Helen Bates on wed 21 jan 04
Surfing with Helen Bates (Australia and Israel) (January 21st., 2004)
Australia
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Christopher Plumridge (Claystone Pottery) (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia=
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Handbuilt thrown and cast stoneware, porcelain and terracotta functional=20
ware, especially tableware. The tableware is either glazed in semi-gloss=
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surfaces, or if matte, is lined with a glossy glaze, while more decorativ=
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pieces have matte surfaces. His colours are subtle; often they are deepl=
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intense in value, and dark in tone.
David Gregory (McCrae, Victoria, Australia)
Gregory's 3-D works are earthenware and stoneware sculptural pieces, most=
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in the form of animal horns.
Pam Carey (Artwork Australia) (Cairns, Australia)
Very nice work in raku, coloured clays (probably porcelain), used for=20
thrown vessels, and earthenware, used for her figural sculptures.
Jennie Scott (Artwork Australia) (Cairns, Australia)
Scott's equestrian & wildlife sculpture in clay and mixed media is both=20
imaginative and strongly modelled.
Israel
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Hilda Merom (Kfar Vradim, Galilee, Israel)
(born in Argentina and immigrated to Israel in 1971)
Hilda has adapted the saggar firing technique, using a combination of=20
organic materials, such as sea weed, shells, fruit peels, olive chaff,=20
copper wire, etc in order to obtain special textures and colors. These gi=
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the Saggar-fired pieces a characteristic "ancient" look. Instead of usin=
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clay saggars, Hilda builds a soft brick saggar inside the kiln and wraps=20
each piece with aluminum foil in order to hold the organic materials arou=
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the work. Her everyday functional pottery forms are built intentionally=20
asymmetrical. They are fired at 1300=B0C, and meant for baking in microwa=
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and regular ovens. (They are lead and barium free.) Besides frequently=20
exhibiting in Israel, Ms Merom has exhibited in juried shows in Australia=
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Portugal, South Africa, and the USA.
Helen
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Helen Bates - mailto:nell@cogeco.ca, nelbanell@yahoo.ca
Web - http://www.geocities.com/nelbanell/
PMI Online - http://www.potterymaking.org/pmionline.html
Clayarters' Urls - http://amsterlaw.com/clayart.html
Surfing Posts - http://amsterlaw.com/nell.html
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