The Journal of Australian Ceramics

Selected Features
Colin Batrouney examines the recent ceramics of David Pottinger PDF Print E-mail
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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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Nature Distilled - Inga Svendsen PDF Print E-mail

Sumi Skellam discusses the recent work of Inga Svendsen

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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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Zen Conference Exhibition - Janet Selby PDF Print E-mail

Janet Selby ponders on the market you have when you are not having a market.

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n late August 2009, I was invited to display my Buddhist-related ceramic sculptures at the Buddhism and Psychotherapy Conference1 at the Sydney Masonic Centre. In the tea room, I would display years of my work to an audience of sympathetic, focused and enthusiastic people – calm and compassionate therapists from all over Australia.

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