Art and Abart

Travelling and painting. Painting and Music. Music and painting.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Music to lull you to sleep

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I have 'discovered' Maria Callas and in such a strange way. For months the best way to put bub to sleep was to sit her on my lap in ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Seagulls

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On the way to Manly in the ferry seagulls accompany the boat, swooping alongside. The Ferry slows to a crawl as you reach the Manly wharf. ...
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Seedpods

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School study: first draw seedpods... then build on it...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Rock 'n' Roll in Patonga

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Last night I went to the Rock'n' Roll night at the Patonga Pub. It is a great pub with a wonderful position on the shore line, no po...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Peace and quiet in the clay room

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I have been spending time in the 2nd year work room which has been quiet and empty during the holidays. Winter sun shines in through the big...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Crocodile leather?

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No, not crocodile leather but ceramic. This last plate out of the kiln was a real surprise.
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Kookaburra and Cockatoo T shirts

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I just made Kookaburra and Cockatoo T shirt designs using drawings I did in Patonga last summer. I posted them online at Zazzle . You haven...
Monday, July 05, 2010

I Love Terracotta

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I put some terracotta plates on the web today: www.artsmitten.com
Friday, July 02, 2010

Violin in blue and brown

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This violin had a very thick coat of glaze: temaku and chun. Temaku is brown when thin and black where it is thicker.

Red violin

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This red violin was fired twice (following the bisque firing) - first at 1080C with a turquoise glaze then at 1300C with temaku and chun gla...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Brown violin

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Ceramic of course! I was delighted with this one. Click on it to see the music.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Ceramic violins

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These are the first of my series of ceramic violins. They are about 15 x 30 cm. They both had brown (iron oxide) slip highlights under the ...

Ah Xian

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The ceramic artist Ah Xian gave a talk at the art school last week. His amazing decorated porcelain busts are held in many prestigious coll...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

Eucalypt ceramic

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Greta told me that if she was making ceramics she would probably use motives of Australian native plants. Next morning as I walked to school...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Iron, moss green honey and chun

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The pot below looks as if it has just been dug up. The brown is an iron oxide slip. The wiped back glaze is moss green by Simone Frazer. If ...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Violin pot

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The first lot of work fired in the reduction kiln (no oxygen) at 1300C has just come through. It is all experimental work at this stage, but...
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Sunday, June 06, 2010

Art school sketches

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It has taken me a while to get my web management software working again after the laptop got fixed but finally I have put some new work up o...
Friday, June 04, 2010

The Paprika

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Homework: paint a paprika white ... and draw it.... then again....
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Learn English (German) with Otto

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Laurie Anderson lights the opera house.

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I saw the wonderful Laurie Anderson's light show at the opera house last night. People sat the steps of the opera house forecourt watchi...
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