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Black-capped Lory, Red-collared Honeyeater, Yellow-billed Kingfisher & Flame Bowerbird for Alcheringa Gallery

Tight Squeeze

I like sharing the space in my kiln with all those painted plates. It means that I can fire however many of my pieces are ready without wasting electricity or waiting until I have made enough to fill the kiln. Last week I added Bill Thomson's large plate for a re-fire and then when all the packing was done I found that I had one…

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Thinking of Sonia Delaunay plate

My latest work

When Alan and I returned from a recent trip to Tacoma, Wash. (where Al attended the North-West Anthropological Conference) it was time to empty the glaze kiln. I had managed to remove two of my bird-feeders while they were still warm, to take down to the States with us for a friend who'd ordered them. Now the rest have been photographed and, apart from two…

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Read more about the article Jugbirds for Alcheringa
Papuan Hornbill or Kokomo

Jugbirds for Alcheringa

Some weeks ago I received an email from Elaine Monds of Alcheringa Tribal Arts Gallery in Victoria. She was suggesting that if I were to make some jugbirds that resembled the crazy tropical birds of Papua New Guinea they'd look just fine alongside the carved and painted wooden birds made by the indigenous people there. She is having a Christmas show and wondered if I could…

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