Showing posts with label Jodi Dawson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jodi Dawson. Show all posts

Friday, May 7, 2010

Ceramics in Vogue, thanks to Vogue!



This is the third time I have found the work of someone I knew within the pages of Vogue Living (Australia) while flicking idly through it in my local newsagents, figuring out whether I needed another indulgence in my life. Vogue Living often includes some inspiring reviews or articles on design and invariably at least one article on a 'maker'. The publication ought to be commended for this inclusive approach, as they are truly bringing the artist into the homes of those who may wish to collect our work.

At a glance my friend Jodi Dawson is on page 54, with her handpainted plates, Potter Rynne Tanton who is at Crickhallow Pottery in Tasmania (page 77) - they call him a Ceramics Wizard - what a lovely title! He is shown making cracked clay surfaces on his thrown ware - they say he uses a gas torch but I think he is also using sodium silicate on the surface and stretching from within, as I learnt from Janet de Boos at ANU Distance School in Ceramics not long ago.  More from the man here http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/d81fa561-6c23-91df-052d-592808eb3861/1/tanton_final.zip/rynnetanton.htm  Someday soon I will learn how to do short links - emails welcome!

AAAAAND ..... Perth W.A. Midland Atelier is given attention on page 103. I nearly went blind though trying to find those page numbers for you, so check it out.

Blogger is busy and won't allow me to upload an image, but I will later.