Joomla! site syndication http://australianceramics.com/home 2008-10-14T05:51:27+01:00 http://australianceramics.com/home http://australianceramics.com/home/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2007-11-12T11:00:00+01:00 http://australianceramics.com/home http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php/Journal-of-Australian-Ceramics/Current-Issue/Welcome/Editorial-47-2/menu-id-1.html How would you answer these questions? Why do you make ceramics? How do you teach ceramics? How will we learn about ceramics in the future? In their articles, Damon Moon and Janet DeBoos have responded to these questions by giving their opinions about the ‘state of clay’ in Australia, considering the changes in ceramics education and offering some solutions to what some say is a crisis. text/html 2008-07-18T00:26:31+01:00 http://australianceramics.com/home http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php/Journal-of-Australian-Ceramics/Feature-Articles/State-of-Flux/menu-id-72.html author and photographer: Damon Moon Appearing under the banner ‘Scotland’s Last Ceramics Course to Close’, the March 2008 article from the Glasgow Sunday Herald discussed the imminent demise of ceramics at the Glasgow School of Art. Responding to concerns raised by current students, ex-students and staff – one of whom was the potter Alex Leckie, an influential figure who worked in South Australia as far back as the late 1950s – the article quoted a statement released by the school, which reads as follows: