Anna | October 10, 2015, 12:02 pm
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  429. What a great idea.

    Posted by alrharris | October 10, 2015, 11:26 pm
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  430. I like your findings… do you make your own?

    Posted by Anna | October 21, 2015, 8:43 pm
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  431. sounds like a good day…

    Posted by Anna Ryland | October 26, 2015, 8:19 pm
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  432. Congrats on the exhibition and the new orders, too!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | October 27, 2015, 11:26 pm
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  433. Love the surfaces on those pieces bound for the All Hands exhibition!

    Posted by Anna | October 28, 2015, 7:40 pm
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  434. love the one of the koala in the bird nest…. I’m sure it would be much softer than the bare tree trunk!

    Posted by Anna | November 3, 2015, 8:49 am
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  435. Congratulations Dawn. What a terrific project. The finished pieces look great.

    Posted by Anna | November 14, 2015, 9:52 am
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  436. your past dragon sculpting experience would be very handy for this project.. the customer should be very pleased…

    Posted by Anna | December 13, 2015, 3:24 pm
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  437. Great photos. I really like the lichen 😀 😀

    Posted by Cee Neuner | December 15, 2015, 3:32 am
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  438. great images… I like the top one best… our lichen is all dried up now the hot weather has arrived… it will grow back once the weather cools and we get some rain…

    Posted by Anna | December 15, 2015, 8:11 pm
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  439. These are great fun doors and windows for this week’s challenge. Thanks for playing.

    Posted by Cee Neuner | December 29, 2015, 5:02 am
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  440. Wonderful… they have such character… I must dig out my photos of French window shutters and lace curtains..

    Posted by Anna | December 29, 2015, 5:55 pm
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  441. Congratulations! I have selected this post to be featured on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
    http://ceenphotography.com/2015/12/29/cees-fun-foto-challenge-doors-and-windows-continued/
    I sure hope you have a great week and Happy New Year!

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  442. You did an awesome job! It looks fantastic. 🙂

    Posted by rarasaur | January 4, 2016, 4:51 pm
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  443. I love the colors of the earrings!

    Posted by Claudia Anderson | January 14, 2016, 2:03 pm
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  444. great images!

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | January 16, 2016, 1:40 pm
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  445. love the plant in the pot and the banksia drawings best 🙂

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | January 18, 2016, 12:05 pm
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  446. Very creative photos for light. 😀

    Posted by Cee Neuner | January 20, 2016, 5:00 am
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  447. great photos – the one looking up at the light shades is the one that appeals most to me though

    Anna

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  448. Dawn, these are seriously beautiful photographs! I would love to see what you could do with all of them if they further became subjects for your abstract drawings and pastels. Esp. if you kept to a B&W theme. Gorgeous images – I have a thing for lights and lighting!!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 22, 2016, 1:29 am
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  449. These look fantastic! I’m really digging all the ceramic earrings you’re doing lately. The tapas knives are so inventive too!! I’ve never seen that done in clay…fabulous work.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | January 22, 2016, 1:34 am
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  450. I love your doodle! Or rather, artwork. I have seen some awesome artwork that started from a few swirly lines on a piece of paper. Careers skyrocket! Fame and glory!! Well, at least it feels good, doesn’t it? Everything an artist does is art.

    Posted by Claudia | January 26, 2016, 1:21 pm
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  451. Would be good to catch up one day when you’re in Melbourne Dawn :>>

    Posted by Chas Spain | February 4, 2016, 10:07 pm
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  452. I love these yarn clad trees! If you get a chance , go to Swanston street in CBD for more such beauties!

    Posted by Ruma Dak | February 4, 2016, 10:28 pm
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  453. I love the necklace. Is it in Etsy?

    Posted by Claudia | February 5, 2016, 1:11 pm
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  454. Love how you look for eco friendly ways to make jewelry. Here is a link I think you might like:
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/79798224624473879/

    Enjoy!

    Posted by compcrazy215 | February 8, 2016, 2:04 pm
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  455. Thanks Alicia…. yes, I haven’t looked up bubblewrap as yet, but I did recently look up making beads using plastic bags and plastic water bottle beads…. I’ll check out the bubblewrap idea 🙂

    Posted by Dawn Whitehand | February 8, 2016, 10:20 pm
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  456. they look a useful size and shape – love your credit card rib… those are handy too

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | February 13, 2016, 9:42 pm
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  457. Upcycling is fantastic! The beads and fabric have a new life!

