Happy Vessels

Seen enjoying the vessels at the opening last Saturday ...

Fiona, Barry, Carolyn, Mieke, Ken and Mark ... pic by Gemma.

Vessels at maleny Artworks ...

... well the judging has taken place during the week and at the function on Saturday afternoon we announced the winner of the vessel competition ... the Judge - UK ceramicist Jim Robison - certainly had a tough task in selecting the winner and in fact asked that I include six highly commended awards ... and they are ....

Megan Puls ( Gold Coast - Qld ) - Strata Bottles

Jackie Gasson ( Eudlo - Qld ) - set of 3 Soda Fired Vessesls

Richard Rofe ( Bruny Is - Tasmania ) - Set of 3 Tectonic Vessels

Michael Pugh ( Buderim Qld ) - Ocean Amphora

Norman Dobson ( Maleny - Qld ) - Ancient Vessel

Sandra Rofe ( Bruny Island - Tasmania ) - The Vessels of Life

and the Best in Show Award and the $500. prize went to ...

Ian Reid ( Dulong - Qld ) - Lidded Vessel 2

Ian with award judge Jim Robison ...

Thank you to all the ceramicists who entered the competition and congratulations to Ian and the Highly Commended artists ... and a huge thank you to Jim Robison for taking time out on his busy Australian trip to judge the entries ..
The show runs now until the 28th October ...

A Fantasy of Teapots

Last weekend the Maleny Arts and Crafts group presented the 6th annual Maleny Teapots Exhibition. Held in the RSL Hall over the three days, the show drew a steady stream of visitors and teapot collectors with about one third of the pots being sold. Also on exhibition were paintings and sculptures from the artist members of MACG and of course the second "Warm and Fuzzy" teacosy competition. ... and the winners were ...

Sandra Bernaitis - from South Australia - won the hand painted porcelain teapot with "Imari "....

Maleny clayworker Charlie Moore's "Aunt Edna comes to tea ... "won the creative teapot ...

and Mons artist Carol Forster won the functional teapot section with her "untitled" pot ...

The winning TeaCosy was "Gertea" created by Maleny artist Christine Duelberg ...

The remaining tepots are now on show at Maleny Artworks Gallery until the end of the month.

Charlie Moore and 'Aunt Edna ..."


Christine Duelberg and her cosies ...

The Cow Eaters

Toogoolawah artist Elizabeth Poole currently has a number of her much loved "cow" sculptures in the gallery. Made from copper and galvanised wire twisted into unique and quirky images, the sculptures are a real delight. Cow Grass, Cow Flowers and Cow Eaters are just some of the titles for the works.
In these wire constructions Elizabeth uses the cow as a metaphor for the voiceless and helpless in our society. The cow is often used as a cute and comical image, while in reality it is treated as a mere commodity.


The Cow Eaters 3

Madame de Plume

Madame de Plume - aka Audrey Raymond - creates in a unique and delightful artform by the use of silhouettes, fashion plates and other images from the 18th to 21st Century which are then adorned with feathers, butterfly and beetle wings, snakeskin, animal hair, flowers and other treasures from an Australian garden, a farmyard or the wayside, to create Images de Plumes - pictures of great beauty and originality. There is an immense variety of subject matter depicting varying moods, from humour to romance, sophistication and much more.

From simple beginnings, Audrey has developed her feather art to a highly sophisticated and intricate level, and is continually experimenting to expand and vitalise her art form. Her work has been hung and sold in art exhibitions and galleries in Sydney, Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast.

I have several delightful examples of her work in the gallery - and have just taken delivery of this wonderful 3D feathered head.

Mieke's Rocks

Mieke van Sambeeck just delivered a new batch of her unique raku clay rocks to the gallery.

Using both horsehair and bird feathers in the firing process to get these extraordinary effects, Mieke never ceases to amaze and delight me with her ceramics.

A Fantasy of Teapots

....don't miss the 6th annual Maleny Tea Pot Show over the weekend of 25.26 & 27 September.

Held at the Maleny RSL Hall - Bunya Street - the show exhibits for sale over 70 teapots - functional + creative and hand painted porcelain pots - all made by our local and not-so-local artists... also on exhibition will be fine art by the MACG artists ... and ... the Warm and Fuzzy Tea Cosy competition.

Scrumptious home-baked morning and afternoon teas and lunch will be served on the verandah overlooking the Obi Obi creek - watch the platypus while you hoe into a slab of "Italian Apple Cream Cheese Cake" served with a cup of freshly brewed coffee !!!!!

More info contact Ken - 5429 6566 ....

2008 Teapot Show winners ...

Chiko Jones (functional teapot)

Mieke van Sambeeck (creative teapot)

Judy Gravestein (tea cosy)