Clay Porn

When we get 'lost' online we refer to my husband's interests as 'Bike Porn' and mine as 'Clay Porn', you know, an image of something you really admire or desire very, very much. It just thrills and intrigues you. There is no real porn element, just that it is something you like to browse and look at - a lot. He will lust after Alan bike frames or, of late, Moultons, Lord help me, and when I can wean him from that, it's old Citroen cars.

Burt Street Gallery the front area of Perth Studio Potters Premises

I was delivering posters for the forthcoming workshops at Perth Studio Potters, in Cottesloe, Perth. The ceramic year in my part of Western Australia is off to a whooping start. As mentioned recently Fleur Schell is hosting events at her North Fremantle studio SODA and in Hamelin Bay with Trudy Golley (Canada), Paul Leathers (Canada) and also Anne Linneman (Denmark).

At PERTH STUDIO POTTERS I will teach a one day class in Print On Clay Techniques on 7th March, I am so looking forward to that! Then, in May we'll be hosting Thai born potter Somechai Charoen coming from Sydney to teach a workshop in mouldmaking techniques. In 2007 we had Vipoo Srivala http://www.vipoo.com/ for an awesome workshop. Vipoo felt a workshop from Somechai at PSP would be a hit.

Below some of Vipoo's work.....
While dropping the Somchai posters off at the Fremantle Arts Centre, one of my favourite places in Freo, http://www.fac.org.au/ I popped into their newly revamped, renamed shop FOUND. Fatal move! There, waiting to be found, are oodles of beautiful handmade items by WA artists, plus, a great selection of art books. I bought 'Porcelain Masters - major works by leading ceramists' by Lark Books and full of delicious seductive images of work by the creme de la creme of international ceramics.... and that is what I mean by ClayPorn!

Fremantle Arts Centre

Photo with permission http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff-inoz