udessi

One of the many, many sad aspects of leaving Australia is that I must say bye bye to some of my stockists. Every gallery and store that I have worked with in the last 3 years has been wonderful and I am very grateful to them for stocking my work, encouraging me to grow and supporting my arts practice. 

Before I pack up my work to ship home, Udessi are offering a special discount on my Silverdale Dreams porcelain cups. This is your last chance to buy these pieces in Australia...

Thank you to sweet Kim, the owner of Udessi and a practising ceramicist too. She approached me last year with an invitation to join Udessi, which I leapt upon having followed Kim's work and the gallery for years! She took my work to the Brisbane Finders Keeper Markets in November and also to the inaugural Big Design Market Melbourne in December - great exposure for a little potter like me. I'm gutted to end our working relationship, but I'll be following her progress avidly from afar (thank GOODNESS for Instagram!).

fini

*wipes brow*

The final firing for Ebb Tide was ALL GOOD! Big big love to Michaela for letting me use her kiln!

  

[look at them all!]

[YAY!]

10 days 'til installation!

Mud Colony is about to close for the week - have you been over there yet?!

chai lattes and late nights

The last week of making for Ebb Tide.

[the final pots to paint]

[soy chai lattes sustain me]

[darling Michaela allowed me to use her kiln!]

[12.25am on Wednesday morning: the painting is DONE!]

 Hello Thursday! Let's visit Mud Colony shall we?!

last week!

Ebb Tide has absolutely taken over my life. Nothing else is being done, only MAKING! And I love it.

[though I don't win everytime]

[Sunday painting time]

[Monday throwing times]

[and more blissful painting time on Tuesday]

ebb tide | invitation

This is it:

:: download the invitation here

(or click the images above to enlarge)

(oh my GOODNESS, this is REAL!)

ebbing

It goes on...last week:

[wednesday]

[wednesday]

[counting on saturday]

 This week:

[monday]

[wednesday]

I'm loosing track of the days - Tuesday of this week involved some ill fated wide dishes that I forgot to cut off the bats quick enough. *facepalm*

Minnie seems to be fixed, hurrah!

silverdale / sydney

I am very proud to announce my first Sydney stockist: Follow Store in Surry Hills! 

Follow is a new design concept store nestled away in a beautiful heritage listed shop, founded by the clever duo behind the Finders Keepers Markets!

Oh look, there's some Silverdale Dreams porcelain cups on their blog and online store! Ooh!

Thanks to Brooke of Follow Store for welcoming me and thanks to Kim of Udessi for exposing my work to new people at Finders Keepers!

treats.

Treats! Big thank you to Keane Ceramics for their generous sponsorship in the Port Hacking Potters 47th National Competition!

beginning ebb tide

S A V E   T H E   D A T E !

Saturday 2 March 2013 from 3.30pm:

The official opening of 'Ebb Tide', an exhibition of new work by Megan Puls and myself at Clay Art Benowa, Gold Coast.

For this exhibition, I will be creating a new body work; wheel thrown and hand painted vessels in Southern Ice porcelain. It begins here:

[2 hearts]

[a happy artist]

[follow the heart lines on your hand]

udessi.

I am very proud to announce my newest stockist ~ Udessi. Founded by ceramicist Kim Wallace, Udessi is an online gallery store showcasing a selection of Australian artists. I feel so privileged to be represented amongst such talented creatives; I owe a heartfelt thank you to Kim for welcoming me as a new artist and photographing my work SO beautifully...

You can find my Udessi profile here!

silverdale dreams

A collection of wheel thrown Southern Ice porcelain cups, individually hand painted with patterns inspired by my childhood home, Silverdale.

Silverdale Dreams - 2012, Wheel thrown + hand painted, Southern Ice Porcelain, 1280C electric fired, various sizes, photos: Kylie Cox

Remember all those cups from months ago? My wonderful friend Kylie took some photos of them :)

Dear Dad, I hope you recognise our home place x
(my darling Father is a dedicated reader of my blog!)

ignite.

I try to be consistent in the content that I post on this blog and what I share on my Facebook Page, but sometimes excitement overtakes and Facebook wins out. So, dear readers, if you don't already know, my work has been accepted for the Suncoast Clayworkers Ignition Awards 2012! Needless to say, I'm stoked! 

Silverdale Dreams, 2012, Southern Ice Porcelain + underglaze colour, Wheel thrown + hand painted, 11 x 8 cm + 9.5 x 8 cm + 8 x 7 cm, Set of 3.

The added bonus is that world-wide-admired Chinese potter Jackson Li will be the judge this year! I met Jackson back in May 2010 when he presented a 2 day brush making workshop at the Gold Coast Potters' Association. He drew me in a bowl, remember?!

I'm also proud to say that fellow finalists from the Gold Coast are my mentor Michaela Kloeckner, new partner in crime Megan Puls and good friend Wendy Hodgson! Woo!

Ignition runs from 31 August - 6 October 2012 at the Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy.

cups sneak peak.

First finished batch of the porcelain cups are looking GOOD! Even if I do say so myself...

[p.s. follow me on Instagram: @katyintheclouds]

stacked.

All 58 of those porcelain cups are painted and ready to glaze!

better.

Today was a much better day than yesterday.

[early morning light in the studio]

[4 porcelain cups, 8 stoneware cups + 8 stoneware bowls]

I feel at peace with the universe again now! Though my fingers still hurt.