The OSCAS!

The OSCAS, otherwise known as Open Studio Ceramics Australia weekend, sponsored by the Australian Ceramics Association (TACA), was held a couple of weekends ago and encouraged ceramicists throughout Australia to open their studios to the public.

I participated as part of Macquarie Hills Potters and am pleased to report that we had a steady stream of visitors from other ceramicists, members of TACA, curious neighbours  and even a couple of councillors.

Here are a couple of photos of me working on my latest version of our beloved leader - not!

 

Unusually for me, I am not firing him but will be making a plaster mould which I intend to cast in flexible polyurethane foam with a latex skin. This will definitely be new territory for me so keep your fingers crossed!

 

If you would like to see more photos of the OSCAS, please visit  Macquarie Hills Potters new Facebook page or the TACA Facebook Page.  

And the winner is...!

Clone by Sam Valenz won  Harbour Sculpture 2013. Here is the finished sculpture.

Installation on site!

Sam  and assistants installing Clone on site at Clarkes Point, Woolwich, Sydney.

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Sculpture on the move!

Hilarious scenes at Meadowbank TAFE yesterday as Sam Valenz's entry to the Harbour Sculpture exhibition is prepared for its journey!

You can catch it and other sculptures there, at Clarkes Point and the Deckhouse, from 9th to 20th August. Opening night Saturday 10th August from 5pm.

The Bella Figura Exhibition!

Yesterday I went to the opening of Alan Somerville's new exhibition at the Incinerator gallery, Willoughby and was blown away, as expected, by the amazing drawings and paintings on display.

Here are a few photos I took but they don't do justice to the works.

You really have to go and see them for yourself and you have until August 18th!

Success!

Just found out I won the Meadowbank College Association Art Award Sculpture Prize awarded at the opening last Thursday evening.

Unfortunately, after a hard day in ceramics at Hornsby TAFE, I was too tired to make the trek to Meadowbank and decided to give it a miss:(

Anyway here is my entry

 

"The Thinker", Apologies to Rodin!

 

I'll be visiting him in the See Street Gallery on Monday when I will be at Meadowbank to take a picture in situ:)

"On yer bike, Clover!"

My personal protest at the proliferation of bicycle lanes in the CBD, which rarely seem to see a cyclist, and serve only to further the traffic chaos that we have come to expect in downtown Sydney.

This was my entry into the Mosman In Situ  exhibition which, needless to say, got rejected. It seems that my blog is about the only place where I will get to display any of my works with any political content!