Knolling photo

Just got home tonight after being away all day and found my new copy of ‘The Journal of Australian Ceramics’ in the mailbox. Inside was a photo I took of my work in a type of photo called ‘knolling’ which is a photo of orderly objects taken from above. Very exciting to see my ceramics published in such a beautiful journal.

You can see the state of my studio floor! Needs a good mop… also wish I had not had so much light coming in from the window on the left but I was rushing to photograph these, just before the deadline.

Gorgeous ceramic tea bowl on the cover of the journal by Euan Craig, Machawan Tea Bowl 2015

Who is the table set for?

I have been playing around with dinnerware that have sculptural elements included. This piece is a reflection of our throwaway consumerist society and the impact of that on the natural environment that we live in.

Waves dinner set

I have just taken out of the kiln matching side plates to go with my wave design dinner plates. I now need to work on pasta bowls to complete the set. Maybe cups or a larger platter or bowl as well. Making the plates doesn’t take too long but hand painting the waves takes ages and a steady hand…..

waves

On our last summer holiday we were visiting Mimosa National Park in NSW. One day we went to one of our favourite beaches Middle Beach and watched some massive waves crashing against the rocks. I quickly did a black ink drawing and these are the pieces I have made from that drawing.

One of my plates featured in Winkelen magazine

Winkelen is a fantastic online magazine showcasing the best in Australian interior design. I am excited to be told one of my plates is featured in the November issue!
Yay!
I am on page 47

State of Green interview

The lovely Jenny Tranter from the eco website and blog State of Green has interviewed me about how I started in ceramics and my inspiration. I very grateful for this opportunity and hope you enjoy the read. State of Green is an online resource for finding out the latest in eco living ideas from around the world. http://blog.stateofgreen.com.au/interview-mountain-clay/

Wee Birdy

Exciting my work is featured in an Australian Blog Wee Birdy! Click on the link to go to the page!
http://www.weebirdy.com/2014/10/revealed-etsy-design-awards-finalists.html

Some new work which is actually old work!!

I just took some photos of the organic shaped dishes and plates that I made earlier this year, that were printed with the gum leaf Cinerea. We have many of these trees, as we also run a native cut flower business. I usually just sell these dishes at my market stall, but thought I should put them onto my etsy shop for sale as well.

Banksia and Hakea side plates

Just fired these cute little side plates and took shots for my Etsy store. I used my Native garden as inspiration using an assortment of Banksia and a Pinwheel Hakea. The plates are made by hand using a stoneware raku clay fired to cone 10. They have a rough surface and feel like a stone but I like think they are nice.

end of Autumn….. nests and new plates.

Nearly all the leaves have fallen off the deciduous  trees in our yard. The Magnolia has only a few left. Walking past today I spied this cute little empty nest just attached with the most delicate of twine. Probably a little honeyeater or wrens nest from last spring.

There are tiny little blue strands of bailing twine in the nest from our hay bales. My mums nests at her house have pink and blue baling twine woven in!

I also made some new plates yesterday out of Stoneware Raku clay.  I didn’t know what to do with them, so I painted on some white slip, and decorated them using sgraffito, with native Australian plants as inspiration. This one is a Hakea.

This is a Candlestick Banksia. The brown raku clay will fire to a creamy speckled appearance. I don’t know if the iron specks in the clay will come through the white slip? I will wait and see.

This is another Banksia, front on.