looking with soft eyes

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Alicia van Rhijn & Madeleine Thornton-Smith

Composing Collage

Alicia van Rhijn & Madeleine Thornton-Smith

Seventh Gallery

10 May - 24 May 2018

Rhijn & Thorton-Smith have created a playful space within the front gallery at Seventh. Within this seemingly casual spay of blocks and components, is a deep formalist dialogue. Both artists have worked as if co-joined, balancing texture, colour, shape, mass and scale.

Individual vignettes are delightful as intricate attention to surface detail is discovered. A closer look reveals material use - or does it. Thornton-Smith plays with and often reversed the tactile qualities one expects from clay, plaster or paper, whilst van Rhijn conjures graphic compositions found in architect and interior design.

Sunday, 6 May 2018

Kirsten Perry

Strawberry & Banana

Window series at www.pépite.com.au
195 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

17 April - 6 May 2018

Kirsten Perry always delights. This show is particularly delicious with a goopy strawberry glaze that is decoratively dribbly, functions as a joining technique and makes for a catchy title.

Each piece is curious, witty and imaginative in both form and texture. Objects are abstractly familiar and nag at the brain for a linking reality: mushroom, toast holder, garlic bulb, Big Charlie chewy.

Perry's titles add to the game:

Sicky Bottom, Pimples, Teenager, I'll Wait Here.

Sunday, 29 April 2018

To Market To Market....

Markit + BakeSale

Sunday 22 April 2018Atrium & Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, 10am–5pm

86 independent designers and 6 local food icons, all under one roof at Melbourne's Federation Square.
A sunny afternoon stroll to catch up with old friends and see new makers continuing to explore the rustic, iron spotted possibilities of clay and excited by some makers using clay in unique and personal ways to make affordable and desirable objects.

Ever- amazing Sandra Bowkett, whose wood fired work keeps getting more subtly beautiful.

Deft and desirable Rara Studios

www.minpindesign you made me smile - thank you

www.emilyonly.com.au selling for scent with oil & incense burners

Urban Cartel continues with finely slip cast and immensely useable vessels in coloured porcelain

Katherine Wheeler translates her whimsical drawings into equally whimsical ceramic objects. This translation is about forma and texture not just about illustration and surface decoration.

www.katherninewheeler.com.au

www.yiyinglee.com applies lively kitty cat cuteness to adorable handmade ceramics

Sunday, 11 March 2018

the space between...connected

Group exhibition by
Sarah Ormonde
Joanne Searle
John Tuckwell
Grey Daly

21 February - 11 March 2018
Red Gallery Contemporary Art Space

There is a strong sense of landscape in the works of these four artists. Boundary, horizon line, colour, paddock, sky, river and climate are but a few of the abstract and beautiful qualities applied to surface of these artists' pots. The entire four galleries of this venue are devoted to ceramics and it was a treat to see work by makers from NSW in such abundance and quality.

the space between is like a ceramic masterclass, an exemplar on how the surface of clay may capture a personal and poetic sense of landscape.