    Posted by Anita T. | February 16, 2016, 10:36 am
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  458. This was such a fun challenge. I knew with you being an artist and poet you would be perfect to help with this project. It is obvious from all of the entries that your poem was truly inspiring. Thank you so much, Dawn! I look forward to this being a fun challenge for sea glass artists all over the world for years to come!

    Posted by Meg Carter | February 19, 2016, 3:54 am
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  459. ” this is why STEM needs to be STEAM in our education system (*see below).” Great! I like that. Where did you get that?
    STEM is not creative, the sciences describe systems that can be described in terms of a fixed formal theory. Creativity is the ability to get out of the framework of any given fixed formal theory, and that is not captured by STEM.
    Human beings and human cultures are creative. That is why it is impossible to reduce the humanities and philosophy to science (while science can be viewed as a special case of the humanities).

    Posted by nannus | March 1, 2016, 5:27 am
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    • Doing science is as creative as doing art . However science is taught about rather than taught or done in most educational institutions – at least until postgraduate level but increasingly in the UK not even then . On the other hand even when art is badly taught it is difficult to stop students producing some actual work !

      Posted by rukshanaafia | March 1, 2016, 5:56 am
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      • I totally agree that science is a creative activity. Math is a creative activity as well, as is computer science (my own profession) and the rest of STEM disciplines. I think that science does not follow fixed rules (any set of fixed rules is limited), so if science is defined as describing systems in terms of formal theories, science itself falls outside the scope of science. The theory of science is within the humanities (it is philosophy), but many scientists seem not to see this.

        Posted by nannus | March 1, 2016, 6:08 am

      • Of course , real science is done when someone thinks originally and cannot be automatically generated from the so-called scientific method (cf Feyerabend’s “Against Method”) . My 1st degree was in Pure Maths where I agree this was extremely obvious . When I realised I did not have true mathematical ie creative ability but had been teeming with 3D artistic ideas since 2ndary school I went in for training in ceramics and later textiles .
        I fear that education whether in art , science (natural philosophy) or the humanities is , at best , confused right now in the UK .

        Posted by rukshanaafia | March 1, 2016, 6:43 am

      • Inside maths, one can even proof that creativity is necessary. What can be done with algorithms is always incomplete (or can be extended). I am thinking here of the results of people like Gödel, Turing, Kleene etc. Every formal theory of how to do maths (and, as a corollary, any formal theory of human cognition and human culture) are incomplete. You can extend the theory, but the resulting theory is incomplete again. That is the reason there is a science/humanities divide. Any algorithm only describes a single pattern and you can always construct something outside of such a pattern. If science can identify the laws or patterns in arbitrary data, it cannot be an algorithm, so its meta-theory must be outside of science itself.
        (Sorry to our host here, we are moving way out of the topic of her post and blog, I think :-), although there is a connection).

        Posted by nannus | March 1, 2016, 6:54 am

      • I’d hardly disagree with you on Maths since I was & am intrigued by its philosophy and have gone into it a lot . I’m not sure about such a clear humanities/science divide . I thought ‘humanities’ meant human ways of seeing things – as such the natural sciences and Maths are also humanities since human beings have been doing both since ever . I suppose I am also a bit of an etymological pedant and remember that ‘science’ means knowledge and ‘philosophy’ the love of wisdom so that eg history and theology are sciences (with the Moral Sciences tripos at Cambridge being the philosophy degree course) and also physics used to be called natural philosophy .
        Apologies from me too ! (But I also think there is a connection) .

        Posted by rukshanaafia | March 1, 2016, 7:18 am

      • You hit the nail on the head. Scienc, as understood by many people, is just a special case. I am German and in my native language, there is not even an equivalent of the concept of Science. We have “Wissenschaft” and that is a much wider concept comprising both. It is an artificial divide, a result of a certain tradition of philosophy. Some scientists seem to think that the humanities will be made obsolete by science, but I think it will happen the other way around. Science is just a special case.

        Posted by nannus | March 1, 2016, 7:26 am

  460. wow you sparked a debate there Dawn 🙂 me, I can’t wait to see your creation and congrats on being invited to take part in the Lorne event.

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | March 1, 2016, 8:55 am
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  461. Wonderful knobs for this week’s challenge. They all look to used and wonderful. 😀

    Posted by Cee Neuner | March 12, 2016, 1:58 am
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  462. Just gorgeous, we also have a pumpkin on the bench and I have snapped it a couple times. The light in the morning. They are just so gorgeous, pumpkins, along with your penciled rendering of such!

