It began at the end of January with the Other Art Fair at the Timberyard in Port Melbourne. It was so much fun to have a stall and showcase my works. All the artists I met were gorgeous and talented people. This was the first time the organisers had had a ceramic artists at there fair and I had no idea how my work would be received.... but I thought 'feel the fear and do it anyway'! It was a HUGE success - I meet so many fabulous people, did some workshops where people made a few things to take away with them and sold loads! Thank you to the organisers, artists, family, friends and visitors that make it such a fantastic weekend and the biggest thank you to bestie Kylie and my partner Neil for their support and help before and during the fair.
Then it was off to Japan in March where I got to go to the home of Raku in Kyoto - what an amazing country, people, art and culture.
In May I had a large solo exhibition at the Raillery Gallery in St Arnaud in central Victoria. I also did a workshop where a dozen people had fun make a variety of work that I then Raku fired for them. This exhibition had over 40 works and looked great in the beautiful old red brick railway building now gallery. The exhibition was well attended and many people left with a unique piece of Raku art.
In June I was the featured artist at the Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art-Show demonstrating hand-building techniques for the Kings Birthday long weekend. I also was the recipient of the Best Sculpture prize and sold 4 out of 5 works - so a good weekend for the fund-raising event and myself.
In June I was the featured artist at the Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art-Show demonstrating hand-building techniques for the Kings Birthday long weekend. I also was the recipient of the Best Sculpture prize and sold 4 out of 5 works - so a good weekend for the fund-raising event and myself.
In late August we headed across the Nullarbor to Western Australia some 3,300km away for the Australian Ceramics Triennale. What started as a 4 week trip turned into 10 weeks as we made the most of sight seeing some of WA's beautiful wild flowers and coastline. Having retired from Little Gallery Trentham to have more time to travel has also allowed me more time to give workshops which have been lots of fun with the participants getting some amazing results from the Raku and Pit firings.
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