The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 39 No. 1 - Mar 2000

A Visual Feast: The Vessel

Narelle Derwent - The Potter’s Society of Australia - p3

Narelle Derwent, President 1998-2000, reflects upon the Potter’s Society; its role today and future developments.

National Showcase - p4

Jane Sawyer - Dancing with the Unknown - p8

Jane Sawyer ponders her work via associations with the clay medium, her teachers and cultural theory.

Jim Nelson - Containers of Meaning - p12

Profiles the sculptures of Gillian Broinowski which pay homage to vessel forms without the intention of addressing physical containment.

Victoria Attenborough - A New Beginning - p16

Victoria Attenborough writes of a change from being immersed in the fashion industry to the discovery and love of clay. Her previous profession reflects upon her ceramics.

Sue Buckle - A Sense of Place - p18

Ted Secombe combines his passions for gardens & ceramics and takes his, sometimes monumental sized works from the gallery space & into the garden environment.

Greg Daly - Reshaping the Vessel - p22

The vessels of Greg Daly are an indulgence in form, colour & surface. Max Joy writes about ways they’ve evolved.

Bruce Vinall - The Recent Art of Graeme Birt - p26

Graeme Birt’s large porcelain platters are a result of a lifetime of reflective involvement with the Arts and interaction with the grand landscape of the South West Victorian environment.

Archie McColl - Fergus Stewart - p28

A profile in brief, written for an exhibition held in Glasgow School of Art.

John Freeland - Manipulated Surfaces - p29

Reviews Lex Dixon’s recent body of work, Vessels in Evolution, at the Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.

Myra McIntyre - The Orchard - p32

The most recent work of contemporary ceramic artist, Elizabeth Charles, reflects the energy and immediacy of her creative process.

Karen Weiss - A Passion for Pots - p33

Katie Watson’s retail space, Domestic Pots, shows an abundance of functional work displayed with an open invitation to be picked up and handled.

Barbara Mason - The Vessel - p36

Explores the meaning and evolution of the vessel in relation to her own vessel forms & describes some of the processes she uses.

Lisa Hogben - Out of this World - p38

Profiles Melissa Gabelle’s quirky, Jetson-esque, earthenware tableware.

Cath O’Gorman - Out of the Frying Pan - p41

A chronological look at life as a ceramics student & the post graduate period.

Ljubov Seidl - Ceramics – An Historical Messenger - p44

Writes about her early relationships with clay and later, the discovery of ceramics as an historical messenger.

Hedley Potts - Vessels for Feasting and Digesting - p46

Hedley Potts shares his perspective on the visual menu of vessels, revealing that beyond the indulgent metaphors is a desire to communicate.

Tamasin Pepper - The Vessel as Sculpture - p48

Profiles her professional practice since graduating from Canberra Institute of the Arts in 1994.

Pam Sinnott - Powerplay - p51

Referring to the games people play, Powerplay is a series of figurative snapshots of symbolic players captured in the act of whatever moral game is being played out.

Alison Peake - Faenza Caravan - p54

After attending the Garth Clark Ceramics Conference in Amsterdam 1999, Alison Peake joined a group of (mainly) ceramic artists on a pilgrimage to Faenza, Italy.

Ted Secombe - Peacock Blue-Red Glaze for Stoneware - p57

Ted Secombe shares one of his traditional stoneware glazes with advice on materials and firing.

Malcolm Cooke - Celedon Style Glaze - p58

Malcolm Cooke shares his current, favourite glaze with advice on materials and firing.

Jill Chapman - Versatile Glaze - p59

Jill Chapman uses this basic underglaze recipe without a glaze to achieve the textured surfaces in her current work.

David O’Halloran - What’s in a Name? - p60

A preview of the third annual Australian Craft & Design Showcase which opens at the Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, April 6-23 2000.

Josephine Heitter - Australian Ceramics in Germany - p62

Josephine Heitter, Export Program Manager of Craft Australia, gives a positive report on the new market emerging for Australian ceramists in Germany.

Ceramic Trailing around Mudgee - p63

The rural setting of the NSW Mudgee and Gulgong Region has much to offer with its many potters, quality clays, state of the art gallery and a long history of ceramics.

Kids Design Hospital Walls - p65

A tile project for the Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane involving children from all corners of Queensland.

Frances Thomas - Gunnedah Pottery Club Inc. 25th Anniversary 2000 - p68

A chronological account from humble beginnings in a birdshed to now running workshops & wning their own headquarters, equipment and resource material.

David Coggins - Q&A: Kilns - p70

Dave Coggins provides advice on purchasing a kiln, brick & fibre ratings and tips on maintenance.

Sue Buckle - The GST for Artists - p73

A guide to understanding the new Goods & Services Tax (GST) System; whether you’ll need an ABN & where to gain more information.

Sue Buckle - New Releases / Well Read - p76

Ceramics for Gardens & Landscapes by Karin Hessenberg deals with the history of ceramics in the garden and discusses technical problems which may arise.

Sue Buckle - New Releases / Well Read - p77

Wood-Fired Ceramics: Contemporary Practices by Coll Minogue & Robert Sanderson – for everyone who is fascinated by this process or outcome.

Ann Storey, Jane Crick, Maggie Smith, Margaret Hornbuckle, Stephanie Outridge-Field, Wendy Bainbridge, Majorie Leneban - Australia Wide - p78

Reports on news and events from the States & Territories.

News - p83

Provides National & International news about tours, exhibitions, residencies, awards and events.