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Published on the occasion of
biennial
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NORTH QUEENSLAND Ceramic Awards
Pinnacles Gallery 11 March - 1 May 2016
Proudly Sponsored by
RAINFORD
CONTENTS F o r e w o r d
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S p o n s o r s
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Wendy Bainbridge President North Queensland Potters Association Inc.
FOREWORD I’m honoured to be introducing the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, which has been developed and delivered by the North Queensland Potters Association Inc. (NQPA) in collaboration with Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Council. After a brief hiatus, it is heart-warming to see the return of this important exhibition. The North Queensland Ceramic Awards have a rich history and indeed this is the first instalment of the Awards since the major curated exhibition Diversity in Clay (Pinnacles Gallery, 2013) provided an insight into the importance of this muchloved Townsville event. Ceramic competitions have been organised by the NQPA since 1973, and works acquired from these competitions form the major part of the City of Townsville Art Collection’s impressive ceramic sub-collection. Knowing these works intimately, I am left in little doubt that the city’s ceramic holdings place it amongst
the best public ceramic collections in the country, in no small part due to the breadth of works acquired from this competition over the years. With the establishment of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in 1981, the community has been provided with regular access to these works via rotational Vault and Showcase exhibitions, and major curated shows such as Diversity in Clay. The 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards marks the 40th ceramic competition held in Townsville, just four short years after NQPA marked its own 40th Anniversary. Throughout these 40 exhibitions, the intent has remained the same; to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation. Not only has the competition been successful in attracting entries from wellknown potters showing their current work, but it has also tried to provide a showcase for emerging ceramic artists.
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Further, it has allowed NQPA and the broader Townsville community to engage with respected artists and arts administrators in the ceramic arts field who have been invited to undertake the unenviable task of judging a winning work. This year’s judge, Mr Damon Moon, is a renowned ceramicist and Creative Director of the innovative Ceramics Studio at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, and his participation certainly continues this proud tradition of securing esteemed judges.
Of course, the competition would not be possible without our sponsors; thanks must go to Scott Brickworks, Loloma Jewellers, Fourex Clothing, and the Rainford Family for their support, and particularly to major sponsor Townsville City Council. This 2016 competition has seen the major prize on offer rise to $10,000, a move which has certainly resulted in record numbers of entries, all of which were of a very high quality and made the task of selecting finalists very difficult.
I wish to thank all of those who have contributed to delivering the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, particularly those members of the NQPA and staff of Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Council who have worked towards attracting and processing entries, designing this beautiful publication and installing the exhibition.
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Finally, I wish to thank all of the artists who have taken an interest in the competition and given their time to create a work and submit an entry. My congratulations to those who were selected for display in this fine exhibition, which I trust will bring much joy to the people of Townsville. Wendy Bainbridge President North Queensland Potters Association Inc.
SPONSORS
Townsville City Council have been long-term supporters of the exhibition, and have in 2016 increased the major prize to $10,000 acquisitive.
Fourex Clothing, thanks to the passion of the Short family, have been long term supporters of the North Queensland Ceramic Awards, having sponsored a prize since 1994.
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Loloma Jewellers have been sponsors of the North Queensland Ceramic Awards since 2000.
Scott Brickworks have been sponsors of the North Queensland Ceramic Awards since 2007.
RAINFORD David and Phyllis Rainford’s interest in pottery stems from their days at the National Art School in Sydney, as collectors of ceramics, and as a member of the NQ Potters Association Inc. The sponsors are pleased to be involved to ensure the exhibition “will become a prominent event in the national arts calendar, bringing stimulating and exciting works to Townsville, thus enhancing the already excellent standard set by local potters.”
