kuru alala and locavore...

 
A lil moving pictures moment from the Jam Factory Adelaide tonight... so many shows so little time it seemed, the opening was held downstairs in the main gallery, there's 2 lovely spaces down there with indigenous works in them...a gorgeous wall of gumnuts that looked like teapot lids!!
the atrium space with some timber works, the collectors space in the front window and our show Locavore with Sunshine March, Minnette Michael, Natalie Gock, Timpena Williams, Anilyuru Williams, Jane Burbidge, Tom Moore, Angela Walford, Jane Robertson and Caren Ellis, in the showroom above the atrium space....it was just a delight to be invited, thanks Wayne Mcara... if you're in town check it out :))

check out the Jam's photos pre show glimpse on facebook

pop series...

my new 'pop' series is the work I began in January play session intending to move on to some whiter clay bodies including cool ice after firing this work..

I did however get distracted by some very nice local clay bennetts terracotta this great body is mined across the road from me and it's relatively inexpensive to purchased filtered and pugged. So this tangent has become a new focus for this year alongside the new 'pop' series... I won't be working on them at the same time as my studio isn't the most pristine space but here we have some of my pics from this week..

taking the time to look at the space around the object was the purpose of this photo shoot and detailing some of the lovely glaze elements that have come from this firing.. these days i embrace the drips, the simple movement where glaze overlaps are some lovely delicate touches on these pots..

small lines and gestures...

Don't ya just love new stuff!!!

new ideas, fresh glazes ideas that just fulfil your ambitions?!!

these new earthenware tests started in march and i'm only just getting some glaze firings through but all good i'm so happy! we unloaded the kiln last night and so many things just worked..

little dribbles and brush lines, you know the marks of the process they always make me smile..

it's the little things beginning to focus...and thats totally what i wanted to do this year..

be focussed on exactly what i'm doing not looking over my shoulder to the next thing or what needs to happen next but to look and see what is in front of me all the other stuff like deadlines can happen later when this work is in full swing, right now i'm seeing simple marks, small lines and gestures that inspire me... i'm gonna let this work grow and see where it takes me

 full processes and tech details will be on my weebly page angelawalfordceramics.weebly.com along with some new visual galleries popping up soon

fringe and my 5th!!

hey all!! what a gorgeous day today.. the girls and I took a mini tour of the 'fringe' today... it's another festival in march already full of events :)) but who counts car racing and bike racing anyway :P

The fringe is an arts and performance festival, there's also writers week - last week.. so today's tour started with Kat's studio in an old church building at Thebarton she shares with a few others.. designers, glassees and jewellers... what a great site! see also Kat's blog.. check her work out at the Bowerbird Bazaar in a couple of weeks..

The studio ceiling is so high it's impressive, as are the freezes and wall deco that still exists from the 50's-60's....then onto Gaganis a massive wholesalers warehouse full of every caterers hearts desire.... I def could have used a scooter in there!!

Just a bit later onto the city for some lunch in the 'Garden of unearthy delights' where I had an edinborough burger!! really good... followed by camels, the odd performance act and a lot of walking, to which I ended at the jazz stage in the shade.. a very civilised place to stop!
Then up rundle street and a quick detour into the new tea shop T2  a very pleasant distraction.. and up the road to the Urban Cow studio to check in and see what's new in Store...

All in all a very pleasant day touring and I am exhausted after a bit of a late night at the Womadelaide music festival last night that celebrates 20yrs in adelaide. Some truly stunning acts including the Drummers of Barundi and a very pleasant folksy interlude from Eddi Reader and from Staff Benda Bilili followed by a quite bizarre hit session from CHIC of which the david bowie tune was prob one of the most enjoyable for me.. well that's it and celebrating today the 5th anniversary of my blog and the 560th post!! phew :))

Well what a start to a great long wkd and still to come some studio time what could be better, if you want to keep up with what I've been up to check my weebly page or facebook :)) well happy wandering through all of the links and a wee slideshow from todays wanderings..

slipin trial #1...

so  here it begins the slipping trials...keep up with things on my weebly page angelawalfordceramic.weebly.com i have the terracotta clay and a few ideas lets see where it all ends up and hopefully not in tears  : P ...