Tallarook Residency - the work

 

Petrichor-Tallarook track 03.02.2020, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h. 32 w. 15 d. 15 cm

Black Wattle flame, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h. 35 w. 15 d. 15 cm

I carry a pebble, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h. 25 w. 14 d. 21 cm

Mum's pebble, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h.  w.  d.  cm

 

Mother rock carrying tors, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h. 26 w. 12 d. 17 cm

Thinking of Marrea, 2020
Hand-built Keane's Porcelain Paper Clay, Tallarook granitic sands, wood-fired
h. 20 w. 12 d. 11 cm

Tallarook Residency - 2nd Wood Firing

Firing Tuesday 17 November - Wednesday 18 November 2020

Finally, the Melbourne pandemic broke, our numbers of new infections resembled 'donuts' or zero and I was able to leave the 'ring of iron' to visit Sandra Bowkett and complete a second firing before summer descends and the land is too dry to fire. 

This work was made at my temporary studio/teaching desk in my lounge room, during the hard months of lockdown.

I reflected on the landscape of Tallarook studio environment, included granetic sand and pebble that I had collected from the studio track to include into my clay body. 

It was a fantastic firing with Sandra Bowkett and Lene Kuhl Jakobsen with excellent colour results. 

Sandra's flower pots below for lower temperatures

Sandra Bowkett and Lene Kuhl Jakobsen hard at work. 

My sculptural work with Lene's beautiful iron-spotted bottles

Black Wattle buddy