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FINALISTS
Avi AMESBURY Elements of Place Series I 2015 Porcelain, clay glaze 57 x 14 x 14 cm
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Avi AMESBURY Elements of Place Series II 2015 Porcelain, clay glaze 57 x 14 x 14 cm
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Fiona BANNER Flask 2016
Handbuilt stoneware slab 45 x 10 x 10 cm
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Fiona BANNER Pair of Vases 2016
Handbuilt stoneware slab 25 x 25 x 12 cm
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BANNER Fiona Pod 2015
Handbuilt stoneware slab 45 x 8 x 15 cm
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Julie BARTHOLOMEW Weeping Vessels 2015 Porcelain 60 x 60 x 32 cm
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Peter BIDDULPH Hybrid Flasks and Cups 2015 Southern ice porcelain a. 15 x 17 x 11 cm b. 6 x 5 x 5 cm c. 5 x 4 x 4 cm d. 16.5 x 12 x 7 cm
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Peter BIDDULPH Mesa Bowls 2016
Southern ice porcelain with transparent blue glaze a. 6.5 x 14 x 14 cm b. 4.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm c. 7.5 x 14 x 14 cm d. 5.5 x 9 x 9 cm
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Mollie BOSWORTH Migration 2015 Porcelain 15 x 28 x 28 cm
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Amanda BROMFIELD Cockatoo 2015 Ceramic and glazes 27 x 32 x 16 cm
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Mary BULLOCH Rockpools 2016
Ceramic, eartherware glaze, low fired 10 x 19 x 19 cm each
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Nadja BURKE Gaia 2015
Ceramic - white stoneware, underglaze colours, glaze 51 x 35 x 27 cm
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Claudia CITTON Great Southern Land 2015
Dark celadon glaze, stoneware, wood fired 9.5 x 60 x 45 cm
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Kris COAD Indigo Blues #2 2016 Porcelain 30 x 50 x 30 cm
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Zara COLLINS and Graeme BANNERMAN Brancusi’s Balls 2014 Earthenware, thread, silver, wax, boot polish 5.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm each
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Zara COLLINS Shogun’s Lament 2015
Earthenware, thread, underglaze 10 x 8 x 2.5 cm each
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Len COOK Flower Container 2015 Local clay, wood fired 15 x 20 x 12 cm
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Len COOK Homage to Gwyn 2015 Local clay, wood fired 22 x 70 x 14 cm
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Len COOK Square Shino Bottle 2015 Local clay 27.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
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Alice COUTTOUPES Untitled 2015 Porcelain 10 x 53 x 36 cm
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Margaret CRAWFORD Eye View 2016
Walkers midfire handbuilt, hand painted using underglazes, transfers and glazes 30 x 30 x 5 cm
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LI DAI Wallflowers 2016 Stoneware 30 x 50 x 21 cm
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Robert DELVES The Preservation of a Species Vulnerable to Extinction Stoneware clay, oxides and underglaze 20 x 60 x 80 cm
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Jan DOWNES Gathered 2016 Porcelain 12 x 35 x 14 cm
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Rowley DRYSDALE Fragment-(China Diary 2004) 2015
Glass and vintage chinese decal found tiles 60 x 30 x 5 cm
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Rowley DRYSDALE Oceana #7 2015
Woodfired stoneware, shell set sidefired iron glazes 36 x 36 x 36 cm
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Onu ERDEMIR Stingray Porcelain Tea Set 2016 Bone china porcelain a. 16.5 x 23 x 19 cm b. 7 x 12 x 8.5 cm
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John FERGUSON Protection 2015 Stoneware 31 x 30 x 13 cm
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Cathy FRANZI Silver Banksia 2016 Porcelain 38.4 x 19.5 x 11 cm
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Alison FRITH Tread Series 2015 Stoneware a. 15 x 15 x 15 cm b. 10 x 10 x 15 cm c. 14.5 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm
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Chris GUTHLEBEN Raku Form 2015 Clay 35 x 12 cm
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Leisa GUNTON Essence of a Rainforest 2015
White stoneware body, Indigenous slip, creek silt, fern, underglaze 2.5 x 20 x 20 cm
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Emily HILL Tea Anyone? 2016
Southern ice porcelain 11.5 x 18 x 12.5 cm
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Lene KUHL JACOBSEN Petrichor 2015 Stoneware 17.5 x 35 x 16 cm
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Yegana JAFAROVA Great Barrier Vase 2015 Porcelain, glaze 15 x 16 x 13 cm
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Daniel JO Time For Tea 2015
Ceramics a. 14.2 x 24.8 x 11.8 cm b. 14.2 x 25 x 13.1 cm c. 14.2 x 24.8 x 13.5 cm
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Lea KANNAR LICHTENBERGER Visions of Dystopia 2015
24 Wheel formed ceramics glazed, cone 10 fired with decals 20 x 120 x 120 cm
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Shigeko KISHIDA Weathering 2015
Throwing, white slip, reduction firing 20 x 11 x 11 cm
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Elke LUCAS Flinders sake set 2016 Porcelain a. 12 x 8 x 8 cm b. 5 x 5 x 5 cm
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Marc LUCAS Pot Belly Noir 2016
Stoneware - crystalline 49 x 22 x 19.5 cm
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Marc LUCAS Pot Belly BronzĂŠ
2016
Stoneware - crystalline 32.5 x 17.5 x 15.5 cm
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Holly MACDONALD Bouteille a la Mer III 2015
Porcelain, porcelain slip, iron oxide, ceramic stain, ceramic pencil 17.5 x 9.5 x 8.5 cm
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Keiko MATSUI Balancing on Stones 2016
Stoneware, slip, glaze, oxide and paint 27 x 23 x 18 cm
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Sam MATTHEWS Bamboo Three Ways 2016 Stoneware 32 x 10 x 10 cm each
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Sam MATTHEWS Sticks + Stones 2016 Stoneware 15 x 15 x 130 cm
