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KZN region newsletter Number 4, 2015
Jane Jarvis Talks us through her walk from college to colonial tea parties Page 5
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Karen Murray Gets us working up close and personal Page 4
Regional Exhibition Page 2
issue No 4 Winter 2011
Buying an electric kiln What to look for and what to avoid Page 7
Forth coming workshops and Ardmore success Page 6
Walters & De Beer Workshop Page 7
Decal Demo Page 9
Hennie Stroebel Wowing us with creativity- he takes us on a walk about Page8
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Dear Members,
Our National Exhibition is in Pretoria next year (Oct 2012) and there will also be a catalogue .- all sponsored by Dear Members Corobrik, It will costs over R60,000 to d the Clay Festival in host this exhibition cently and As enjoyed I write tthis his our Regional is over and I want to Our invited international judge for this s place every two years. say thank you to aevent ll our ismembers ho Daphne w Corregan (born in the on many levels. The par;cipated and cUSA, ontributed to tresident he success of the who currently in France), nformative and has a very impressive CV. She has show. Without e trade hall buzzed with you there would be no exhibi;on. to accept appointment as the We ofsold 34 pieces agreed of ceramics totalling R18,399. by the likes Merentia Award Judge for the National Exhibition. e shopping for ceramic Daphne teaches at the University st in esome. Next year we have booked our Regional for 21 Monaco and has to slot her visit in to y Scott gave a -‐workshop June 10 July 2016 and our Na;onal Exhibi;on complete everything within a four week h paper porcelain 2016 will and be in Gauteng. s it will too ealso arly beto giving start us a period. IShe e uses Leach’s concept working towards tworkshop hese? here in KZN. We host her for ects . (Paper clay being over a week and if any member would h to allow lots to happen Louise Jennings organized a successful like to contribute to herIheart stay it would be a chance - plan to most welcome i. teheir she w isork keen market w here o ur m embers s old in to see ne in 2013. game parks and the Berg. If August. We are going to host another Iheart one has contacts re accommodation for the above NationalpoRers Ceramicmarket 1st Saturday of December so that please let us know. on behalf our KZNelse to work towards. We can only is of something good to know that we take a limited number oRers so book your Finallyof apdecision has been made about eople handling the one become a Senior space with Louis swhen oon. does The m arket is open only tCitizen. o mount of work that it In the interest of a non discriminatory paid up members of the Associa;on . Festivals, Nationals society all of us become Senior Citizens when we turn 65 !Yogi de beer Our David and Sarah Walters with
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people and we have recouped some of the losses we made at tturn he Regional Exhibi;on. It is hard to Members who 65 can claim a balance t he b ooks a t o ur R egional b ecause of the reduced membership. costs. It cost us over R12,000 . We see it as a We are in tdiscussions withpwebsite service he Associa;on rovides for its members designers to upgrade our website. and we hope the members support the Existing profiles will we your organize-‐in doing so will we make a beworkshops upgraded to advantage. This small profit which goes towards ubsidizing the incur costs to members who would slike a profile. We will exhibi;on. report back once a decision is made about look and ofSthe Our lthe ast new workshop of workings 2015 is on at 21st site artSPACEand is inis the of paying November all process about surface decora;on and everyone (for work sold on the learning how to make your own decal paper and Regional). Contact me if you have not decals . received monies yet. REMINDER : We continue to ask our Further n iinternet n newsleRer is when a shortened report of members toodo transfers booking a workshop. With all the cash our exhibi;on. The full report will be in our handed to us for our last workshop we could na;onal magazine the by near uture. have been charged overin R200 the fBank. (God rest their souls) Keep Potting
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MEETING CLAY KwaZulu-Natal REGIONAL EXHIBITION . A report by Lynette Morris-Hale 4th July to the 16th August 2015 at The KZNSA Gallery, Bulwer Road, Durban
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Ceramics Southern Africa encourages, inspires and develops members. As artists, we measure ourselves, our creativity, against what else is on show ‌‌ and move on. This year we had 43 members (out of a membership of 65) exhibiting and a total of 138 works. The exhibition was impressive- not my words but I heard this comment from numerous people. and the work overall was fresh, engaging and well-made. The sales were down from last year and numerous factors can be called into consideration here, but the one I will mention is lack of functional ware (compared to last year). It suggests that some of the buying public still want utilitarian object as well as purely decorative
