The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 43 No. 1 - Apr 2004

A wide range of articles on contemporary ceramics, including interviews, profiles, reviews and technical advice

David Stuchbery - Shepparton Art Gallery - p6

David Stuchbery talks about the Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, held at Shepparton Art Gallery

Milton Moon - Mervin Feeney 1914-2003 - p10

Milton Moon tributes the life and work of the celebrated Australian ceramist, Merv Feeney

Karen Weiss - Fifty Year at Sturt Gallery - p17

Karen Weiss looks back on fifty years as Sturt Pottery celebrates its birthday with an exhibition and forum

Ann Geroe, Jo Laurence - Connection - p21

Ann Geroe and Jo Laurence look back on forty five years of the Potters’ Cottage in Warrandyte, Victoria

Toni Warburton - Seasons - p24

Toni Warburton discusses the way in which seasons feature in Japanese ceramics, traditional and contemporary

Penny Smith - A New Porcelain Imperial 4317 - p29

Penny Smith reviews a launch held by David Walker at Skepsi on Swanston, Victoria, which featured works made from the new Walkers Ceramics porcelain

Mary Kyriakides - Western Reflections - p32

Mary Kiriakides reviews an exhibition, ‘Western Reflections’, featuring Western Australian ceramists and held at Skepsi Gallery

Glenn England - Raku Ceramics by Judith Roberts - p34

Glenn England reviews Judith Roberts’ raku ceramics exhibited at the Galerie Hors-Saison in Melbourne

Marianne Huhn - Works in Porcelain by Liz Low - p35

Marianne Huhn reviews Liz Low’s porcelain work exhibited at the Galerie Hors-Saison in Melbourne

Sarah Bond - Whiteout - p36

Sarah Bond reviews the exhibition ‘Whiteout’, held at Nellie Castan Gallery, which featured contemporary ceramics exploring the colour white

Pip McManus - We Are All Neighbours - p39

A description of Pip Mcmanus’s recent work, which explore different narratives of Australia as a place of refuge

Laura McEwan - Nature - Master or Servant? - p42

Laura McEwan reviews Virginia Jones’s outdoor ceramic instillations, inspired and informed by the theories of ecofeminism

Jeff Doyle - Fumi-Tiles - p45

Jeff Doyle dicusses an installation by Ken Yonetani at CSIRO Discovery in the ACT

Xavier Modoux - Red Ore - p49

Xavier Modoux describes the experience of being an artist in residence at Murrays Cottage, Hill End NSW

Mandy Wildeheart - Welcome Back Potter - p52

Mandy Wildeheart describes the new work of Queensland ceramist Martin Willis

Dr. Val Colic-Peisker - Not Just Pottering Around - p54

Dr. Val Colic-Peisker interviews West Australian ceramist Andrea Vinkovic, founding member of the Clay Feet exhibiting group

Frances Morgan - When Less is Definitely More - p57

Frances Morgan reviews the work of contemporary ceramist Bridgette Power

Anne Geroe - Imperial Porcelain - p62

Anne Geroe gives technical advice for ceramists using Walkers Imperial Porcelain

Christine Wallace - Neti Pots - p66

Christine Wallace talks about her business selling neti pots to alternative health practitioners

Lone White - Passion and Persistence - p68

A story of a husband and wife team of ceramists in Poland who own a gallery in Warsaw

Amanda Scott - Traditional Pottery Making in Fiji - p70

Amanda Scott recounts her time in Fiji making and firing pots using traditional methods

Jackie Gasson - Suncoast Clayworkers - p75

Jackie Gasson, president of the Suncoast Clayworkers, talks about the group’s membership, workshops and events

Julie Buckworth - A Thirty Year Journey - p76

Julie Buckworth, Secretary of the Capricornia Potters Group, based in Rockhampton Queensland, talks about the group’s membership, workshops and events

Ann Streckfuss, Shirley Stubington - Coastal Claymakers - p78

Ann Streckfuss and Shirley Stubington report back from the inaugural meeting of the Coastal ClayMakers, based in Coffs Harbour, NSW, and a weekend glaze workshop with Trisha Dean

Fifi Campbell - New Clayworks Resident Potter - p80

Fifi Campbell welcomes Peter Anderson as Clayworks’ new resident potter

Ann Storey, Jane Crick, Jude Maisch, Lyn Rogers, Maggie Smith - Australia Wide - p81

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

Warrandyte Pottery Expo 2004 - p86

Photographs from the Warrandyte Pottery Expo 2004

Cath O’Gorman - Well Read - p88

Cath O’Gorman reviews ‘Brickworks’, by Gwen Heeney