install

Wednesday: 3 days 'til Ebb Tide.

[Megan assembling her 'Bloom' sculptures]

[Yah, amazing right?!]

[my empty space!]

[how wonderful to finally see them in the gallery]

Hey! It's Thursday! That means Mud Colony is open again!

here + there

Sadly my time in Australia is drawing to a close. I am ineligible for any further visas and I must return home to the Isle of Man in 4 weeks time. My heart aches to leave, but I'm excited to explore new opportunities overseas.

I have lived here for 5 and a half years, first in Melbourne, then the Gold Coast. I came here with a head full of dreams of becoming an artist, but with little direction as to how to get there. I will leave having fulfilled those dreams and I will carry these skills with me to continue and grow my arts practice, wherever that may be.

Join me to celebrate or commiserate on Saturday 2 March when Megan Puls and I open Ebb Tide at Clay Art Benowa!
Doors open from 3pm, official opening by Stephanie Outridge Field at 4pm.
Let the champagne flow!

last week!

Ebb Tide has absolutely taken over my life. Nothing else is being done, only MAKING! And I love it.

[though I don't win everytime]

[Sunday painting time]

[Monday throwing times]

[and more blissful painting time on Tuesday]

ebb tide | invitation

This is it:

:: download the invitation here

(or click the images above to enlarge)

(oh my GOODNESS, this is REAL!)

humbled.

It’s a privilege for young artists to exhibit alongside their role models – I feel so honoured that Megan Puls has invited me to join her in launching her new work this year. You inspire me Megan, thank you for believing in me and sharing Ebb Tide with me!

[photos: Megan Puls, works in progress]

invitations!

I collected the Ebb Tide invitations from the printers on Tuesday...yes, yes I was happy dancing in my car!

2250 were printed (thanks for the extra 250 Styleprint!) and this morning (Friday) I delivered 1500 to the Gold Coast City Gallery to be distributed in their mail out next week. The Public Programs Coordinator, Jodi, was impressed with the design - quite the compliment as she oversees a lot of promotional material at the regional gallery!

ebb tide: studio visit

Visiting Megan, my exhibition buddy, last month...

[ooh!]

[umm, wow?]

 

[discussing display possibilities]

 

[these forms look like dinosaur eggs to me!]

[hi Megan!]

beginning ebb tide

S A V E   T H E   D A T E !

Saturday 2 March 2013 from 3.30pm:

The official opening of 'Ebb Tide', an exhibition of new work by Megan Puls and myself at Clay Art Benowa, Gold Coast.

For this exhibition, I will be creating a new body work; wheel thrown and hand painted vessels in Southern Ice porcelain. It begins here:

[2 hearts]

[a happy artist]

[follow the heart lines on your hand]

megan puls

Megan Puls is, in the eyes of many, one of the best ceramicists in Australia. She pushes her materials and so often wins; the technical challenges that she sets herself astound me. We're privileged to call her a local Gold Coast artist and very fortunate indeed to have her as a dedicated member of and teacher at the Gold Coast Potters Association. Currently she is throwing Southern Ice porcelain and red raku clay together and piercing the porcelain, to create works like this:

 Megan is also developing this gorgeous range of soup bowls, plates and spoons (look at those spoons!)

[*jaw drop*]

pierced forms waiting to be sanded

Her range of work is certainly diverse - these exquisite sculptural porcelain arrangements blow my mind. Parts of this must be 50 cm long and no more than half a centimetre thick!

My excuse for stalking Megan's studio today: we're planning an exhibition together. I thought she was joking at first, but Megan seems to have complete faith in me to produce a new body of work suitable to exhibit alongside hers. Her absolute confidence in me actually makes me shake a little. Quite seriously, I could barely write notes this afternoon!
Apart from this being a huge honour - how many young ceramicists get such an opportunity? - I'm excited to have a reason and the motivation to produce a whole new body of work; and in porcelain too.
Stay tuned for 'Ebb Tide' in March 2013.

I recommend:
Megan's lovely website and very active Pinterest.