One to go!

Just finished Semester 1 2014 at ANU - only one to go to finish my Masters.....Here are the two big pots I made for assessment:

I am trying to get some of the feel of the landscape around me at Bermagui onto these pots - not literally, but more a sense of the landscape. This one above turned out to be a bit more literal though.

This large vase is about 75cm high and was great fun to make...

 the copper green stripe was a bit more pronounced than I thought it would be, but I liked it in the end.

 I really like the rain like texture on this small cup

 

The texture on this vase worked really well I think 

The smokiness of the white on this vase is caused by adding a bit of soda ash to the glaze

Glaze tests:

I had a great week in January with Greg Daly at ANU testing glazes. Here are some samples:

The dry white second from the right is the one I have been looking for..

I love these crimsons - barium, nickel and zinc...

I really like these greens too - barium, lithium and chrome

and these very soft white/greens

Lots more testing to do now.......

The bonsia pots are glazed now:

I have glazed a few more vases and tall vessels too:

This little planter has a lot going on!

I wanted to try a vase with no copper - I've been using a lot of green lately, so wanted to see what just black and tan would do

I like this tall form below the most - the bands of colour really worked well

 These test cups look great all lined up:

Bonsai pots

I made these bonsai pots for a client over Christmas - glazed them this week and waiting for the kiln to cool to see how they worked out.

Another year over!

It's been a really exciting month - I had a table at Material Obsession's end-of-year swap sale and I've been selling lots of large pots through my shop.

Kathy, Cath, Wendy and I at MO's Swap day

(these two photos by John @ Material Obsession)

It's also been a big year! Sharyn Brown, Sarah Ormonde and I opened up the front of my studio as a shop - Made Local in Marrickville - 22 Llewellyn Street - near West Juliett Cafe and down the hill from Enmore Pool.

This semester I started making some quite different marks on my pots - inspired by potters like Robin Welch. I am really enjoying playing with these new shapes and textures.

 I've also started adding these patterns to some of my other work

I've also being playing with the white horizon line around my bigger bowls

I can't wait to get making again over the Christmas break!

Just finished university break and am now back into Semester 2. Here are some of the pots I glazed over the break.

This glaze contains some of the marble sludge from the water saw at the local marble factory

The copper and bone ash inside this bowl seem to work well against the black rim

I have been trying to loosen up my markings a bit - move away from the  concentric circles

 Another interesting test bottle using the marble sludge and some oxide additives

and... a fantastic sunrise over the lake yesterday morning.....something to think about

Just back from the Semester 1 assessments for my Masters of Fine Art  course at Australian National University. Here are two of the bowls I took to assessment. I was really pleased with the first one - I think it's the first time I have been able to convey a real sense of landscape through my work.

I also really liked the copper green in this bowl - I see a lot of green in the waters around here - particularly crossing the bridge up at Narooma. It's one of my favourite places.

They are single fired iron-bearing clays with a dry glaze containing oxides.

I also took some taller pots in groups.

The colours I am using at the moment come from the colours I see around me at Bermagui - the afternoon sun on the lake opposite my house is a particular source of inspiration.