Ceramic Arts Association of Western Australia

Whoopsie!  I wrote a posting here about the new website for CAAWA - the Ceramic Arts Association of Western Australia.  That was in May 2011 - I told you I hadn't done much blogging last year, and it seems that I actually forgot to hit the PUBLISH button.  Not too smart of me but to err is human and all that jazz.  Anyhow, check out CAAWA, it provides a good overview of the variety of potters here, many are woodfirers, some are strictly porcelain bods and there are plenty of other varieties.

Here is some work by Janis Heston - yet another potter who lives very close to me, and they are all so NICE too.  Lucky me.  

I have just spotted an ad on TV for this
It is a Facebook not for profit page, click on the LIKE button to do some good - if you like.

Trawling ..

Online Ceramics is for anyone who loves hand made contemporary studio pottery. Every piece is individually chosen to give you the very best examples of the artists work.  This is a great place to research the ceramics scene today.  Here we have the late Emmanuel Cooper with an example of his volcanic glazes, a particular interest of mine.  He certainly left his mark on British contemporary ceramics.   

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I thought this was an apt description of what we do ..

I believe it was Anne-Maria Plevier who said of potters ...

We may look mild mannered and conservative, but we are in reality a bunch of risk taking pyromaniacs who constantly put all our eggs in one basket.

The Clayer E-Course

Diana Fayt bowls

I have long admired the work of Diana Fayt in San Francisco whose site I discovered her while researching for my recent study at ANU, Canberra.  Diana's style, colours and designs are very appealing to me. She seems to work hard at what she loves to great effect. While I'm already familiar with most Print on Clay techniques, when I found Diana was offering The Clayer E-Course on the topic, and knowing that distance learning works for me, I signed up.  Take a peep, it may be just the thing for you.  Apart from the benefits of learning and participating, I will make new friends and connections although I may never meet most of them.  This works fine for me too, I mean look at how we use Facebook these days, in regular contact with folk we sometimes never actually meet or speak to.  Without FB I would not have contact with some of my treasured relatives and friends around the globe, let alone all my other connections.

Marney McDiarmid

One of the other artists doing The Clayer E-Course is Marney McDiarmid, a grand Irish name (I can say that being a Dubliner) and located in Ontario.  I've been checking out her website, such loose and lovely work, maybe you should check it out too.