The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 40 No. 1 - Mar 2001

Focus on flame, fume and smoke

Karen Weiss - Two Friends - p8

Karen Weiss reports on the joint exhibition between Shigeo Shiga and Peter Rushforth, held at Rushforth’s property ‘Le Var’, in the Blue Mountains, NSW

Gail Nichols - Atmosphere... It’s a Gas! - p12

Gail Nichols talks about her methods of gas firing and vapour glazing

Owen Rye - The Big Dipper - p17

Owen Rye talks about building a new anagama kiln in Victoria

Yuri Wiedenhofer - Fire in the Belly - p21

Yuri Wiedenhofer talks about constructing an anagama kiln

Gabrielle Powell, Martin Halstead - Juggling the Elements, Flame and Fume... - p24

Gabrielle Powell and Martin Halstead discuss Daniel Lafferty’s work, produced in brick woodfired kilns he has built

Kirk Winter - A Personal Approach to the Anagama Evolution - p27

Kirk Winter talk about working and firing with different people and wood kilns in Australia and Japan

Peter Pilven - When it Comes Time to Commit - p29

Peter Pilven reflects on his experiences with wood firing

Ben Richardson - An Interrupted Journey - p31

Ben Richardson talks about his woodfiring journey

Gordon Foulds - Megan Puls - p35

Gordon Foulds profiles Queensland ceramist Megan Puls

Anne Cornish-Stadler - Wire Maiden - p38

Anne Cornish-Stadler talks about her mixed media cermaic sculpture exhibition, ‘Pitch Black’, held at Mura Clay Gallery in Newtown, Sydney

Lorna Tilley - Black Fire - p40

Lorna Tilley talks about her series of blackfired ceramics

Hands on Claybodies - p42

Reports on claybodies from Walker Ceramics, Clayworks and Keane Ceramics

Simon Rigg - Guardians - p44

Simon Rigg talks about making two sculptures, made of clay and stone, for erection on the promenade outside the Crown Casino in Melbourne

Meredith Hinchcliffe - Hiroe Swen: A Retrospective - p48

Meredith Hinchcliffe profiles the long career of Japanese born ceramist, Hiroe Swen

Robert Reason - A Bird from the Bush - p52

Robert Reason reviews an exhibtion by Angie Russi held at the Charles Smith Gallery in Fitzroy, Victoria

Sue Steggall - Essence of Life - p55

Sue Steggall reviews Michelle Perrett’s exhibition of ceramic sculptures, ‘Vials’, held at the Sir Herman Black Gallery at the University of Sydney

Trisha Dean - Gwen Whitie’s Plaques by Design - p56

Trisha Dean reports on Gwen Whitie’s enterprise, Plaques by Design, making plaques for houses and properties

Mathew Blakely - Glaze on Glaze - p58

Mathew Blakely talks about coloured synthetic ash glaze on glaze

Simon Reece - Glaze on Glaze - p59

Simon Reece talks about glaze on glaze techniques

Jess Gibson - Mountains to Mangroves - p60

Jess Gibson talks about a public art project commissioned by the Brisbane City Council and made by Jamie Maclean

Megan Patey - Wood Firing at Sturt Pottery - p64

Megan Patey talks about artists in residence, workshops and summer school courses at Sturt Pottery in Mittagong

Ken Oestroff - Travel Update: Mexico (part 2) - p66

Ken Oestroff talks about ceramics in Mexico, as part of the Potters’ Society of Australia and Destination Management’s Mexican pottery tour

Charlie Hill - Q & A: Reduction Firing in an Electric Kiln - p68

Charlie Hill answers readers’ questions on reduction firing in an electric kiln

Nicole Lister - Website - p70

Nicole Lister discusses the Potters’ Society of Australia’s website

Trisha Dean - On Screen - p71

Trisha Dean reviews the video, Electric Wheel Techniques with Cameron Williams

Cameron Williams - Well Read - p72

Cameron Williams reviews ‘Country Pottery’, by Andrew McGarva

Louise Boscacci - Well Read - p73

Louise Boscacci reviews ‘Working with Paperclay and Other Additives’, by Anne Lightwood

Ann Storey, Jan Barnes, Jane Crick, Jude Maisch, Maggie Smith - Australia Wide - p74

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

National News - p78

Event, exhibition and competition news from around Australia