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Lucie MCCANN Still Life with Lobster 2016 Porcelain and cotton fabric 16 x 45 x 120 cm
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Lucie MCCANN Still Life with Snuffer
Porcelain, mdf and acrylic 50 x 22 x 68 cm
2016
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Moraig McKENNA Two vases 2015
Wood-fired porcelain - natural ash glaze 24 x 12 x 28 cm
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Moraig McKENNA Gathering Storm 2015
Wood-fired porcelain - natural ash glaze 18 x 9 x 12 cm
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Greg MCLINDON Andromeda Approaches 2015 Thrown pot/clay 9 x 30 x 30 cm
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Jeff MINCHAM AM Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) 2015 Ceramic, mid-fire, multi glazed and multi fired 81 x 42 x 27 cm
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Fay MORRIS Silent Whispers 2016 Porcelain a. 10 x 12 x 12 cm b. 12 x 11 x 11 cm
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Anne MOSSMAN And What Alice Saw…1 2016 Coloured porcelain 23 x 16 x 20 cm
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Anne MOSSMAN And What Alice Saw…2 2016 Coloured porcelain 16 x 20 x 20 cm
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Sharon MUIR Vase 2016
Earthernware, found ceramic object, model tree 12 x 10 x 9 cm
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Jennifer MULCAHY Sistere #2 2015 Ceramic 56 x 13 x 9 cm
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Jennifer MULCAHY Interstice #2 2015 Ceramic 35 x 16 x 10 cm each
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Jennifer MULCAHY Translucent Interstice 2015 Ceramic and glass 45 x 18 x 11 cm
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Edward OBRIEN Parched 2015 Raku clay 10 x 16 x 14 cm
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Ann O’CONNOR Dodo Driver 2015
White clay, slips, glazes, brass on acrylic stand 19 x 34 x 15 cm
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Gerry O’CONNOR Spirit of Tibrogargan 2015
Buff raku clay, glazes raku fired 34 x 18 x 8 cm
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Catherine OGDEN Rakufired Chess / Draughts set 2016 Stoneware, wood 21 x 49 x 5 cm
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Warren OGDEN Four Tall Bottles 2016 Stoneware 58.5 x 58 x 15 cm
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Warren OGDEN Rock Glazed Vase 2016 Stoneware 40 x 14 x 14 cm
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Sassy PARK No.1 Bully Cup (pokale) 2015
Glazed stoneware with underglaze 19.5 x 26 x 16 cm
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Sassy PARK Growing up in a Cyclone Season 2016 Slip cast porcelain, underglaze, oxide and mixed media 25 x 8 x 8 cm each
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Tamasin PEPPER Together and Apart 2015
Porcelain paper clay, porcelain slip, engobes, oxides, glaze and cowrie shell 48 x 32 x 12 cm
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Kristen PERRY Basketball Planter 2015 Glazed terracotta 20 x 20 x 20 cm
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Kristen PERRY Zig Zag Zebra Pot 2016
Agateware stoneware, glaze 12 x 16 x 16 cm
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Megan PULS Mangrove 2015
Southern ice porcelain 9 x 18 x 18 cm
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Eloise RANKINE Nuclear Family (grouping) 2015 Porcelain 13 x 20.5 x 14 cm
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Toni ROGERS The Forum 2015
Stoneware, sand and perspex 12 x 65 x 10 cm
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Serena ROSEVEAR Listening 2016
Porcelain, silicon carbide 10 x 20 x 20 cm
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Avital SHEFFER Hydria VII 2015 E/W clay, glazes 51 x 31 x 16 cm
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Dean SMITH Indium 1 2016
High fire ceramic, metalic glaze, low fire enamel and palladium 67 x 38 x 13 cm
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Gabi STURMAN Pterobly conspicuous too
2016
Bat-bone china, porcelain, timber, copper 40 x 150 x 40 cm
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Ellen TERRELL Daintree Dreaming 2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired 32 x 32 x 5 cm each
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Ellen TERRELL Fan Palm Tangle 2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired 35 x 35 x 6 cm
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Ellen TERRELL Lotus & Tea-Tree Bowl
2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired 35 x 35 x 9 cm
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Elizabeth TILLACK Bamboo Grove 2016 Mid fired ceramic 20 x 20 x 30 cm
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Sarah TRACTON Acoustic Dream 2015 Porcelain 21 x 30 x 30 cm
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Sarah TRACTON Reverberate 2015 Porcelain 36 x 14 x 15 cm
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Ingrid TRISTRAM Perfume Bottles 2015 Naked raku clay 12 x 12 x 28 cm
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John TUCKWELL Scar Tissue 2016 Porcelain 20 x 32 x 4 cm
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Sally WALK Take Your Pick 2016
Porcelaneous clay, underglaze and copper glaze 1280 degrees 43 x 86 x 12 cm
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Caroline WALKER-GRIME Raft Down the Spey 2016
Porcelein thrown, cast and handbuilt, wool 10 x 50 x 15 cm
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Lone WHITE Rainforest Form 1 2015 Ceramics 37 x 25 x 25 cm
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Lone WHITE Rainforest Form 2 2015 Ceramics 36 x 26 x 26 cm
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Cecily WILLIS Flame 2015
Buff raku clay a. 44 x 10 x 10 cm b. 38 x 9 x 10 cm c. 32 x 8 x 10 cm
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Fay WITHERS Bouquet 2015
Ceramic, underglaze, glaze, laserdecals, commercial decals 50 x 42 x 20 cm
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Marian WOLFS Reconfigured 2015
Recycled clays, glazed and fired to stoneware cone 6 38 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm
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