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Elizabeth Balcomb, Fahmeeda Omar and Michelle Rall were our Invited Guest Artists. The inclusion of work by these artists helped towards creating an interesting and successful exhibition, coupled with the professional layout done by Francois Cheney and Louis Jennings. Our selectors/judges were Mary Slack, Frank Nthunya and Fahmeeda Omar Frank Nthunya, as a selector/judge was ineligible for consideration for an award, but was given recognition by The National Council as they purchased one of his pieces for the Corobrick Collection. . The chosen piece is a vessel of quiet contemplation with its small base and sweeping curved form Franks’s unorthodox approach to the traditional vessel can be seen in his use of green slip, delicate patterning and the fact that he chose not to smoke fire it. Jo-Anne Kuter won the Maggie Mikula Premier Award. An award given by Maggie’s family in memory of this well known Durban Ceramic artist who broke boundaries in clay in the 1970’s by incorporating other material into her work. Jo-Anne Kuter has an installation of fourteen14 porcelain perfume bottles, which is a contemporary take on the traditional blue and white Delftware and Chinese Willow pattern . She deliberately creates crawling of cobalt so there is a play between abstracted soft decorative marks on linear forms. Trayci Tompkins, owner of Zulu Lulu gallery in the Midlands, won the Bartel Trust Award (2nd Place) for a work called Sophie. Trayci’s acute powers of observation and skilled handling of clay resulted in a dog, lying in comfortable abandonment on a sofa, complete with wet nose and one eye peering out to see if she is being observed. The highly decorated sofa in rich red, shows off the soft sagging skin of the dog and the ornate Renaissance styled legs of the couch add the finishing touches to an amusing piece.
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Any artist that creates a sculptural piece can choose her base and this is what 3nd Prize winner Lois Strong has done. She has used a chunk of found concrete as a base for her ceramic flowers. This piece, called Wild Flowers, brings so many thoughts to mind - one thinks of the power-play between man and nature, the wilfull destruction of our environment and how nature always prevails in the end. It is a piece that
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places and perhaps, people. Karuni Naidoo, this year’s winner of the Cape Potters Supply Decoration Award, has made structured architectural forms with interesting variations of geometric and organic shapes built up in layers. Her marrying of glaze, underglaze and oxides achieve a fresh interesting surface. Michelle Rall created a series of printed images on torn porcelain paper clay set behind glass, which further emphasizes the preciousness and fragile quality of the work. She has been inspired by early (18th century) explorer drawings of South African wild life and landscapes. The torn edges of the white porcelain emulate old drawings on parchment paper.
Fahmeeda Omar submitted miniature vessels (averaging 15cm in height). These delicate, tiny hand- coiled vessels have a power that beguiles one’s sense of the small. The coloured clay coils, further enhance the contemporary interpretation. The expressive distortion of the human figure, won Elize Buchler a Highly Commended Award. The large overlapping feet and tiny head engage the viewer as does the sweeping movement of the drapery and hair. It works successfully as a monochromatic piece.
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A newcomer to the ceramic scene is Kyle Pierpoint, who won the Student Award a few years previously and a Highly Commended Award last year. He has won another Highly Commended award this year for his colourful, adventurous play of layers of slip and glazes on hand made plates.
Hermine Coleman won the Student Award for her porcelain bowl . Her coiled forming set up a pleasing rhythm with the agate technique used within the interior of the bowl. Tami King won a Highly Commended in the Student Section.
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Jackie Maclennan has won a Highly Commended Award two years in a row. This year her vessel forms are given meaning by smoke firing and the piercing of the clay which evokes memoires of braziers . Carol Hayward Fell also won a Highly Commended Award for a pair of horses Congratulations are due to all the KwaZuluNatal members who participated and supported this wonderful exhibition- you guys were the sum total of a lovely exhibition-thank you for your support. Lynette Morris Hale
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What you should know. What sells? Quirky and functional ware at reasonable prices. Art for Art sake does not do well-keep that work for galleries.