    Posted by Jessie Martinovic | March 15, 2016, 5:34 pm
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  463. well that looks pretty housewifey to me! How wonderful to be eating your own produce. Nothing better than home made jam or any other preserve really…

    Posted by Anna | March 15, 2016, 8:56 pm
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  464. Congratulations! I have selected your post to be featured on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
    http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/15/cees-fun-foto-challenge-indoor-seating/
    I sure hope you have a wonderful week. 😀

    Posted by Cee Neuner | March 16, 2016, 1:57 am
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  465. How lovely it would be to just stand there and breathe it all in.

    Posted by Claudia | April 6, 2016, 10:41 am
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  466. I love the moody and contrasting colours in these shots.

    Posted by heavenhappens | April 6, 2016, 11:28 pm
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  467. This reminds me of firing rake. What joy!

    Posted by dunelight | April 7, 2016, 3:26 am
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  468. Love these shots! Openness really feels good.

    Posted by InherentlyAdventurous | April 8, 2016, 10:13 am
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  469. I think a birthday party making pottery is an awesome idea! In the states many have parties at Chuck e Cheese, an overpriced video gamed place where nothing is learned except how to spend a fortune for 4 cents worth of trinkets. To actually make something…that is a celebration of birth. Too bad you’re so far away! I’d book my OWN birthday party with you!

    Posted by Claudia | April 25, 2016, 12:39 am
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  470. looks like a bumper crop – the leaves look great. Don’t think I’ve seen pumpkin leaves used like that before…

    Posted by Anna | May 2, 2016, 5:52 pm
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  471. Very nice images!

    Galen

    Posted by Galen911 | May 10, 2016, 12:56 pm
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  472. great images… hard to choose a favourite… I wonder if whoever wins the next election will do any better for us on climate change…

    Posted by Anna | May 10, 2016, 8:21 pm
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  473. Congratulations Dawn it all looks terrific and the new kiln sounds like a good find.. my potter friend, Janet has a porta kiln but hers only has one burner and she finds the firing are a bit uneven – doesn’t stop making some great work. Especially her temuko! hope yours does as well.

    Posted by Anna | May 24, 2016, 3:59 pm
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  474. those curtains are very retro but great to be put to such good use…

    Posted by Anna | May 30, 2016, 9:53 am
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  475. your new studio space sounds so good… I’ll need to force myself to get moving on teapots in my cold space soon

    Posted by Anna | June 3, 2016, 1:11 pm
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  476. Your resident possum is cute! We have a resident chipmunk that lives under the deck. My boy cat likes to just sit indoors at the window and watch him!! It’s a riot to see. Anyway, I’ve enjoyed following along w/ your new kiln install and all the new work you /your students are creating. You are really on a super productive roll, Dawn!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | June 7, 2016, 12:29 am
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  477. Freut mich Ihre Seite zu sehen, ich hatte auch 31 Jahre eine Keramikwerkstatt
    Gruß Dieter Dietz

    Posted by Schnippelboy | June 7, 2016, 6:34 pm
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  478. I think it would be wonderful to have your own special room/area to do all your creating. There’s a certain aura to these sorts of places — the magic in making!

    Posted by Claudia | June 13, 2016, 9:04 am
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  479. I just love the idea of an art project for a birthday party. The days of over-priced parties at places that are loud and full of video games are such a waste of brains and energy. To actually CREATE something…something you can pass along to your kids once you’re old enough — how wonderful is that? Good for you, my friend!

    Posted by Claudia | June 30, 2016, 11:04 am
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  480. gosh I hope your doors take your repairs well… too breezy with out them I think.. congrats on the inclusion on the blog review, twice in one, wow. I managed to be included once again.. some nice things in your Etsy store too.

    Posted by Anna | July 3, 2016, 10:54 pm
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  481. very pretty but oh I’m glad I don’t live anywhere that cold!

    Posted by Anna | July 14, 2016, 11:21 am
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  482. I love this jewelry! My daughter-in-law gave me a light blue/white one. I don’t know what paper was used, but it’s absolutely lovely. I’m amazed at this kind of workmanship.You rock!

    Posted by Claudia | July 27, 2016, 9:53 am
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  483. Love seeing everything drying Dawn 😃

    Posted by Robyn G | August 1, 2016, 8:56 am
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  484. Watching you work with clay is amazing. Working in pottery is a world very foreign to me. But you make it seem so smooth and easy. Love it.

    Posted by Claudia | August 1, 2016, 12:11 pm
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  485. you have been busy which is great and very encouraging for other potters… were you trimming and holding your phone at the same time?

