the slipware invasion tour... teaser 1

the slipware invasion tour... teaser #1

just ahead of the workshop at the club tomorrow here's a lil teaser!!

'slipware the movie'...

I'm excited about this last batch of clay....

it continues to inspire me when I should be making summery bright work I can't seem to drag myself away from the grunge!! I still want to make some heavy cooking ware before I leave it totally for the summer and who knows if I will :P

Anyhoo Ali and I did a small market at the Wheaty on Saturday and the first hour was busy and my show piece for the day sold with lots of interest in it plus a couple of orders for them so I guess that will  keep me distracted for a while... these lil beakers I made sunday arvo after trimming the grunge wares, so off to the club today with them get a kiln loaded and then finishing off the pots I threw last night for saturdays workshop!!  'slipware the movie' is finally done and gets it's first run on saturday so i'll be looking for feedback on it and no doubt tweaking it a tad before I send it overseas to my fellow trippees...

So on to Saturdays Slipware Workshop... I still have some spaces if you're thinking about coming over ...it's 10am - 2pm ...Movies...pots... links.. blogs...BYO shared lunch and BYO leatherhard terracotta pots all that for $15... 

so come on over to TEA TREE STUDIO lot6 Crouch Rd Golden Grove

contact me ANG if you get lost!!!!! 0412 848 878

angela walford ceramic artist

Hey i'm still here, just had a break post SALA ( South Australian Living Artist )  it was quite the whirlwind month with 5 shows on my list and a mixed response from peeps really.. Ali's, Rose and my show up in the Hills had moderate successes and we all sold so that's a great start!
Other shows such as my local ones were great for exposure but no sales and one of my favourites this SALA was the St Igantius Art Show admittedly it's a well oiled machine that's been running for quite a few years and so well supported by local artists. Some of the paintings were just amazing and the sculpture garden was one of my fav places and the best thing selling my raku pieces.

Anyhoo this post is about my latest project.. I'm not moving just adding another location angelawalfordceramics it's my new wordpress page. This one will replace the mac page I set up last year Angela Walford website that didn't prove to be as user friendly as I would have liked, for one the ridiculous web address they gave me!! And since it looks like iweb will not be continued it was write off time for this software..

I'll be bringing over parts of what I like from that page to my new site and keeping solid ol blogger here as my centre point, the only thing missing is a decent gallery page but that's no biggy as my new page has plenty of opportunity for this.

So that's what I've been up to, you'll notice in my sidebar there's new shows coming up and with spring much nicer weather to work outside in and a great workshop at the club coming up...we're going to dabble in some slipware so bring along your terracotta pieces with some nice surface to decorate on!!

Saturday 24th September 2011 10am $10 to members $15 to visitors.. BYO shared lunch and some leatherhard terracotta 'red clay' wares.. email me for more details.

I have of course plenty of videos to show from the US trip and more than a few tools of the trade from Doug and lovely slip trailed pieces from Hannah too, I also have a couple of Paul's pieces that will make quite a nice selection of work to drool over.. so this one should be fun..

art art and more art...

Friday night was the opening for St Ignatius Art show at Norwood.. this is the first year I've been invited to participate and what a cool night.. I bumped into Judith Rolevink who has 2 bronzes in the show, wandered around checking out the amazing pieces in this show and wow some brilliant art..



On entry we got a goodie bag complete with programme and a voucher for wine, very spec :))
And a brass band made up of the senior school kids nothing like a bit of jazz at an opening...this one ticked all the boxes for me.. amazing munchies, wine, great lighting and the work was set out so well..yey team!!

I met some amazing artists who generously talked about their work, there's a gorgeous painting in the silent auction, which apparently went for 7K last year!!

The 'outdoor room' was a flutter of red dots when I left and quite a queue of peeps at the sales desk waiting to buy some amazing art. Anyhoo enjoy the vid it's just a sample of what's on display..

The show continues through the wkd with a string section playing and cupcakes. It's gold coin entry for the wkd and friday night was ticket only entry. It's a brilliant show, so if you're in town get and see it and buy some original art..

day at the museum...

This lil trip was organised by Mellie @ Mt Barker TAFE thanks for putting the call out for this visit ... we had Jam Factory folks, TAFE, SA UNI plus extras and that would be me :)) Wednesday's trip was wet and windy what a great day to walk from the central market to the Art Gallery, the pots were just next door in the basement of course complete with Harry Potter cupboard under the stairs..

I'd heard about this stash when I was back in college but really never got around to finding it so super call M, cheers! Although unable to touch these guys it was great just to check out the pots that we have in town hiding out in there glass cupboards.. So check em out, complete with some tunes by Bjork 'It's oh so quiet' and Ian Dury and The Blockheads 'This is What We Find'...

Tonight is 'St Ignatius Art Show Opening' SALA show which continues across the wkd, so check it out Queen St Norwood tonight is ticket only entry and a gold coin entry for the wkd and then Sunday arvo I'll be at Q Gallery for our '3 Seasons Show' @ Barristers Block Winery, Onkaparinga Valley Rd Woodside so drop in for a chat and buy some art and wine peeps, see ya there :))