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Thanks to the artists,the curators, the lenders, t

Thanks to the artists,the curators, the lenders, the speakers and everone who came to celebrate the opening of beautifully installed 'Counterpoint' and 'Garden variety', the two wonderfully complementary Summer shows at MAGM.
Images
1.my 'Tidal Objects' with moi and the team from gallery LnL- left to right Hannah Lee, intern, Toni Warburton, artist, Yoon Hur, gallerist, Woody Coombs, writer.
(🙏🏼Katherine Roberts for pic)
2.Tony Oates, director of Drill Hall gallery ANU - opening remarks for 'Counterpoint'
3 detail from the cover of our 'Counterpoint' catalogue- available from MAGM
4. 'Cold War Enigma' my narrative 'object scenario' in the permanent ceramics collection at MAGM.
I felt calm pleasure and gratitude to contemplate paintings by Jude Rae and Ruth Waller in the gallery rooms with my ceramics.
I look forward to spending more time in both exhibitions.
@gallerylnl
@magamnsw
#gameygalcountry
#contemporaryceramics
#contemporarypainting
#stilllife
#tidalobject
#coldwarenigma
#ceramiccollection

Why not take a ferry ride over the summer? Counter

Why not take a ferry ride over the summer?
Counterpoint is curated by Katherine Roberts
Also on show at MAGM is 'Garden Variety' curated by Ben Rak.
Both Exhibitions open this Friday
5 December 6-8 pm
@ruthwaller6060
@jude_rae
@binya666
@manly_art_gm_society @magamnsw
@rogue_pop_up
@thecommercial
@gallerylnl
#gayemagalcountry

There was a lovely ambience at the opening of the

There was a lovely ambience at the opening of the Vase and Flower Show III on this classic Sydney summer afternoon after rain. Congratulations to artist, curator Sassy Parks and Robin Gibson Gallery. See link to onlinecatalogue in bio.
@thevaseandflowershow
@sassypark
@robingibsongallery
#gadigalcountry

Invitation 🌹all welcome🌷🌿 The Vase & Flo

Invitation 🌹all welcome🌷🌿

The Vase & Flower Show III
curated by Sassy Park

opening
3-5pm Saturday 29 November

Stephen Benwell
Helen Fuller
Georgia Harvey
Patsy Hely
Sassy Park
Lotte Schwerdtfeger
Toni Warburton
Alana Wilson

There is a link to the online catalogue in linktree in my bio

Image: my Riparian Tartan vase with floral arrangement by @sassypark photo by @karlschwerdtfeger
#ripariantartan
@thevaseandflowershow
#contemporaryceramics
#innovativevases
#participatoryobjects
#contemporaryart

I feel calm. The measured rythms of thought to wo

I feel calm. The measured rythms of thought to word to thought in Jan Guy's text have this affect.
Thankyou @jan_guy_artist and editors @diesel_retsina and @montessamaack for the elegant layout and fascinating context of polemical discussions and conversations about so many varied practices in the discipline of ceramics. I look forward to some good summer reads inside these covers.
#theartistisastone
#journalofaustralianceramics
#macqette
#zoologicaljardiniere
#littoralzonegrotto
#glazemaps
#watercolouronpaper

It's Sunday afternoon in a beer garden. Raise a gl

It's Sunday afternoon in a beer garden. Raise a glass to the crazy exhuberance of Morris dancing and the troup's joyous inclusion of a very young enthusiast.
#gundungurracountry
#bundanoonfolkfestival2025
#sundayafternoon
@blackjoak
#morrisdancing

'della Robbia' Swags and 'Shimmery Swags' in the

'della Robbia' Swags and 'Shimmery Swags' in the 'dressing room' waiting for flowers.. a single large rose? some yellow dandelions? A gorgeous gardenia? ...Its been a ludic process of topological investigations: each swag vase modelled from a single lump of clay, scaling up just a little from 'festoon'' their protoptype macquette shown in Small Pleasures at gallery LnL in 2024.
Now its over to artist/ curator Sassy Park to work her floristry magic for the Vase and Flower show 2025 at Robyn Gibson Gallery, East Sydney. Opening at 2pm Saturday 29th November. Please come if you are in town.
1,'della Robbia' Swags in kiln
2 'Shimmery' Swags in kiln
3,4 painted glazes
5.glazeywazey silly selfie
6 bisqued
7 "Festoon"macquette (thanks @ebonyrussell.art for pic)
@thevaseandflowershow
@robingibsongallery
@gallerylnl
@sassypark
#festoon
#swag
#swagvase
#sillyselfie
#glazeywazey
#shimmeryswag
#dellarobbiainfluence
#dellarobiaswag
#floristrymagic
#everdayanoccasion
#vaserium
@thevaserium
#participatoryobjects
#topologicalgames
#topologicalinvestigations
#SmallPleasures

