The Journal of Australian Ceramics

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Volume 49/2 July 2010 $16


WEB FEATURE ARTICLES

Joey Burns discusses the opportunities available to a newbie wood-firer.

Jenny Mulcahy reports on her involvement with a Queensland. anniversary project.

Yeats Gruin considers mentoring

2 EDITORIAL
3 CONTRIBUTORS
4 NOW + THEN
5 DIRECTORY
6 AWARDS + GALLERY

PREVIEW


10 Interview with Jennifer Lee

PROFILE

15 Layers of Memory Ann McMahon looks behind the work of Maiju Altpere-Woodhead
22 Flame, Fire and Evolution: a survey of Geoff Crispin’s work Grace Cochrane (abridged from catalogue essay)
27 The Flying Scotsman Damon Moon reflects on the ceramics of Alex Leckie
31 Lost for Words Matt Davis takes a step inside the diverse language of Zoe Churchill’s ceramics

FOCUS: EDUCATION AND MENTORING


35 When the student is ready ... An excerpt from Milton Moon’s new autobiography, A Potter’s Pilgrimage
38 Get a Mentor A blog entry by US potter, Whitney Smith

PROMOTION


40 The Australian National University Ceramics Workshop Beyond Teaching by Janet DeBoos

44

NATIONAL EDUCATION PICTORIAL SURVEY 2010 CONSIDER THIS

 



 

58 Copyrights and Wrongs Karen Weiss looks at the issues

CERAMIC COMPETITIONS

60 The 2009 International Gangjin Celadon Exhibition Ruth Park reports on a wonderful experience in Korea
63 Why enter a ceramics competition? Answers from ceramic artists
65 What are you waiting for? A few upcoming competitions compiled by
Ashley McHutchison
66 Some guidelines for writing your artist statement by Vicki Grima
67 Melting Pot 2009 Lone White reports on the importance of national
ceramic exhibitions outside capital cities

REGULARS

69 VIEW 1: View of the Surface Inga Walton reviews the recent survey of work by Christopher Harman
72 VIEW 2: Fragments of Landscape Tarun Nagesh reviews the ceramics of Jill Symes
74 WORKSHOP: From Scratch Wendy Jagger recounts her experience as an Artist-in-Schools grant recipient from Arts Victoria
78 INSIDE MY STUDIO: In conversation with Neville French
82 CERAMIC SPACES: A Passion for Ceramics
Judith Buckeridge tells us about her new retail space, Potier, in Melbourne
86 COMMUNITY 1: Dreams become reality in Daylesford
Dawn Whitehand reports on the launch of a new ceramics co-operative
88 COMMUNITY 2: You can do anything if you have water
Gordon Foulds writes about Quixotica
92 WEDGE: Torbjørn Kvasbø
93 EVENTS: Gulgong Gossip and images of Clay Energy and 340 grams
96 ARCHIVE: Pottery in Australia, Vol 16, No 2, Spring 1977
98 POTTERS MARKS
99 WELL READ: Two book reviews
102 AUSTRALIA WIDE

 
Cover: Neville French
Lunette 1, 2009 Mossgreen Gallery, April 2010 photo: Terence Bogue
 

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