The Smoker you get the Player you Smoke?
(with apologies to Joe Walsh)
T he norm with wood-firing is to focus on the action of the fire on the
pots. The journey from plasticity to rigidity is affected by the
build-up of ash from the fire, the effects of the flame on the pots, or
the passage of the flame through the kiln.
I am as guilty as the next of obsessing about some of these things.
After over 35 years of working with my wood-fire kiln I would like to
focus more on the way wood fire has affected, and continues to affect,
my life and the symbiotic relationship that seems to have developed.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 July 2010 )
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A ny critical appraisal of the work of David Pottinger needs to take
into account the fact that his artistic expression is firmly rooted in
the craft of ceramics. This may seem obvious but the power of his work
is its dedication to a tradition and a technique that is thousands of
years old1 in the service of new ways of examining the volume and
surface of hand-built forms.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 March 2010 )
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Sumi Skellam discusses the recent work of Inga Svendsen
I nga Svendsen is an emerging ceramic artist and an adoring cat owner
who lives in Newtown and studies at the Ceramic Design Studio, Sydney
Institute of TAFE,
Gymea campus. Prior to her foray into ceramics,
Svendsen secured an Honours degree in fashion and textile design at the
University of Technology, Sydney and worked for over a decade from her
textile design studio in Kings Cross.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 March 2010 )
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Joey Burns discusses the opportunities available to a newbie wood-firer
I n April 2007 I had the good fortune (or possibly misfortune) of having my first stoke of an anagama, raging at around 1300ºC. The calmness broke instantly when the door was opened and the first chunk of pine was awkwardly fumbled into the fire box; the hairs on my fingers singed through the leather gloves and the heat dried my face in a life-changing second that has, ever since, severely narrowed my interest in ceramics. I no longer think of pushing buttons or fiddling with taps and burners. I want to burn stuff straight from the palms of my hands … and lots of it!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 November 2010 )
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Jenny Mulcahy reports on her recent involvement with a Queensland anniversary project
L ast year Queensland was awash with a variety of activities and projects celebrating the 150th anniversary of the official recognition of Queensland as a separate colony. Many organisations received funding for celebrations specific to individual communities to mark the occasion. One such project was Q150, Now and Then: 150 years of art making in Queensland. Curated by Ross Searl,for the Umbrella Studio for Contemporary Art, the exhibition’s emphasis was on the history of art making in Townsville over the past 150 years.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 November 2010 )
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