ISSUE NO. 3
Lisa Twyman
KZNSA CERAMICS NEWSLETTER
ECHOS IN CLAY
BIENNIALE DETAILS
Photos and judges' comments from our latest exhibition!
John Shirley sums up the process for our national exhibition.
CERAMICS, SOUTHERN AFRICA
TAKING OVER THE WORLD Only joking, but it could be fun?
DEAR MEMBERS, I write this before I dash off to the UK. I am
I did jot down some of our selectors
hoping to see some contemporary ceramics
comments and this is what they said-
amongst other stuff! Our Exhibition is in full swing and has had many, many positive comments and reviews. We had 35 entries .
About Colin Cameron’s piece (one of my favourite) “….love the madness”..”whacky”
Congratulations to my Management Team for a sterling job and a get well to Carol Tullidge who had a recent encounter with a
Mary Slack’s little white and blue bowl, "...love the subtly in the glaze work."
motor car and was unable to lend a hand at our exhibition. She was missed. The judges took all of Sunday to choose work for the exhibition and finalize the prize winners. I was humbled to hear that the judges were
Carol's horses”….essence of the horses coming through now. Horses have matured and show a deeper understanding . Lovely rich texture”
unanimous in their decision to award my piece the Premier Award. KZN Ceramics would like to congratulate the
Phumulani Nyawo “…talented handling of the cattle -each cow subtly different.
prize winners again. Premier Award-lynette Morris-Hale, 2nd Prize -Jo-Anne Kuter, 3rd
Maryna Wagnaar-"Black vessel well
Prize Maryna Wagenaar, Best Decorated
constructed and decoration flows."
Piece-Carol Hayward Fell. Highly Commended Awards went to Louise
Noreen Hepker-“delightful observations”
Jennings, Kyle Pierpoint, Noreen Hepkler and Corrie Hook. Karuni Naidoo won the Hanging
Corri Hook-‘Subtle drawings and colour
Vase Award and the Student Award went to
work”
Pamela Rogers from Garth Hoets Studio in Hilton. Awards of Merit went to Mary Slack, Phumlani Nyawo, Lorrine de Richlieu and
Karuni Naidoo-“Well structured, clarity of thought and planning.
Sharon Erichsen. Pamela Rogers-‘Bold and technically
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DEAR MEMBERS ....
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Lorrine de Richlieu-‘ ….’jug absolutely beautiful and glaze works in harmony’
Jane Jarvis-“ great ethnic collection-works well as a group”
Carla da Cruz-“ Udder pots well-conceived and expertly finished throughout”
Hilary Abraham “-a lovely group of ducks-an original take on the subject-Beatrix Potterish”
Louise van Niekerk-“horse hair vessels…sensitive forms, beautiful finish”
Sharon Erichsen-“ a new signature…someone to watch” “Love, love , love them” ” no 12 & 16 gorgeously resolved” Its now time to get ready for our National. Please read John Shirley’s instructions further down and do get competent photographs taken of your work on a white, black or neutral background- no curtains, trays or windows in background. Pictures must be of high resolution between 600kb and 1 mg Regards,
Lynette
In collaboration with Artisan Gallery we invite members to bring their work to sell on tables outside the gallery on 23rd July.
Please contact Louise Jennings if you are participating. loujen@telkomsa.net. Entries must be in by July 12th so we can start advertising Cost R50 per entrant and Gallery takes 10% of sales. CERAMICS SA
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URGENT We are looking for storage space for some of our plinths. Tell us how many you can store. If you have spaceeven a wall in your garage that we can stack them please contact Mary 031 5726108 or email slackjm@gmail.com
Exhibition JoAnne Kuter
Selectors/Judges hard at work
Carla Du Cruz
Naomi Klingenberg
Naomi Klingenberg
Phumlani Nyawo
Noreen Hepker
Lorrine De Richelieu
Maryna Wagenaar
Clive Sithole
Ralph Johnson Fellow of the Association and Invited Guest Artist
Louise Jennings
Kyle Pierpoint
Colin Cameron
Sharon Erichsen
Maggie Matthews
Karuni Naidoo
BIENNALE DETAILS
PHOTOGRAPHIC SELECTION 15 AUGUST - 16TH SEPTEMBER
NATIONAL BIENNALE SUBMISSION By John Shirley
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBMISSIONS FOR SELECTION OPENS ON 15 AUGUST CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT, 16TH SEPTEMBER
John Shirley has summed up the process for our National. With the Corobrik National Ceramics Biennale 2016 later this year and with entries being submitted online, here is a step by step guide on how to enter: 1. Select the pieces you want to enter. You can enter 3 pieces, one of which can be a set. 2. Go to the CSA website, www.ceramicssa.org and click on the link to submit your entries, which will be on the front page from 15th August until the 16th September. Submissions will be open for one month and no entries will be considered after the closing date. 3. Complete the entry form on the website and submit it. If it will not submit make sure that all required spaces are filled and then submit it. 4. Take 3 images of each of your entries, following the guidelines which will be on the entry form.
5. You will receive an email within 24 hours of your submission with the numbers of your entries and you will be given the numbers to name your images. 6. Change the file name of your images to the numbers you have been sent. Usually your images will have IMG numbers. Right click on the file name and go to ‘rename’ on the window that opens and type in the number you have been sent for each image. Save the images with these numbers. 7. Go to www.wetransfer.com and send your images, up to 9 in total, to johnshir@gmail. com 8. After you have sent the images you will receive a notification to say your images have been sent successfully. 9. Keep a note of your entry numbers and after selections a list will be drawn up of all accepted entries and this will be published on the website. 10. All selected work must then be sent to the venue. Details of this will be on the website with the published list of accepted entries.
Committee Lynette MorrisHale morrishale@telkomsa.net 031 266 0543 Mary Slack slackjm@gmail.co.za 031 572 6108 Carol Tullidge cartul@telkomsa.net 031 765 1247 Lorraine Wilson lorraine@homemail.co.za 031 702 5648 Francoise Cheyne francoise@hotmail.co.za 031 767 0091 Joanne Kuter joannekuter@iafrica.com. 031 563 5414 Layout Editor cassysart@gmail.com 072 189 7155 Louise 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 email proof of payment to: joannekuter@iafrica.com and any change of email address to morrishale@telkomsa.net