    Posted by Anna | August 1, 2016, 12:20 pm
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  486. those oval tapas dishes are great.. I wonder what colour you will choose for them

    Posted by Anna | August 20, 2016, 6:26 pm
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  487. Dawn, congrats on your 200 items’ milestone! The photos of the above items look wonderful, like a grid of all the different forms of creativity your practice entails. Being a huge ceramics’ lover – I’m drawn immediately to those stunning champagne flutes! Having recently discovered (as you know) the feel and touch of enjoying wines or champagne via a ceramic cup or ceramic flute beats the “old wine glass concept” by a thousand-fold. Congrats again and hope the upcoming Spring is just as productive for you!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | September 13, 2016, 6:09 am
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  488. I love how dramatic the photos look. Nice work!

    Posted by Sara | September 15, 2016, 1:09 am
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  489. Great videos Dawn! What an incredible downpour we had.

    Posted by Louise | September 21, 2016, 10:56 am
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  490. I’m sure those taking part will benefit from the work with clay

    Posted by Anna | September 26, 2016, 9:20 pm
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  491. Such a good idea. There indeed is a lot of relief in physical art.

    Posted by Claudia | September 27, 2016, 9:54 am
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  492. Sorry to hear you are still suffering from the virus… looks like you are on top of the snow flake order..

    Posted by Anna | October 3, 2016, 8:36 pm
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  493. What a wonderful experiment Dawn and I love your results!
    When I was a student we did a pit firing and it was the most fun I had in Ceramics!
    The subtle colours you have achieved are really gorgeous. Bet your heart sang 🙂

    Posted by Robyn G | October 6, 2016, 10:25 am
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  494. that looks like fun… and some really good results

    Posted by Anna | October 7, 2016, 4:57 pm
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  495. I love that gargoyle hangin put over your oven!

    Posted by Claudia | October 17, 2016, 12:23 am
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  496. Welcome to Thursday Doors, so glad you found us 🙂
    Nice shots. Personally I am convinced that together Italy and France contain about 40% of all of the world’s nicest doors 😉

    Posted by Norm 2.0 | November 18, 2016, 11:50 pm
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  497. Welcome to the challenge, Dawn. It’s one of my favorites. Europe definitely has some great doors, as I document every time I visit my s-i-l in France. 🙂

    janet

    Posted by sustainabilitea | November 19, 2016, 11:41 am
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  498. You are providing some wonderful opportunities for people. I’m sure they get more than a piece of fired clay from taking part.

    Posted by Anna | November 24, 2016, 12:46 pm
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  499. Welcome back! We are battling 7 inches of snow here, so your warm, bright pics are just what I need!

    Posted by Claudia | December 12, 2016, 2:27 pm
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  500. good to hear you are feeling stronger… I hope the warmer weather sees you right again. I love the photo of the nearby rusty roof taken through the oblong window!

    Posted by Anna | December 12, 2016, 5:54 pm
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  501. Dawn , its good you are back I have missed your posts Happy Xmas anyway. Laurence

    Posted by humphries346 | December 13, 2016, 12:33 am
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  502. What beautiful pieces you have created. What items did you use to bring out the different colors?

    Posted by Cofused and Skeptical | December 27, 2016, 1:33 pm
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  503. I’m looking forward to seeing more… hope 2017 is a great year for you

    Posted by Anna | January 2, 2017, 10:12 pm
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  504. Looks lovely, where is the exhibition being held?

    Posted by Eclecticherbals | January 3, 2017, 8:12 am
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  505. Am looking forward to seeing the exhibition!

    Posted by Claudia | January 14, 2017, 10:06 am
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  506. glad the firing went well. looking forward to the installed pics

    Posted by Anna | January 14, 2017, 3:18 pm
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  507. Nice work Dawn and good luck with the deck – they’re so satisfying to build as you can see your efforts :> (not like putting in plumbing!)

    Posted by Chas Spain | January 15, 2017, 9:32 pm
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  508. Great work, Dawn! Congrats on this moving exhibition.

    Posted by sydney | January 31, 2017, 5:33 am
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  509. such a good idea I have shared it to my Fb page, hope you don’t mind…

    Posted by Anna | February 27, 2017, 11:27 am
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  510. Hi Dawn
    lovely to read about what’s happening in your studio – art is always a process of countless hours – best wishes with the set of bowls 🙂

    Posted by Annmarie Scott | March 2, 2017, 9:33 am
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  511. Loving the look of last years pumpkins!

    Posted by Annmarie Scott | March 6, 2017, 8:21 am
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  512. Love the leaf printing firings Dawn

    Posted by Chas Spain | March 13, 2017, 8:22 pm
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  513. I love the idea of relish and I love the plate with the cut!