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“The market went well and we got a feel for what sells and what doesn't. We felt we should have more functional/tableware and smallish pieces.. these are what did sell.”
Book your place and pay your money now with Louis Jennings. loujen@telkomsa.net But confirm with her BEFORE you pay Banking details at end of newsletter- write your last name and IHEART as reference.
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David and Sarah Walters and Yogi de Beer Workshop David showed us his mastery in throwing and philosophizing at the same time whilst Sarah worked quielty on some beautiful surface decorating techniques and Yogi had us in awe , (powerpoint presentation) at the huge vessels he makes. David talked about how he and Andrew and Paul de jong are concerned about who is going to carrry on thier legacies. David acknowledged that he is standing on the shoulders of the 1,000 ‘s of potters who have come before him...but who will continue his legacy? Generoulsy he said we all would. He posed the question “Do we have a recognizable South African Style in ceramics?” And he answered it by say that we do. Our legacy is the amazing variety of work that all our cultures and influences have given us- from the sailing ships rounding the Cape to China and India to the local ukhumbas. David asked Ian Calder to give us the latest news about the closing of the ceramic department at the Pietermaritzburg University and Ian was pleased to say the Depart ment will still be alive and well in 2016. R1.4 million has been allocated to t he department and a new professor of Fine Arts will be appointed as well as 3 members staff. David passed on many tips and here is one : If you want to slow down the drying process of parts of your vessel then paint with Ceramics, Southern Africa
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DEMONSTRATING WORKSHOP with Ellalou O'Meara [ellalou@mweb.co.za] Date: Sat 21ST November Time:9 for 9.30 Venue: Durban...to be announced Cost: R320 members, R420 non members, R250 pensioners and R120 students. As space is limited please pay to book your place.
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Ellalou explains her workshop as follows: Participants will be given step by step demos of how to make their own decal paper from gum coated paper without a slide off film. They will be shown how to wet and apply 3 small transfers (match box size) which I shall bring for everybody to test at home. Participants to bring 3 small tiles Match box size- 2 greenware and one bisque fired. So one will learn about onglaze decal firing and greenware decal firings I shall also demo relief printing (from a lino or woodblock) onto transfer paper as well as a sponge print for stamping onto glazed or unglazed ware and explain how to make your stamp. I shall also demonstrate the use of a dipping pen on a fired surface for writing freehand on a glazed surface and how to transfer your underlay image (guide for painting which fires away) on a tile or platter. " 10
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1 leather hard tile STILL DAMP (greenware), wrapped in cling wrap- matchbox size b) 2 glazed objects OR tiles glazed light colour or whitematchbox size c) A small dish cloth to dampen the transfer for the slide off process.
Do please take the odd notes so that you can check your info and I shall bring handouts on suppliers. I should also love to see any of your printing that you might have already done on your ceramic work if you would like to discuss it at the workshop.
What you can expect to learn Ellaloue goes on to say, “You will be able to try waterslide decal printing, relief stamping, dipping pen work and painting more easily with a charcoal guide that fires away”. I will hopefully demystify what's going on in the photocopy process and link our transfer printing briefly to pictures of the history of: *Intaglio printing on ceramics. * Ink in the cuts and surface wiped clean as in engraving and etching” This promises to be an intense demonstrating workshop and a steep learning curve for some of us.
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Committee Lynette Morris-Hale Mary Slack Lucille Schiess
Carol Tullidge Lorraine Wilson Francoise Cheyne
morrishale@telkomsa.net slackjm@gmail.co.za schiess@iafrica.com cartul@telkomsa.net
lorraine@homemail.co.za francoise@hotmail.co.za
031 266 0543 031 572 6108 031-765 1992 031 765 1247 031 702 5648 031 767 0091
Jo-‐anne Kuter joannekuter@iafrica.com 031 563 5414 Layout Editor
healeyclan@gmail.com
072 189 7155
Louise Jennings Jennings-loujen@telkomsa.net Sharon Erichsen (Weaving)- sharonleeweaving@hotmail.com Bank Account: Ceramics Southern Africa First National Bank Branch: 223726 Hillcrest Acc No 53730022000 Please use your name in Reference box and fax proof of payment to: Lucille 031-7651992
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