The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 41 No. 1 - Apr 2002

Focus on landscape

Karen Weiss - Opening Night - p3

Karen Weiss reports from the opening night of ‘Cover Story’, an exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney celebrating Pottery in Australia from 1962-2001

Eugenie Keefer Bell - Raft - p8

Eugenie Keefer Bell talks about ‘Raft’, a site-specific installation for the 2001 Floriade in Canberra by Catherine Reid

Jeff Doyle - The Secret Life of Bricks - p12

Jeff Doyle talks discusses the work of Tim Spellman, an artist from the ACT who creates installations out of bricks

Vincent McGrath - Landscape, Land and Nature - p16

Vincent McGrath talks about the relationship between the Australian landscape and ceramists

Sue Steggall - Nature with a hint of architecture - p22

Sue Steggall profiles ceramist Barbara Campbell-Allen, whose work is inspired by the aesthetics of the Australian landscape

Katrin Chittams - A Timeless Place - p26

Katrin Chittams talks about her own work and its connection to landscape

Joel Smoker - A Big Country - p28

Joel Smoker talks about his ceramic work and the influence of growing up in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Mary-Lou Hogarth - Moments of Contemplation - p30

Mary-Lou Hogarth is a ceramist based in the Kiewa Valley, Victoria, who paints landscape designs on her pots

Patrice Cooke - Our Backyard - p32

Patrice Cooke talks about making ceramic magpies

Jan Kesby-Dalley - Landmarks - p34

Jann Kesby-Dalley discusses her work and its relationship with landscape and organic material

Amanda Watson-Will - Grey Areas Abound - p36

Amanda Watson-Will describes her body of work ‘Grey Areas’, which explored the shapes and textures of modern urban architecture

Marie Stucci - The Public Domain - p38

Marie Stucci talks about her involvement in a public art project for the Acute Adolescent Unit Courtyard, Redbank House, at Westmead Hospital in Sydney

Graham Hay - A Skateable Sculpture - p42

Graham Hay talks about the use of paperclay in making designs for a skateable sculpture, seat and drinking fountain to be built in Vincent, Western Australia

Susie Downie - Tapestry of Cultures - p44

Susie Downie describes her involvement in a public art initiative of Bankstown Council, in Sydney’s west

Arjan Kok - Artist for the People - p47

Arjan Kok profiles Chantale Delrue’s work making large-scale public mosaic artworks

Carolyn Brumby - Life Size - p50

Carolyn Brumby reports back from a ten day life size sculpture workshop with Janna Pameijer and hosted by the Charters Towers Pottery Club, Queensland

David Coggins, Elaine Coggins - A Mural for Caboolture - p52

Elaine & David Coggins reflect on a public art project in which the Caboolture Shire Council in Queensland commissioned ceramic, glass, stone and metal artists to produce artworks in the Caboolture CBD

Cameron Williams - Wildlife - p55

Cameron Williams talks about Tim Johnman’s ceramic projects for Taronga Zoo, Sydney

Jennifer Armstrong - Conservation of Architectural Ceramics - p58

Jennifer Armstrong discusses the deterioration and conservation of architectural ceramics

Max Campbell - Hands on Claybodies - p60

Max Campbell introduces Clayworks’s two new clay bodies, suitable for sculptural works

Chris Byrne - Yikwani - p61

Chris Byrne reviews an exhibition ‘Yikwani’, held at the National Gallery of Victoria, featuring ceramic works from the Tiwi Islands, which are 80km north of Darwin

Mandy Wildeheart - Forgotten Places - p64

Mandy Wildeheart reviews an exhibition ‘Forgotten Places’, by Jenny Mulcahy held at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville, Queensland

Janet Kovesi Watt - Is the Dinner Party Dead? - p67

Janet Kovesi Watt reviews an exhibition of tableware held at the Western Australian School of Art, Design and Media 2001

Beth Hatton - Australian Ceramics at SOFA - p68

Beth Hatton reports on the Sculpture, Objects and Functional Arts (SOFA) international fair of 2001, held in Chicago, at which seven Australian galleries were represented

Sara Hogwood - The Potters’ Gallery - p70

Sara Hogwood reports on the Canberra Potters’ Society’s new shop, the Potters’ Gallery

Sheila Myers - Innercity Clayworkers Gallery - p72

Sheila Myers celebrates the Inner City Clayworkers Co-Operative Gallery’s twentieth birthday

Sue Buckle - Well Read - p73

Sue Buckle reviews ‘Ceramic Extruding Inspiration and Technique’, by Tom & Jean Latka

Helen Stephens - Well Read - p74

Helen Stephens reviews ‘The Artful Teapot’, by Garth Clark

Ann Storey, Jane Crick, Jude Maisch, Maggie Smith, Stephanie Outridge-Field - Australia Wide - p76

Reports on ceramics activities, events and exhibitions from all states of Australia

National News - p80

Event, exhibition and competition news from around Australia