Tall

Paperclay vase/sculpture. Greenware. I enjoyed making this sculpture - one of two I made, the other one fell apart recently when I moved it to vacuumed, its now in the recycling bin. I like the form and the shape, and can see it coloured in multiple stripes, like bedsocks. I need to find a kiln big enough to fire it. But then again, as greenware, once I am tired of it, it goes into the recycling bin to be reborn.

Flower forms

These were inspired by the work of Graham Hay, who was my tutor at the McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba, in Jan 2007. Paperclay. Bisqued fired.

Platter

Old and New

Old: The small brown pot was made about 25 years ago, when I was enrolled in a 12 month Tafe course . It is pit fired.

New: The upright vases are some of the first items I made in 2007 with Suvira. Paperclay. Celedon glaz. 1280C

Birdbrain

Earthenware paperclay. Unfired. Painted with poster paints. Wooden branches for hands. He was headed for the recylcing bin recently until protests were lodged by other members of the family. He apparently has grown on people.

Staircase

The blue bottle was made at Toowoomba Summer School 2007. It was an exercise in the capabilities of paperclay. The staircase would be extremely difficult to achieve out of normal clay.

The other sculpture as made as a group of 5 - they were requested by a friend as birthday presents for her Sagitarrian girlfriends - something about their love of drink.

Clock 1

Funky Cylindrical Containers

Funky Coloured Containers

Coloured slips were applied over a plaster mould in random pattern. Liquid paperclay slip was poured over these to create a slab of clay from which the box shaped was cut. Once dry enough, the boxes were assembled. Funky = the lids don't really fit. Bisque fired. Clear glaze. 1300C. Biggest approx 12cm x 12cm 6cm

Incised Container

Porcelain paperclay. Incised and applied features. Bisqued. Dilute black stain applied and rubbed back. Clear glaze applied to inside. Fired to 1300c. Approx 10 cm H

Clock

Porcelain paperclay. Incised and applied features. Bisqued. Black stain applied. Fired to 1300C. Approx 45 cm H

Lace Work Paperclay

Lace Work Paperclay

Made by using paperclay slip, squeezed from a sauce bottle onto a plaster mould. Bisque fired. Clear glaze. Fired to 1300 C. Approx 25cm wide

Blue Boxes - Dec 2007

Porcelain Paperclay painted and incised with 5% Dark Blue and 5% Choc Brown Ferro Stains. Bisque fired. Clear glaze applied. Fired to 1300C. Tallest approx 24cm; smaller approx 12cm

Gargoyle

Again during a workshop with Ruth, I made my Gargoyle. The 'spit' is solar powered. The pot came from Mobs of Pots. Bisque fired

Fat Lady and friend

This Fat Lady was made under the direction of Ruth Park, in one of her weekend sculpture workshops in 2006. approx 70cm H Bisque fired.

April 2008, I have made another lady to give to friends at Bellingen. Keane Raku T approx 70cmH

This lady has yet to make it to her intended destination, and now reside in our garden awaiting a lift south.