The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 44 No. 3 - Nov 2005

Focus on Queensland

Mel Robson - Guest Editorial - p3

Mel Robson, guest editor, talk about ceramics in Queensland

Stephanie Outridge-Field - Profile: Stephanie Outridge-Field - p6

A profile of Stephanie Outridge-Field, Executive Officer of Fusions in Queensland and ceramist

Sophia Phillips - Fusions: From potters’ den to national network - p7

Ian Were profiles the development of Fusions: Australian Network of Clay and Glass in Brisbane, Queensland

Peter Pilven - Fragile Light - p10

Carole Lomax reviews Mollie Bosworth’s solo exhibition ‘Fragile Light’, held at the Cairns Regional Gallery

Damon Moon - Echoes of Home - p14

Christine Clark reviews ‘Echoes of Home: Memory and Mobility in Recent Austral-Asian Art’, presented by the Museum of Brisbane

Gerry Wedd - Pru Morrison - p18

Gordon Foulds profiles the work of Brisbane-based ceramist Pru Morrison

Angela Valamanesh - Here & There / Then & Now: Contemporary ceramic work by Kenji Uranishi - p20

Donna McColm profiles the contemporary ceramic work of Kenji Uranishi

Rolf Bartz - Johanna De Maine - Clay and the awakening of self awareness - p24

Kevin Grealy profiles the work of Queensland ceramist Johanna De Maine

Mark Thomson - Making Mae Hem - p27

Susan Ostling interviews Mary Horton about a project with weaver Kay Faulkner ‘Mae Hem’, exhibited at Craft Queensland Gallery

Geoff Downs - Messages to Me - p30

Amanda Watson-Will profiles the work of Darren O’Brien, a ceramist whose work features printmaking on clay

Philip Hart - Imprints: recent work by Jill Cuthbertson & Ronelle Clarke - p32

Marc Sauvage reviews the work of two Queensland-based ceramists, Jill Cuthbertson and Ronelle Clark

Philip Hart - Ceramics Education in Queensland - p36

Alexis Tacey gives and overview of ceramics in tertiary institutions around Queensland

Bruce Nuske - The Ceramics Tradition and Flying Arts - p39

Christine Campbell talks about Flying Art, a Brisbane-based venture which provides community art workshops to rural Queensland

Terry Johnson - Flying Arts Inc. - p42

David Usher talks about his experience running the workhops for Flying Arts

Stephen Bowers - Touch: A laying of hands and heart in emerging ceramics - p44

Kellee Uhr talks about Queensland ceramists Sally Colpoys, Cathy Wardle, Cathy Keys and Belinda Smith and their relationship with touch in their work

Geoff Crispin - Chiko Jones - Daughter of a thousand cranes - p46

Jane Caraffi profiles the contemporary porcelain work of ceramist Chiko Jones

Bruce Nuske, Jan Twyerould, Les Walter, Angela Walford, Bobby Barwick - Using Clay / Coming Home - Recent work by Janet Fieldhouse - p48

Janet DeBoos profiles the ceramic work of Indigenous artist Janet Fieldhouse

Debbie Pryor - For Skyaspirers - p52

Madeline King surveys critical writing writing within the craft sector

Helen Lemcke, Harvey Ottley - Pot Luck? - p55

Laura McEwan gives a critical overview of the 23rd International Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award

Jacqui Pierce - Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery and its Ceramic Collection - p59

Nicole Bryzenski, director of the Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, discusses the gallery’s ceramic collection

Angus Cameron - Consider a Bowl - p60

Ray Cavill talks about the interaction between the ceramist and their work

Veronica Priestley - The Floating Land - p62

Rowley Drysdale talks about ‘The Floating Land’, an international environmental sculpture symposium organised by the Noosa Regional Gallery in June 2005

Karen Roberts - EcoArt: Time-based installations by Virginia Jones - p64

Ceramist Virginia Jones talks about her time-based eco art installations

Danny Murphy - Do They Hold Water? - p66

Cathy Keys talks about her ceramic sculptural work which centres around issues of cultural knowledge and the Australian landscape

Karen Weiss - An Indian Odyssey - p69

Terri Bouton discusses her experience in New Delhi, India, after receiving a fellowship for the opening of Global Arts Village

Janine King - The Flowering - p72

Donna Cameron talks about her experience collaborating with ceramist Julie Sheperd in creating a theatre production and ceramic installation

Gordon Foulds - Past, Present and Future - p75

Lone White talks about the Cairns Potters Club and ceramics tradition in Far North Queensland

Gayle Rodgers - The Gold Coast Potters Association - p78

Nanette Hall talks about the Gold Coast Potters Association

Ray Hearn - Suncoast Clayworkers - p80

Jackie Gasson talks about Suncoast Clayworkers

Gordon Foulds - Making Pathways with Pottery - p84

Lynn Scott-Cumming talks about the North Queensland Potters Association’s project as part of the Government’s Living in Harmony’ anti-racism initiative

Fran Smith - Stephen Bird - p86

Stephen Bird talks about his own ceramic work which explores themes of place and identity

Barbara Mason - The Japanese Connection in Newcastle - p88

Jan Downes talks about ‘The Japanese Connection’ held at Back to Back Gallery in Newcastle’ which features Australian ceramists whose work is influenced by Japanese cermamics, and ‘Japanese Ceramics: the culture of clay’, held at the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery’ which features Japanese works

Glenn England, Jane Crick, Jude Maisch, Lyn Rogers, Pauline Mann, Philip Hart - Fergus Stewart - Master Craftsman - p90

David Stuchbery profiles the work of Fergus Stewart, a Scottish ceramist who completed an artist in residence program at Strathnairn Arts Holt ACT

Johanna DeMaine, Christopher Plumridge - Enduring Passions - p92

Marilyn Walters profiles the work of ceramist Peter Wilson

Throwing Workshop with Cameron Williams - p94

Clarissa Regan reviews Cameron Williams’ throwing workshops held at the National Art School in Sydney

Kate Rhodes - In the future the brush will replace the mouse - p97

Stephen Bowers reviews a brushwork class held by Jingjing Zhang at the University of South Australia

Karen Weiss - Woodfiring in the Southern Highlands - p100

Students from the Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE report back from a woodfire event held at Sturt, Mittagong NSW

Kirsten Lacy - Australia Wide - p102

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