    Posted by Claudia | March 14, 2017, 1:07 pm
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  514. love the dinner plates – they turned out great… seasonal decoration to go with seasonal food?

    Posted by Anna | March 28, 2017, 1:45 pm
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  515. Dawn, those plates you’ve designed imprinted w/ the pumpkin leaves are so stunning. I’ve enjoyed following along all of your posts on Insta and FB even though I have been away from WordPress on an extended break. I also want to thank you for your lovely feedback and commentary through all the years on my 5th anniversary of blogging! Your lovely blogs have always been a constant source of inspiration (and lovely eye candy!) Going to flip through the zillions of posts I’ve missed!

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 8, 2017, 12:07 am
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  516. Of course w/ a title like recycle/reuse in it, I’d have to issue you praise! What a massively creative upcycle w/ your broken wine glass and the broken apart succulents! And the addition of the copper foil is super lovely. P.S. Sssshhhh told tell him I said so – but I have a hubby that breaks a lot of things accidentally around the house, too! 😉 Lovely post, Dawn.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | April 8, 2017, 12:19 am
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  517. So sorry to here of the downpour – but glad your studio wasn’t flooded! The leaf plates are lovely!

    Posted by sydney | April 18, 2017, 2:19 am
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  518. Love your set of plates. The colours are wonderful.

    Posted by Anna | May 5, 2017, 5:50 pm
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  519. I love pumpkins – colors, shape and pumpkin soup – and what you do with the leaves is simply beautiful.

    Posted by Carola Bartz | May 6, 2017, 12:56 am
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  520. Interesting to see how you make your plates. The leaf design is beautiful.

    Posted by Amy DeLong | May 6, 2017, 7:29 am
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  521. I love watching your process!

    Posted by Sally Grayson | May 7, 2017, 1:11 am
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  522. Love what you’ve done with pumpkin leaves!! Your work is brilliant!!

    It’s so interesting to me that you are celebrating your fall season while we here in the States are in spring season. I forget that our seasons are opposite of yours!

    Posted by beth b | May 7, 2017, 5:47 am
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  523. I saw your yarn bowl on an earlier post, but I never knew what it was called! How clever! And I would need an earring TREE, not just a holder. Great work!

    Posted by Claudia | May 9, 2017, 12:36 am
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  524. Excellent… nice to have your work appreciated by sales

    Posted by Anna | May 9, 2017, 11:30 am
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  525. Great work! And Happy Mother’s Day!

    Posted by Claudia | May 15, 2017, 11:37 am
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  526. Looks like a great exhibition.

    Posted by AnnIsikArts | July 22, 2017, 1:14 pm
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  527. Missed you!

    Posted by Claudia | July 23, 2017, 5:51 am
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  528. it great that your clean up has such nice side effects

    Posted by Anna | August 8, 2017, 2:56 pm
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  529. Gorgeous. What lovely messy fun. The jewelry that results will be gorgeous, too.

    Posted by Brenda Davis Harsham | April 22, 2018, 11:43 pm
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  530. it does look interesting… I look forward to the tests on plates

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | April 25, 2018, 10:47 am
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  531. Have missed your blogs! But I am so glad you are busy creating. I’d come take a class if you were closer…heh…

    Posted by Claudia | May 24, 2018, 3:09 am
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    • Thanks Claudia …. the other side effect of being so busy with the new shop is that I miss visiting my favourite blogs – such as yours!! Maybe if you ever make a holiday to Australia you can visit and take a class for fun!!

      Posted by Dawn Whitehand | May 24, 2018, 10:36 pm
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  532. Reblogged this on Sea Glass Collection and commented:
    Blog share today. Lovely ceramics from Dawn Whitehand in Australia. Definitely worth popping over to read and see her coffee mugs on the wheel.

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  533. Great Video and the coffee mugs are cute and amazing.

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  534. Congratulations Dawn – a great result

    Posted by Anna's Ceramics | October 8, 2018, 9:38 am
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  535. Really love this work Dawn! Congrats!!

    Posted by sydney | October 9, 2018, 3:17 am
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  536. Have you tired any glass in the cans..?

    Posted by rakuglass | November 18, 2018, 12:18 am
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    • Hi there, no haven’t tried. Not sure if the heat would be high enough to melt the glass, and if it did, the pots 7 glass are exposed directly to the fuel, so the melted glass would pick up the combustibles – would probably be a muddy mess…. 🙂

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  537. I love all the paintings in this post!!!

