Australian Ceramics Association

Upcoming Exhibitions….

Happy Friday People – yes its the weekend!

I thought I would share some exhibitions I am involved in at the moment so you can experience them vicariously or if you are living or visiting near the venues, you can check out the exhibitions yourself.

Currently I have three brooches in the annual Contemporary Art Society of Victoria brooch show. This is a juried show and all brooches had to be within 10 cm x 5 cm overall dimensions and 3 cm in depth. I entered three brooches for selection and all were accepted. My brooches are made from upcycled materials – buttons, beads and guitar strings. The exhibition runs from over two locations with opportunities to try and buy…. check out their website for more info.

Beginning tomorrow is an exhibition being held in conjunction with the Australian Ceramics Triennale. Belonging is an exhibition of over 140 members of the Australian Ceramics Association, and again, the works were limited to a certain size — 15x15x15cm. The exhibition includes sculptural, functional and conceptual ceramics. Again, this was a juried exhibition and my entry is a wheelthrown organic form which has been manipulated and glazed to create a textural surface. The exhibition runs until 11th July and opening night is 9th July. I am hoping to get to Canberra to have a look, but probably won’t make opening night.

Finally I had an artwork accepted into the Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, a biennial award open to Victorian ceramicists showcasing contemporary studio pottery. I submitted my piece as a work in progress as I had not yet pit fired it, which I did last weekend, and luckily it was selected. I entered a handbuilt slab sculpture, burnished and pit fired. The picture below shows it straight from the pit – it has not been polished as yet. Polishing will deepen the colour and enhance the visual tactile qualities of the surface. This exhibition runs from the 15th July (opening night) until the 29th August at the Manningham Art Gallery in Doncaster.

Not yet cleaned & polished

So, if you are near any of these areas the exhibitions are well worth a visit, and you may even find that you buy yourself a nice piece of art!

Open Studio Weekend

This weekend is the Australian Ceramics Association “Unearth Your Local Potter” open studio showcase weekend. Australia wide potters are opening their studios to the public from 10am till 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, so that you can observe them in their natural habitat! Some potters will also have their wares for sale, so you can buy something handmade and unique directly.

Finding a potter near you is as easy as visiting the Australian Ceramics Association’s website.

If you are in Victoria you can visit my studio also. I am not sure what I will be doing as yet – glazing, throwing or firing my kiln, or a combination. I do need to make some work for the Lorne Sculpture Biennale in March next year where I am participating in the Sculpturescape section. I am performing a pit firing on the beach, so need to make work to fire in the pit.

I will also have some tableware, sculpture and jewellery for sale.

So, maybe I will see on the weekend 🙂