by frogpondsrock on April 28, 2011
in ceramics
The small country town of Deloraine will be buzzing this weekend as hundreds of people that like to play in the mud converge on the little town.
I lifted the following paragraphs in italics straight from the Woodfire Tas website.
WOODFIRE TASMANIA 2011 is an event for potters, sculptors, students, educators, collectors, curators, and anyone else with an interest in the ceramic arts. Delegates will meet distinguished makers from Australia and overseas, and experience their work and working methods at close quarters.
The convener of WOODFIRE TASMANIA 2011 is Neil Hoffmann. Neil has conducted his art practice at Reedy Marsh near Deloraine for nearly thirty years and previously convened the Claydown Tasmania Summer School programs. Neil will be ably assisted by fellow Tasmanian practitioners Ben Richardson, Michael Stephan, Jilli Spencer and Jim Nelson, and a band of enthusiastic volunteers.
I am leaving for Deloraine today.
I am excited.
This is a photo of part of the mountain that towers over Hobart. I adore the Mountain. Look out for this influence in future work.
I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.
I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.
So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.
Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.
Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.
Link back here to me.
Easy Peasy.
Drumroll please..
Actually there are two winners.
Congratulations to Candy J from Candy’s Family who won the first draw
When I went back and checked I saw that I had made a mistake and counted too many re-tweets. I could have just let it stand but then I would have been tormented by graphic nightmares. So I did another draw.
Congratulations to Pixie from Pesky Pixies who won the second draw, which technically, should actually have been the first draw.
Yay! And congratulations to both the winners.
I packed and fired my first kiln load of work this week.
I have packed and fired heaps of kiln loads of work at the Polytechnic but I have always had my tutors or the technician there to call on for last minute advice and a final check over before the kiln is locked down and switched on.
This time I was totally on my own.
It was exhilarating and nerve wracking at the same time.
There was about eight weeks worth of work in the one firing and if anything had gone wrong I would have had to start again from scratch.
This first firing is called a bisque firing. You wait until all the work has dried out and then you pack it into the kiln and fire it to 1000 degrees Centigrade (1832 F) It is in this initial firing that work can explode, crack or shatter. If I hadn’t packed the shelves properly, they could have collapsed. The potential for disaster is really quite high and I have been a tad nervous for the past couple of days.
I opened the kiln this morning to have a quick look and all the work has survived.
YAY!
So in order to celebrate and to share the anticipation I am going to have a give-away.
I will give away 2 tall cups that I will fire sometime over the Easter Break. The cups will be similar to these but you get to choose the colour of the highlight. They can also be all white or all one colour. Your choice.
Here are the rules.
Anyone can enter.
Simply leave me a comment telling me what colour you would like.
You must click on the friend connect thingy on the sidebar in order to be eligible to win.
You can enter once a day for the duration of the giveaway.
Entries will close at 9pm on Easter Saturday, Australian Time.
That is it.
Easy Peasy.
Good Luck.
*UPDATED *
If you tweet this post for me I will add in another entry for you.
Updated Again. Comments are now closed.
I will announce the winner tomorrow, Easter Sunday.
Good Luck everyone.
I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.
I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.
So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.
Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.
Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.
Link back here to me.
Easy Peasy.
The common theme this week is aphids. It was a bad year for aphids this year and the little suckers were everywhere. Luckily for me it also meant there were heaps of ladybirds and feathery birds feeding on them. These photos were all taken last summer.