    Posted by JenniferRiaz | November 27, 2018, 4:09 am
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  538. Dawn, my visit to your blog is well overdue – but I want to congratulate you on your latest set of accomplishments. Both the Biennale and the Sydney Art Prize are exhibitions well-deserved!! Also want to add that your “Symbiotic” sculpture is gorgeous. That macro shot of the three organic shapes at the base of the piece is stunning!! May your continued success follow you into the upcoming new year.

    Posted by artdoesmatter | December 7, 2018, 9:59 am
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  539. Thanks for sharing your blog i get more idea in this topic.

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  540. I just watched the video and I am just amazed. Your hands are so steady as you mold the shape. You might have said this, but how do you get two different colors/textures on the surface? I am such a novice at this, but am mesmerized at the process and the end product.

    Posted by humoringthegoddess | November 30, 2020, 7:55 am
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  57. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – Sea | Joe's Musings - September 21, 2013

  58. Pingback: Resting – Zermatt, Switzerland | alternative.reality - September 22, 2013

  59. Pingback: Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 23, 2013

  60. Pingback: Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 23, 2013

  61. Pingback: Lines and Patterns #photography | Moondustwriter's Blog - September 23, 2013

  62. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – From Lines to Patterns | Joe's Musings - September 23, 2013

  63. Pingback: Photo Project “52 Bolivian Sundays” [week 38, 'From Lines to Patterns']. | 3rdculturechildren - September 24, 2013

  64. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns (2) | Through the Eye of Bastet - September 24, 2013

  65. Pingback: Pinteresting vol. XIX | Thrifty Finn - October 3, 2013

  66. Pingback: Memories through Papermaking | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 22, 2013

  67. Pingback: Memories through Papermaking | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 22, 2013

  68. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Some B&W Horizons | Humbled Pie - October 28, 2013

  69. Pingback: Horizon: The space or line where the sky meets the earth. Photo Project “52 Bolivian Sundays” [week 43]. | 3rdculturechildren - October 28, 2013

  70. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon (Rotterdam) | What's (in) the picture? - October 28, 2013

  71. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon | Say It With A Camera - October 29, 2013

  72. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon | Processing the life - October 30, 2013

  73. Pingback: Fresh from the Kiln… | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 4, 2013

  74. Pingback: Fresh from the Kiln… | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 4, 2013

  75. Pingback: Studio Days | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 14, 2013

  76. Pingback: Latest Kiln Offerings… | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 26, 2013

  77. Pingback: Want to Give Handmade this Christmas? | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - December 5, 2013

  78. Pingback: 61: Starts with Cathedrals. Ends with Notebooks. | Almofate's Likes - January 6, 2014

  79. Pingback: Identity crisis?! | Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me - January 16, 2014

  80. Pingback: Term One Ceramics Classes 2014 | ClayMotion - January 16, 2014

  81. Pingback: Ireland: a masterpiece | Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me - January 17, 2014

  82. Pingback: Ireland: a masterpiece | Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me - January 17, 2014

  83. Pingback: WB Yeats in Sligo, Ireland | Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me - January 17, 2014

  84. Pingback: 70: From Printed Patterns to Handmade Books, diversifying. | Almofate's Likes - January 18, 2014

  85. Pingback: A Blast from the Past | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 24, 2014

  86. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Object | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - February 2, 2014

  87. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – Object | Say It With A Camera - February 2, 2014

  88. Pingback: WeeklyPhoto Challenge: Object (Heads and Hats) | What's (in) the picture? - February 2, 2014

  89. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Object (2) | Through the Eye of Bastet - February 2, 2014

  90. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Object | Khana's Web - February 2, 2014

  91. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge-Object | WoollyMuses - February 3, 2014

  92. Pingback: Don’t Let Your Children Treat Their Own Child Like Dolls | THE BLACK SPAGHETTI CHRONICLES - February 4, 2014

  93. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Object (3) | Through the Eye of Bastet - February 4, 2014

  94. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Object (4) | Through the Eye of Bastet - February 6, 2014

  95. Pingback: February and March are WAY to BUSY! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - February 15, 2014

  96. Pingback: 102: Of Genius. Starts with Cister. Ends with Pessoa. | Almofate's Likes - March 12, 2014

  97. Pingback: Pit Fired Sculptures – available for sale | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - March 21, 2014

  98. Pingback: April 2014 Newsletter | ClayMotion - April 7, 2014

  99. Pingback: May 1st is Buy From Women Day | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 2, 2014

  100. Pingback: May 1st is Buy From Women Day | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 2, 2014

  101. Pingback: 135: From Gardens to Chronicles, diversifying. | Almofate's Likes - May 4, 2014

  102. Pingback: Lorne Sculpture Biennale – SculptureScape | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 17, 2014

  103. Pingback: Lorne Sculpture Biennale – SculptureScape | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 17, 2014

  104. Pingback: Lorne Sculpture Biennale – SculptureScape | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 17, 2014

  105. Pingback: Art for art’s sake; money for Women’s Refuge (with apologies to 10cc) | Zimmerbitch: age is just a (biggish) number - May 23, 2014

