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From home base in Belgrave Australia, our travel has included frequent house exchanges through the Homelink organization, volunteer service in south east Asia, secondment and study leave overseas, cultural tours, artist in residence posts, maintenance of the grandchildren in Birmingham, family gatherings and weddings in far places, and generally having a good time. Travel has been and continues to be very rewarding and enriching in many ways.-
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Category Archives: Pottery
Raku 2018
Raku is an instant satisfaction sort of pottery. Normally, pottery is a protracted sort of process involving many patient days of drying the pot, firing it for many hours, glazing and decorating it then firing it for yet more hours. … Continue reading
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The Goddess of Fun in Dunolly
Dunolly is a happy place. The Welcome stranger, a very large gold nugget was found in nearby Moliagul in 1869. So large, it was, that it had to be broken apart with picks to weigh. Total weight is reported as … Continue reading
The Forest Guardian
Following the creation of the Potager Goddess at Cloudehill, Jeremy floated the idea of a forest guardian figure protecting the lower, wilder area of Cloudhill. He imagined a troll like creature peeping menacingly from a clump of bamboo. A couple … Continue reading
Gilda – the Venus of Eltham
The making of goddesses is for us a team sport. The team consists of Ric – arbiter of style & taste, Jenny – the anatomy supervisor, Kate – responsible for detail and finish and Rob – who likes setting fire … Continue reading
The Chain Kiln
The little town of Gulgong in central western New South Wales is something of a mecca for potters. Over the years many exciting international ceramic events have been held in the town and at the late Janet Mansfield’s famous nearby … Continue reading
Galungan and Kuningan
Galungan is a time of big celebration. It’s when the ancestor spirits come back looking for their home. Houses and businesses of the believers have huge intricately decorated bamboo poles out front. These are called Penjors, which the ancestors are … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Pottery
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Rituals, Mud Dancing and Expats
Very humbling experience today at the pottery, as I sat making 1kg bowls for testing different sorts of glaze traps. Bandem, the gun thrower, was sitting at the opposite wheel nonchalantly making 40 cm salad bowls from 5kg balls of … Continue reading
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Toward a Greener land
“Oc health and safety” regulation has a lot to answer for. In the olden days when recycled newspaper was used to wrap meat and fish & chips, did anyone ever die of newspaper poisoning? Many kids had their first taste … Continue reading
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the elusive Perceval glaze
Pottery is never far from consciousness. Was surprised to be reminded of an interesting effect in the fading architectural grandeur of Subak Tabola Inn in the Bali hills. An old nemesis had for years and years been trying to get … Continue reading
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Loire Valley – September 2010
Recently had a dream – nine people going on tour, with all of their luggage, in a VW beetle and a sports car. The dream was most likely a reference to a trip taken to the loire valley a year earlier … Continue reading
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