New work bench studio and some recycled pallet tables

New work bench out the back is now home to all my tools and junk... very happy to have a place to play again

 Pallet size soft wood coffee table

 Small coffee table with rad shapes

Exhibition in Sydney

Last night I attended the opening of the Craft NSW Emerging Artist Exhbition, it was an exciting evening and some great work was viewed, some friendly Sydneysiders met, and some celebrations were had! We hadn't been to Sydney for a while, and I hadn't shown work their before either. The show is crammed with a wide array of different work spanning many mediums. I was really happy to have been shortlisted and included in the show, and it was a great night away from the everyday. if you are in town, or will be before the 2nd of November then definitely get down to 104 George St the Rocks to check it out, there may also be some major contemporary art institution in the vicinity too.
The work of mine included can be seen below, Window Peep Stare, the first finished ceramic form below this post. The full range of work included can be seen here to http://www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au/Exhibitions.htm

Desert drawings

New drawings from time in the NT

A couple of large works on cardboard which I started in Darwin. Mearuring approx 100 by 60cm.

Good news today!

I have just learned that 'Window peep stare' has been shortlisted for the Craft NSW emerging artist award 2014. I am so excited and pleased. All the shortlisted works will be exhibited at Craft NSW 104 George st the Rocks from the 21st of October until the 2nd of November. If your in Sydney during this time please drop in and have a look, and if your in town on the night of the 21st come to the opening. All work is for sale and the winner will be anounced on the opening night. To get a visual of the work, it's the first finished work, under the recent process shots, the blue and white house.

new age power play

 Process shot, new slab work. Inspired by years of driving past these big beautiful power lines, and a bit of an idea that we are heavily reliant on energy, largely generated by fossil fuels... a questionable addiction.

New Studio Action...

 Fresh stoneware just out of the kiln!

Window, peep stare. Finished last month before I left Batchelor. One of my favorites of this series.  Stoneware with glaze and oxide. Approximately 35cm high.

 

 Ye old new age slab house.

 

 Two mugs, ready for anything, but mostly earl grey.

The right balance of rough and smooth. Rough on the outside so they wont be dropped or ignored, and smooth inside for easy cleaning! Stoneware with underglaze scraffitto.

Scraffitto (underglaze) tile.

Scraffitto (underglaze) tile. 

Stoneware with underglaze and oxides.

Stoneware with underglaze, slip and oxide.

Room with a view.

 

New slab houses springing up in my kitchen

Establishment blues, Darwin, incomplete

 

 For the love of clean water, lets stop mining uranium.

 Learning both ways.

 Utopian/Dystopian views from Harriet Place.

 Something along the lines of... an addiction to fossil fuels.

 Sometimes we make decisions...

Still life at Batchelor.

 

 Two new slab buildings have sprung up this week, the first for nearly 6 months, so I'm celebrating with tea and toasted sandwiches!!!

 Cities of the future or ruins of the past?