The lake, the sea, the situation. #yuincountry #Bu

The lake, the sea, the situation.
#yuincountry
#Burrilake
#lagoonhead
#meroonationalpark
#objetstrouves
#assemblage
#collage

Setting up for the 100%ARTY market in the excelle

Setting up for the 100%ARTY market in the excellent company of @tracyhopkirkjewellery on Sunday. (My first market since those Silver St Christmas Sales I used to do with @jeanhartmanart in her old back yard) It was a fascinating day and I appreciated the opportunity to meet and chat with interested browsers, buyers and fellow stall holders. The beautiful precious metals and stones wrought by Tracy felt in stark contrast to the terracotta clay I model with. There is such an alchemy of transformation in both crafts.
A relaxing Saturday was spent in the White Cottage Gallery at Retford Park colouring the stamped Acacia designs on this press moulded pot that I made the week before and chatting with Arts trail visitors. Scent from these Cecille Bruner Roses from our garden wafted through the room. Gratitude to everyone who particpated.
#understory
@artistsoftheroundyard
@southernhighlandsartstrail
#contemporaryceramics
#contemporaryjewellery
#wip
#gundungurracountry

What: 100% Arty Market When: Sunday, November 9

What: 100% Arty Market

When: Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 10 am to 4 pm

Where: Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral

My ceramics share a stall with jewelery by Tracy Hopkirk.
Drop by, say hello and acquire somerhing designed and made by Southern Highlands artists
Tracy and I are both members of @artistsoftheroundyard exhibiting our work in '"Understory" at Retford Park
#gundungurracountry
#studiopottery
#handmadeceramics
#100%artymarket
@tracyhopkirkjewellery

The art of the silly selfie or what to do when you

The art of the silly selfie or what to do when you musn't crack the kiln too soon. Put on colour co ordinated clothing, name tag and hat, pack car with pottery decorating kit, garher rosebuds and callistamon for White Cottage Gallery decor and get yourself up to Retford Park a property of the Natpnla Trust for the @artistsoftheroundyard yatd
@southernhighlandsartstrail artists at work event!

Colouring this pot Saturday 8 Nov, White Cottage

Colouring this pot Saturday 8 Nov, White Cottage Gallery . Made it en pleine air at Retford Park last Sunday when artists Wendi Toohey and Justin Peorson were at their easels in dappled shade and Sue Wallace did her paper mache. I enjoyed our wide ranging conversations while press moulding this pot beside them. Thanks to all the @southernhighlandsartstrail visitors who stopped to watch and chat. Understory the Spring exhibition of Artists of the Round Yard Collective runs until Sunday 16 NovThurs, Sun 10-4. All remaining artworks are available for acquisition for your collection.
@artistsoftheroundyard
#gundungurracountry
@leanneboothart
@helen_oprey_artist
#contemporaryfibreart
@robyn.rumpf
@sydneypuppettheatre
#contemporarysculpture
@wenditooheyart
@slavicazivkovic.artist
@brock_sykes_1
@justintimepearson_
#contemporarysubjectpainting
#contemporarylandscapepainting
#nostalgicinteriordesign
@halcyon2858
#contemporaryvisionarypainting
#contemporarynaturepainting
@drawnbygill
#contemporaryprintmaking
#contemporaryceramics
#decorativearts
#pressmould
#acaciamotifs
@chris._ward

