Gulgong Road Trip pt1...

So here's the start of Gulgong video log, Road Trip baby they just go on and on....

anyhoo heres a few pics around this really old Goldmining town and home for a while to Henry Lawson, poet...

Skippy is any reference to kangaroo and a major part of road trip....If you have no idea what i'm talking about look up the tv show, i'm sure its playing somewhere!...'what's that skip? there's peeps stuck down a mine shaft...thanks skip, we're on it!!'

vids at the bottom of this post...

raku time...

Saturday turned out lovely, rather a chilly start but the day unfolded, the kilns were lit and what ensued was just the thing....loads of raku pots some stunning turquoise, coppers abound and loads of obvara firing.

Anna was demoing and so kindly prepped all the glazes so everyone could just dive in.
We unloaded the bisque and got glazing. I had the usual breakages and time to address the clay its always hit and miss with the large bottles but to many nice pieces cracked this time...grrr

The lunch spread was just as great as the glazes!! Sally came down from woodside, Judith the sculptor dropped in plus a few visitors and faces we hadn't seen in a while so all in great raku.. anyhoo here's the pics...

the days of Gulgong....claypush conf.pt1

the days of Gulgong....claypush conf.pt1

I absorbed so much in this room ( pic above) ..and made a large decision there too. Rather epic but quit sensible really. I've slowly been processing images the last fortnight as I've had a good amount of work to do which took me down south last friday working with Connie down at Colonades, it's a community project and we were drawing up the women's river on an existing wall. It was a great day working collaboratively and chatting to heaps of peeps that were interested in the project.

The day was long and a drive down south is quite an epic journey I think I made it home by 7pm and traffic was a nightmare....must try to avoid that in future but all in a super day drawing and considering what this means to the locals, council and the indigenous people most importantly. To have a visual statement of their land and their meeting place in a major public space.

Anyhoo raku today I just got in and will process the images into something interesting after I wash the smokiness away. Anna demonstrated her very successful Obvara technique and luckily I got to have a play...we also got out some horsehair that did stick to the pots when we shielded them from the breeze!

Right more on Gulgong and raku very soon...

serving drinks...

but first things first!!!

Raku Firing at Tea Tree Studio

Sat, May 18, 9am – 3pm Tea Tree Studio located at 30 Crouch rd golden grove south australia, next to church in the green sheds, at harpers field, you'll see the scout sign on our gated driveway

Check in on facebook for updates etc... on Tea Tree Studio page

Ok all 6 of those Tagine lids are all trimmed and a wee bowl form inserted in the Lid to cap them off...now the slow dry continues under plastic across this week and load a bisque firing next wkd ready for glazing when we get back from Gulgong!!

So onto todays topic, serving drinks...

Theres a new exhibition at Gallery 1855

Territories 

 recent works by Frances Griffin, Ian Willding & Alison Main 

 17 April to 15 June 2013

Frances Griffin, Alison Main and Ian Willding are three artists with Central Studios who have a common enthusiasm for engaging with the materiality of their chosen medium and a belief in allowing the act of making to influence an outcome. 

The opening was Tuesday night and ARTAG get to host yet again :))

Serving drinks is our pleasure, Bec has the pouring action down and I crack open the bubbly in the workroom!! much better at opening those new lids now but better to be away from the art work..

Heres a few piccies from tuesday..

twas a nice night and didn't have to call in takeaway after all, a good group of peeps dropped in for a view and a chat. 

We listened to Carol Neil, director of Community & Cultural development from city of TTG give the opening chat and had a nice time meeting some new peeps...pity the foxy pub wasnt open tuesday pm it would have made a nice progression after the gig..

anyhoo thats it for today, a rainy day and the beginning of winter it looks...

A very nice arvo to sit by the fire recovering from my flu jab yesterda, not sure you could call nausea 

a cracking headache and painful sinuses not to mention the belly ache, mild symptoms anyway perhaps better than getting the actual flu!

Tagines...

Tagines... it's a project that has been simmering for quite a while.

There's the research then the testing and with quite a lot of brewing and thinking eventually there comes the making. It's not like I have been sitting around doing nothing but sometimes projects take time. Longer than I wished they took but there's a process and it must be brewed.

Todays lil effort, six lids a good start! enjoy the vid..