time to gloat!

My day job is as a public relations and marketing consultant. My longest standing client is an aged care facility in Brisbane that I have a very big soft spot for.

This picture is of a book I published in celebration of Queenslands 150th Birthday and Trinder Parks 40 years of service. The sculpture by well known Queensland sculptor Kate French is of Arthur (Pop) Trinder who was the original donor of the land to the Lutheran Church back in the 60s.

The book is a compilation of more than 50 memoirs of residents, former residents, members of the community and community leaders within the Logan district.

The publication was sponsored by the Q150 Grant round and the event by Trinder Park and Lutheran Community Care. More than 100 people attended the celebration including State Member for Woodridge, Desley Scott and Councillor Russell Lutton. The original Matron of Trinder Park from the days of the doors opening in 1969 Judith Rose (Weppner) also was in attendance.

Other than having a bad (first time in four years) bout of the flu the day was fantastic!

International Expert comes to Sunshine Coast

After a two year fascination with Paperclay I decided I would work on enticing Pioneer of Paper clay Graham Hay to Queensland and the Sunshine Coast to conduct a workshop.

The workshop sold within a matter of days so I 'enticed' Graham once again to extend his stay so a wider audience of paper clay advocates could have some time with the 'master'.

Whilst the 2nd workshop was only for a day people traveled from near and far to attend and certainlly I am sure the world of ceramics (within those that attended either of the three days) has now massively changed.

Graham suggests, throw out your rules; anything is possible. Why Bisc? Why Glaze? Why not join dry and dry clay? Why not add noodles, rice, wool and fabric. So... beware industry for ceramics and sculpture I'm sure many many perspectives have changed and you're about to see it.

I hope to coordinate another Graham Hay workshop for Queensland in 2009. I, like many others, can't get enough of his 'anything is possible' method when dealing with clay.

Pinch Bowls

Temaku, titanium on southern ice.

Fish out of water

I had fun making these fish out of paperclay and using all sorts of patterns.

Safron

I glazed the smaller doll for my claymate Therese, she wanted to use this saffron colour which she made. As a set they look good but now Saffron has gone to a new home.

Kiln ready for unpacking

I unpacked the kiln early June, just havn't had a chance to update my blog for a few weeks. Unpacking the kiln is always exciting yet, worrying and often annoying. Overall as I'm still in my early stages of getting my glazes right if I get a few things right I'm happy. I now use those good pieces to refine my work.