Good morning.Yesterday was a hand made cup day and

Good morning.Yesterday was a hand made cup day and THE Cup day! First a vase and flower show delivery to artist, curator, @sassypark.
Nice to see nostalgic flowers from her friend's wedding bouquet in this demitasse from my April series and to sip coffees from rustic cups by Sassy's daughter Lotte Schwerdtbeger.
Then a visit to 'Ideas in Hand: contemorary sculptural ceramics' curated by artist/ academic @jan_guy_artist at gallery LnL (see it if you can)
Out to lunch with @chris._ward, we twigged it was Melbourne Cup Race day when the waitress told us 'happy hour' had been brought forward to noon. So on the drive home, bought the Herald at Earlwood petrol station to get the form, tuned the car radio to 2GB and listened to the superb race call by Matt Hill: 24 whimsical horses' names shuffled in a real time 3 minute poem.
Mudlark, "Half yours" came up trumps in the rainy conditions, ridden by Jamie Melhum. Jamie is the first woman to win both the Caulfield and Melbourne cups in the same year and second female jockey to ever win the Melbourne cup. Jamie's husband, Ben Melhum rode 'Smokin' Romans' in yesterday's race. "Half Yours" was the only Australian horse to run this year and is trained by Calvin MacEvoy and his father Tony.
Perhaps a commemorative plate, Sassy?
#melbournecup2025
#mudlarkhorse
#halfyours
#racecall
#studiopottery
#participatoryobjects
@gallerylnl
#contemporaryceramics
@thevaseandflowershow

Today I spent a pleasant afternoon in the Round

Today I spent a pleasant afternoon in the Round Yard completing sgaffito and underglaze painting of Acacia motifs on a few terracotta beakers. Tracy Hopkirk wove bead bracelets in the White Cottage Gallery....artists at work.
Thanks to all the people who included @artistsoftheroundyard on their Arts Trail visits today.
I will be back at work on Sunday afternoon 1-4pm.thanks @scottchaseling for taking a couple of pics for this post. Check out @smallimpactstudio also on the Arts trail.
#artistsatwork
#gundungurracountry
@southernhighlandsartstrail
#understory
#contemporaryceramics
#contemporaryjewellery

Installation detail of my Mountain sculpture "Wal

Installation detail of my Mountain sculpture "Walking on Pavaghad, Monkey Hill" from my < Lookout> series and on the wall Subterranean Mountain dish (two moons two mointains and leafy sea dragon motifs - thanks to ingenious designer maker @tracyhopkirkjewellery for creating the wall bracket to hang it) painting by Justin Pearson.
@artistsoftheroundyard artists will be on site doing our creative work this weekend as participants in the fabulous @southernhighlandsartstrail

Understory exhibition is open Thurs-,Sun 10am-4pm until Sunday 16th November in the White Cottage Gallery and historic Round Yard at Retford Park, a property of the National Trust in Bowral. Its a short walk from us to Ngunungulla Regional Art Gallery
See our Art Almanac listing in Regional NSW. @artistsoftheroundyard
#gundungurracountry
@leanneboothart
@helen_oprey_artist
#contemporaryfibreart
@robyn.rumpf
@sydneypuppettheatre
#contemporarysculpture
@wenditooheyart
@slavicazivkovic.artist
#contemporarysubjectpainting
@halcyon2858
#contemporaryvisionarypainting
#contemporarynaturepainting
@drawnbygill
#contemporaryprintmaking
@brock_sykes_1
contemporaryinteriorpainting
@justintimepearson_
#contemporarylandscapepainting
#fantasylandsapepainting
@tracyhopkirkjewellery
#contemporaryjewellery
@nationaltrustnsw
#contemporaryart
#studiopottery
#contemporaryceramicart
#understory
#pavaghad

Variations:, Acacia motifs on Understory beakers.

Variations:, Acacia motifs on Understory beakers. Showing with @artistsoftheroundyard #Understory in the White Cottage Gallery. Various ARY artists will be at work on site for the upcoming Southern Highlands Arts Trail weekends. Sat1,Sun 2 Nov and the following Sat 8,Sun 9.
@southernhighlandsartstrail
#gundungurracountry
#acaciamotifs