  106. Pingback: More Monochrome Madness | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 6, 2014

  107. Pingback: Book Launch and Exhibition Opening in Ballarat | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 30, 2014

  108. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV | Apple Pie and Napalm - July 6, 2014

  109. Pingback: New Solo Exhibition : Human Gridlock | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 22, 2014

  110. Pingback: Way Too Busy to Write Poetry :-( | Poems and Drawings - July 24, 2014

  111. Pingback: Way Too Busy to Write Poetry :-( | Poems and Drawings - July 24, 2014

  112. Pingback: Way Too Busy to Write Poetry :-( | Poems and Drawings - July 24, 2014

  113. Pingback: Exhibition Opening: Human Gridlock – New Solo Exhibition | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 30, 2014

  114. Pingback: Buy Handmade for Fathers Day | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - August 20, 2014

  115. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit: New Sculpture | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 7, 2014

  116. Pingback: Upcoming Pit Firing Workshop | ClayMotion - September 8, 2014

  117. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details | Rebecca Barray – Writer/Photographer - September 25, 2014

  118. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit: Experimenting with Fire | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 28, 2014

  119. Pingback: Pit Firing Workshop in Ballarat | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 28, 2014

  120. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit: Making Work for a New Exhibition – BLiNG | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 5, 2014

  121. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit: The Calm after the Storm! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 12, 2014

  122. Pingback: New Exhibition : BLiNG | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 23, 2014

  123. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit : a miscellanous day | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 10, 2014

  124. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Custom Orders | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 23, 2014

  125. Pingback: Day Two Of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 27, 2015

  126. Pingback: Day Three of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 28, 2015

  127. Pingback: Day Three of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 28, 2015

  128. Pingback: Day Four of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2015

  129. Pingback: Day Four of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2015

  130. Pingback: Day Four of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2015

  131. Pingback: Day Four of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2015

  132. Pingback: Day Five (& final) Day of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 30, 2015

  133. Pingback: Day Five (& final) Day of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 30, 2015

  134. Pingback: Day Five (& final) Day of Facebook Pottery Challenge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 30, 2015

  135. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: January 2015 - Pottery Making Info - February 2, 2015

  136. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: February 2015 - Pottery Making Info - March 2, 2015

  137. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall | The Panama Adventure - April 2, 2015

  138. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: March 2015 - Pottery Making Info - April 3, 2015

  139. Pingback: The Wall | My Atheist Blog - April 6, 2015

  140. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: April 2015 - Pottery Making Info - May 2, 2015

  141. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Photography and the Katherine Gorge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 5, 2015

  142. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Photography and the Katherine Gorge | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 5, 2015

  143. Pingback: One Word Photo Challenge: Hot | Jennifer Nichole Wells - May 20, 2015

  144. Pingback: Exploring New Sculptural Forms | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 28, 2015

  145. Pingback: Exploring New Sculptural Forms | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 28, 2015

  146. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Re-Visiting The Olgas | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 1, 2015

  147. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Re-Visiting The Olgas | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 1, 2015

  148. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Etsy Craft Party | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 8, 2015

  149. Pingback: One Word Photo Challenge: Windy | Jennifer Nichole Wells - June 17, 2015

  150. Pingback: Upcoming Exhibitions…. | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 27, 2015

  151. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Catching up | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 29, 2015

  152. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: June 2015 - Pottery Making Info - July 2, 2015

  153. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: June 2015 - Pottery Making Info - July 2, 2015

  154. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: June 2015 - Pottery Making Info - July 2, 2015

  155. Pingback: Term Three and a Continuation of Art Projects | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 23, 2015

  156. Pingback: Term Three and a Continuation of Art Projects | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 23, 2015

  157. Pingback: Rhododendron chrysanthum | Find Me A Cure - July 30, 2015

  158. Pingback: One Word Photo Challenge: Hail | Jennifer Nichole Wells - August 19, 2015

  159. Pingback: Happy Spring!! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 3, 2015

  160. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape | RyanPhotography - September 5, 2015

  161. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Paper Marbling | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 7, 2015

  162. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Paper Beads | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 14, 2015

  163. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – visiting other studios! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 7, 2015

  164. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – out and about | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 11, 2015

  165. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: October 2015 - Pottery Making Info - November 2, 2015

  166. Pingback: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Doors and Windows Continued | Cee's Photography - December 30, 2015

  167. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: December 2015 - Pottery Making Info - January 2, 2016

  168. Pingback: Cee’s Weekly Wrap Up – January 2, 2016 and WPC: Circle | Cee's Photography - January 3, 2016

  169. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – grotesque mug update | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 4, 2016

  170. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – bits and bobs | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 25, 2016

  171. Pingback: 30 Days of Creativity with the NGV | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2016

  172. Pingback: 30 Days of Creativity with the NGV | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 29, 2016

  173. Pingback: New Jewellery in my Etsy Shop | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - February 5, 2016

  174. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: February 2016 - Pottery Making Info - March 3, 2016

  175. Pingback: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Indoor Seating | Cee's Photography - March 16, 2016

  176. Pingback: Cee’s Weekly Wrap Up – March 19, 2016 and Photo of the Week Challenge | Cee's Photography - March 20, 2016

  177. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Lorne Sculpture Biennale | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - April 4, 2016

  178. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Lorne Sculpture Biennale | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - April 4, 2016

  179. Pingback: Photo Challenge : Landscape | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - April 6, 2016

  180. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – making stuff and the end of NaPoWriMo | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 2, 2016

  181. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: April 2016 - Pottery Making Info - May 4, 2016

  182. Pingback: Earth (Rain and growth) | What's (in) the picture? - May 10, 2016

  183. Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – Mother Earth – Endless Skys - May 11, 2016

  184. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – studio renovations | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 23, 2016

  185. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: May 2016 - Pottery Making Info - June 3, 2016

  186. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: May 2016 - Pottery Making Info - June 3, 2016

  187. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – bits and pieces | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - June 13, 2016

  188. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: June 2016 - Pottery Making Info - July 3, 2016

  189. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: June 2016 - Pottery Making Info - July 3, 2016

  190. Pingback: Ballarat Winterlude Jewellery | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 26, 2016

  191. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Filling Custom Orders | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - August 1, 2016

  192. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – more custom orders! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - August 14, 2016

  193. Pingback: Custom Orders – an update | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - August 19, 2016

  194. Pingback: Custom Orders – an update | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - August 19, 2016

  195. Pingback: Launch Day of the Plan Australia MakeForGood Campaign | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 6, 2016

  196. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – another art session for the Scotsburn Bushfire Recovery Art project | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - September 26, 2016

  197. Pingback: Teepee Firing – experimental low fired ceramics | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 6, 2016

  198. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit…. custom orders! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - October 31, 2016

  199. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: October 2016 - Pottery Making Info - November 4, 2016

  200. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: October 2016 - Pottery Making Info - November 4, 2016

  201. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: October 2016 - Pottery Making Info - November 4, 2016

  202. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – community projects | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 21, 2016

  203. Pingback: Ceramic Pit firing – New sculpture. | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 14, 2017

  204. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – outside the studio! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 15, 2017

  205. Pingback: New Exhibition – After the Fire. | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - January 27, 2017

  206. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: January 2017 - Pottery Making Info - February 5, 2017

  207. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: January 2017 - Pottery Making Info - February 5, 2017

  208. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit …. custom orders! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - February 20, 2017

  209. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – reduce, reuse, recycle | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - February 26, 2017

  210. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – an Etsy Weekend! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - March 27, 2017

  211. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: March 2017 - Pottery Making Info - April 7, 2017

  212. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: March 2017 - Pottery Making Info - April 7, 2017

  213. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – 24 hours of rain! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - April 10, 2017

  214. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – 24 hours of rain! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - April 10, 2017

  215. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Mothers day | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - May 15, 2017

  216. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: May 2017 - Pottery Making Info - June 3, 2017

  217. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: May 2017 - Pottery Making Info - June 3, 2017

  218. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – exploring new jewellery making techniques | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 23, 2017

  219. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – exploring new jewellery making techniques | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 23, 2017

  220. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – exploring new jewellery making techniques | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - July 23, 2017

  221. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: July 2017 - Pottery Making Info - August 3, 2017

  222. Pingback: Clay Blog Review: August 2017 - Pottery Making Info - September 6, 2017

  223. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – More Coffee Mugs! | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 11, 2018

  224. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Experimenting with Fluid Art : Acrylic Pouring | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 26, 2018

  225. Pingback: Sunday Studio Visit – Exhibitions & More Acrylic Pouring | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - December 3, 2018

  226. Pingback: Wheelthrown Jugs and Vases | Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist - November 22, 2020

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