The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 46 No. 1 - Apr 2007

Now and Then - p3

Topic: Throwing and left handers

Awards and Gallery - p4

Simone Fraser - Reflections - Tribute to Alan Peascod - p8

A tribute to "..a unique Australian voice."

Owen Rye - Alan Peascod 1943 - 2007 - p10

Owen Rye pays his respects to the loss of a great artist and friend.

Laura McEwan - Semiotic Robin Hoodism - p16

The work of Julie Bartholomew deals with issues of elite branding and exposes what lays beneath the veneer of perfection. Julie Bartholomew recently won the 25th Gold Coast International Ceramic Award.

Toni Warburton - Balmoral Blackware - p21

"Steve Harrison; scientist, artist, potter and bricoleur, has set himself the task and constraint of wrestling control over every aspect of his means of production."

Louise Boscacci - Gestures Accumulate - p25

Lookout at Mori Gallery, Sydney. An installation by Toni Warburton.

Ruth Park - Body Language: Ceramics to Challenge the White World - p29

Ruth Park’s recent work seeks to raise awareness of Eurocentric bias embedded in Australian Society.

Moyra Elliot - The Political Perspective - p34

Moyra Elliot profiles three New Zealand ceramic artists, Richard Stratton, Raewyn Atkinson, Paul Maseyk, who use their work as narrative to express political, satirical or moral themes.

Frances Morgan - Telling Tales - p39

Bern Emmerichs latest work illustrates early contact between indigenous and white Australians.

Inga Walton - Towards a Cross-Cultural Entente - p43

Thai-Australian artist, Vipoo Srivilasa, channels his changing identity through the cross-cultural connectivity of the ceramic medium.

Elise Bishop - The Political Process of Potting - p48

Elise Bishop shares her thoughts on the potting process

Christine McKinnon - Exploring Consumerism - p50

Christine McKinnon uses the cage form to portray a message about consumerism.

Eugenie Priscilla Spiteri - Top Hat and Tales (or pomp and circumstances) - p53

Profiles the recent work of Eugenie Priscilla Spiteri.

Penny Tripp - Made in France - p55

Reviews the Made in France exhibition at Manning Gallery, Doncaster, Victoria.

Jane Crick - A Moving Landscape - p58

Reviews the sculptural vessels of Jacqueline Lewis.

Marjo Roberts - Collaborations - p60

Four ceramic artists based in Central Western NSW have established a camaraderie & partnership which helps achieve their aims & objectives.

Louise Boscacci - The Art of Bell Ringing - p62

Louise Boscacci on porcelain, time, light, loss. An edited extract of “Notes from the Studio 2005-06”

Veronique Pengilley - Stepping Stones - p66

Veronique Pengilley reflects upon her thrown spheres & the process of saggar firing.

Karen Weiss - Clark & Del Vecchio - p68

Garth Clark & Mark Del Vecchio were the first ceramic art dealers to be accepted as members of the Art Dealers Association of America. Here is an excerpt of a seminar they presented on marketing ceramic art.

Belinda Russel - Clay as Community - p70

Raku & pit firing with Workshop Arts Centre teacher, Renate de Lambert, is taken to the natural setting of Maianbar, Royal National Park, NSW.

Walker Ceramics (on Clay Bodies) - p72

Insight into the forming of clay bodies given from a commercial production perspective.

Steve Harrison - Magic Dirt – Blackware of the Southern Highlands - p76

Steve Harrison writes about his new work which “..is dark and not made from clay in the normal sense.”

Rachel Kingston, Margaret Carlin - Keraflex Porcelain Tape - p80

ANU Post Graduates, Rachel Kingston & Margaret Carlin explore the potential of this new material and compare it with slip cast sheets of porcelain.

Graham Hay - Why Burn Paper? - p84

Graham Hay poses a question about paper clay. Why fire it?

Cheryl Jones - Self Glazing Clay - p87

Egyptian Paste and some recommendations for getting it right from Cheryl Jones.

Vicki Grima, Pru Morrison - In Conversation with Pru Morrison - p88

Vicki Grima talks to Pru Morrison about her studio practice.

Jann Kesby - Tokoname Experience - p92

Recently back from Japan where she attended the International Workshop of Ceramic Art Tokoname ( IWCAT 2006), Jann Kesby reports on a memorable experience in a country where the ceramic industry is huge and the ceramic artist is an accepted occupation.

Prue Venables - Clay Alchemy - p95

This cross cultural exchange project between Thailand and Australia involved six ceramic artists from each country taking part in travelling together and learning about each other’s culture.

Zoe Johnson - The Clayworkers Cup - p98

The Clayworkers Cup exhibition celebrates a day at the races with work by Sheila Myers and Janette Loughrey.

John Freeland - Freeland Gallery - p100

A new focus in Paddington, Sydney, Freeland Gallery has established a reputation for quality and a distinctive character.

Karen Weiss - Book Review - p102

Soda, Clay and Fire by Gail Nichols. “Nichols has written a book that, of its genre is a gem.”

Glenn England, Jane Crick, Lone White, Lyn Rogers, Pauline Mann, Sue Stewart, Philip Hart, John Watson - Australian Wide - p104

Reports on ceramics activities, events & exhibitions for all States & Territories.

Classifieds - p112