In the studio, things one has seen coalesce. See

In the studio, things one has seen coalesce.
Seeing petal storms from the westerlies that now seem to occur after each wave of blossoms. Seeing, an image of the 'Sleeping lady' Neolithic terra cotta from Hal Saflieni Hypogem Malta, in a book about Picasso. Seeing Staffordshire arbour groups in a local antique shop
Seeing black swans on nearby Bong Bong reservoir.
I made a bisque fired arc to press mould this conical, footed dish, glazed with petal storm, reclining woman in arbour and black swan motifs.
"Understory" -12 artists in @artistsoftheroundyard Spring exhibition is open Thurs-,Sun 10am-4pm until Sunday 16th November in the White Cottage Gallery and historic Round Yard at Retford Park, a property of the National Trust in Bowral. Its a short walk from us to Ngunungulla Regional Art Gallery
See our Art Almanac listing in Regional NSW.
#gundungurracountry
@leanneboothart
@helen_oprey_artist
#contemporaryfibreart
@robyn.rumpf
@sydneypuppettheatre
#contemporarysculpture
@wenditooheyart
@slavicazivkovic.artist
#contemporarysubjectpainting
@halcyon2858
#contemporaryvisionarypainting
#contemporarynaturepainting
@drawnbygill
#contemporaryprintmaking
@brock_sykes_1
contemporaryinteriorpainting
@justintimepearson_
#contemporarylandscapepainting
#fantasylandsapepainting
@tracyhopkirkjewellery
#contemporaryjewellery
@nationaltrustnsw
#contemporaryart
#studiopottery
#contemporaryceramicart
#understory

Perfect weather and well chosen words from author

Perfect weather and well chosen words from author and screenwriter Kylie Needham to open Understory", the Artists of the Round Yard Spring exhibition. Thanks to all who came to celebrate the new work of our collective. I am delighted to present some new ceramics.The exhibition is open Thurs-,Sun 10am-4pm until Sunday 16th November in the White Cottage Gallery and historic Round Yard at Retford Park, a property of the National Trust in Bowral. Its a short walk from us to Ngunungulla Regional Art Gallery and Moonacres Hearth Cafe.
See our Art Almanac listing in Regional NSW. @artistsoftheroundyard
#gundungurracountry
@leanneboothart
@helen_oprey_artist
#contemporaryfibreart
@robyn.rumpf
@sydneypuppettheatre
#contemporarysculpture
@wenditooheyart
@slavicazivkovic.artist
#contemporarysubjectpainting
@halcyon2858
#contemporaryvisionarypainting
#contemporarynaturepainting
@drawnbygill
#contemporaryprintmaking
@brock_sykes_1
#contemporaryinteriorpainting
@justintimepearson_
#contemporarylandscapepainting
#fantasylandsapepainting
@tracyhopkirkjewellery
#contemporaryjewellery
@nationaltrustnsw
#contemporaryart
#studiopottery
#contemporaryceramicart
#understory

Subterranean mountain with leafy sea dragon motif,

Subterranean mountain with leafy sea dragon motif, wall dish installed in the Round Yard with "Sanctuary, the night"in foreground and a painting by Justin Pearson. I am showing Mountain themed sculptures from my archive in 'Understory", the Artists of the Round Yard Spring exhibition. Our opening celebration is tomorrow, Sunday 19th October, 4-6 pm ion the lawn between the White Cottage Gallery and historic Round Yard Come along tomorrow and celebrate the new work of our collective, All welcome!
At Retford Park, a property of the National Trust in Bowral, Its a scenic short walk from Retford Park to Ngunungulla Regional Art Gallery and Moonacres Hearth Cafe.
See our Art Almanac listing in Regional NSW.

@leanneboothart
@robyn.rumpf
@wenditooheyart
@halcyon2858
@drawnbygill @helen_oprey_artist @brock_sykes_1 @justintimepearson_
@slavicazivkovic.artist
@sydneypuppettheatre
@tracyhopkirkjewellery
@artistsoftheroundyard
#gundungurracountry
@nationaltrustnsw
#contemporaryart
#studiopottery
#contemporaryceramicart
#understory

Subterranean bowl, "Understory" Opening celabratio

Subterranean bowl, "Understory"
Opening celabration this Sunday 19th October, 4-6 pm
All welcome
the Artists of the Round Yard Spring exhibition in the White Cottage Gallery and historic Round Yard at Retford Park, a property of the National Trust in Bowral. its A short walk through lovely grounds from us to Ngunungulla Regional Art Gallery and Moonacres Hearth Cafe. See our Art Almanac listing in Regional NSW. Come along and celebrate the new work of our collective, !
@leanneboothart
@robyn.rumpf
@wenditooheyart
@halcyon2858
@drawnbygill @helen_oprey_artist @brock_sykes_1 @justintimepearson_
@slavicazivkovic.artist
@sydneypuppettheatre
@tracyhopkirkjewellery
@artistsoftheroundyard
#gundungurracountry
@nationaltrustnsw
#contemporaryart
#studiopottery
#contemporaryceramicart

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