The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Volume 43 No. 2 - Jul 2004

2004 National Education Edition

Sue Buckle - The Hollow and the Whole - p6

Sue Buckle reviews ‘The Hollow and the Whole’, an exhibition featuring contemporary ceramists held at Delmar Gallery, Sydney

Helen Stephens - A Determined Mind & Successful Path - p11

Helen Stephens profiles Janet Barriskill, one of few Australian potters trained in traditional Japanese ceramic styles

Tanya Marwood - Joanna Wakefield - p15

Tanya Marwood desrcibes the ceramic work of Joanna Wakefield, influenced by ancient ceramics

Judy Pierce, Ric Pierce - Making A Living - p18

Ric & Judy Pierce give a step by step guide to making a living as a ceramist

Richard Neville - Production and Creativity - p22

Richard Neville profiles the work of Amanda Kelso, a ceramist who designs decorations for tableware

Andrea Vinkovic - Walking on Clay Feet - p26

Andrea Vinkovic talks about ‘Clay Feet’, an organisation in WA which promotes and exhibits new ceramics

Kirsty Walker - New Works in Porcelain - p28

Kirsty Walker, a Sydney-based ceramist, talks about her own work, which features text, light and mixed media

Jane Crick, Sara Hogwood - Surf to Snow - p31

Sara Hogwood and Jane Crick review the exhibition ‘Surf to Snow’, which featured ceramists from Canberra, Cooma, Bega and Goulburn

Jan Barnes - Celebrating the Master - p34

Jan Barnes reviews ‘Celebrating the Master’, an exhibition held at Skepsi on Swanston in Melbourne, featuring both local and interstate ceramists

Stephen Bowers - Something Rich and Strange - p37

Stephen Bowers talks about Adelaide-based ceramist Bruce Nuske, and his recent hand crafted tea pots

Petra Murphy - Raglan Gallery - p40

Petra Murphy, Exhibtion Director of the Raglan Gallery & Cultural Centre, talks about recent and upcoming exhibitions

Linda De Toma - HR Hughan Award Winner - p42

Linda De Toma talks about her recent work making olive oil pourers as a result of commissions from olive oil producers and retailers

Lyn Bates - Impressions in Clay - p43

Lyn Bates described the experience of living in Weipa, on Cape York Peninsula, whose culture and lanscape has inspired her work

Yuri Wiedenhofer - Irenic - p46

Yuri Wiedenhofer talks about his fire sculpture which won the major award of the 2004 Jindabyne Sculpture by the Lake exhibition

Lone White - Cairns Potters Club Project - p48

Lone White talks about the Cairns Potters Club’s involvement in designing a playground for the Cairns City Council

National Education Pictorial Survey - p50

Images from graduating students of colleges and universities across Australia

Helen Stephens - Distance Education - p73

Helen Stephen’s desribes the work of Mollie Bosworth, who has been exhibiting and selling in numerous galleries since she graduated from the ANU School of Art Distance Education program

Mel Robson - Out of the Comfort Zone - p77

Mel Robson talks about her mentorship with Patsy Hely

Charmaine Hearder - Career Development - p80

Charmain Hearder talks about her position as a Design Associate in the Ceramic Studio at the JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Centre in Adelaide

Laura McEwan - Collected Memories - p82

Laura McEwan describes Carolyne Lewis’s Honours project at Southern Cross University, a work called ‘Collected Memories’ which challenges unified notions of femininity

Sue Stewart - A Masters Project - p84

Sue Stewart talks about her Masters Project, completed at the University of Newcastle, which explores human social relationships

Jan Spencer - Focus - p86

Jan Spencer reports on the ceramics featured in the 2003 TAFE NSW Arts and Design Prize

Helen Dunkerley - Graduating Students NSW - p88

Helen Dunkerley reviews an exhibition of graduating students’ ceramic work held at the Inner City Clayworkers Gallery in Glebe, Sydney

Lesley O’Sullivan - Presenting the Production - p90

Lesley O’Sullivan describes ‘Production Presentation’, a module of the Advanced Diploma course at Gymea TAFE, Sydney, which requires students to plan and hold an exhibition

Rosemary O’Neill - Learning the Language of Slip - p92

Rosemary O’Neill talks about her techniques with slips and glazes

Jyoti Dambiec - Dance With Clay - p94

Jyoti Dambiec talks about her time as an artist in residence at Melba High School in the ACT

Karen Weiss - Well Read - p96

Karen Weiss reviews ‘Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950’, by Kevin Fahy, John Freeland, Keith Free and Andrew Simpson

Helen Stephens - Anders Ousback - p99

Helen Stephens tributes the wonderful ceramist Anders Ousback

Ann Storey, Jan Barnes, Jane Crick, Jude Maisch, Lyn Rogers - Australia Wide - p100

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