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Toni Warburton

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Grotto - container form- WIP- subterranean colour Grotto - container form- WIP- subterranean colour study. Crayon and pastel on paper.(Inspired by scuba diver photographs @williamgladstonephotography) #grottomotif #grottocontainer #WIP #thinkingaboutglazing #thinkingdrawing #gundungurracountry #seaspongmotif #animalvegetablemineral #contemporarydrawing #crayononoaper #sydneyharbourmarinepark
Grotto detail with leaves of dendrobium linguifoli Grotto detail with leaves of dendrobium linguifolia (tongue orchid) Graphite on paper - WIP #grottomotif #WIP #dendrobiumlinguifolia
grotto - graphite on paper thinking drawing -Middl grotto - graphite on paper thinking drawing -Middle Harbour reminiscence #grottomotif #graphiteonpaper #middleharbour #gadigalcountry
Grotto iv - blue biro on paper WIP. Thinking drawi Grotto iv - blue biro on paper WIP. Thinking drawing for a small sculpture. #gundungurracountry #bluebiroonpaper #thinkingdrawing #WIP #grottomotif
grotto 111 sketchbook Powderhulk Bay reminiscence grotto 111 sketchbook Powderhulk Bay reminiscence. thinking drawing - graphite on paper. #gadigalcountry #powderhulkbay #grottomotif #graphiteonpaper #messagesfromthebays #powderhulkbayreminiscence
Grotto..another thinking drawing Crayon on paper o Grotto..another thinking drawing Crayon on paper on studio wall. #gundungurracountry #grottomotif #containerform #thinkingdrawing #crayononoaper #returning #contemporarydrawing
Mud map and chat notes for my potted rave to open Mud map and chat notes for my potted rave to open the gallery LNL curated grad and alumni show from Sydney based ceramic art and design courses. Great turn out thanks to everyone who came. 'These poet, philosopher painter, sculptor,weaver,printmaker, potter, artists show that clay can be modelled, rolled pinched, assembled, poured, spun, pressed and more. Then fired to become ceramic and painted, decorated, printed, drawn on with glazes, pigments and other media. Some themes and genres in 'a fresh perspective:' fragments, shards, ecology and cultural diaspora, texture and emotion, figurative references: caryatids and poignant gestures, colour and memory, clay tablets and text: ethnolinguistic hybridity, trompe d'oeil pop, nostalgia: poetic transfer printed texts, mid 20th century domestic glaze palette, rural vernacular femmage, wheel thrown, Korean inspired ceremonial pedestal and dish forms, geological palette, Japanese Tsubo jar forms: healing tactilities, coiled organic forms, fibre stitched doily pattern piercings, repetitive,domestic labour.slip cast textile translations,a series of beakers: diurnal rhythms of hiking, contemplation and the art of wheel throwing: lift the lid on the participatory language of functional pots. Congratulations to all the participating artists and the teachers and technicians who facilitate creative research and development in the ceramics discipline.' @gallerylnl @australianceramics #afreshperspective #contemporaryceramics #biroonpaper #gadigalcountry
Grotto: graphite on paper Thinking drawing #gundun Grotto: graphite on paper Thinking drawing #gundungurracountry #grottomotif #contemporaryceramics #contemporaryassemblage #contemporarydrawing #graphiteonpaper
Going somewhere backwards- WIP. Clay is a rather d Going somewhere backwards- WIP. Clay is a rather dank material to work with in these chilly Southern Highlands Winters, but winter seems to be when i properly settle to it. So sunny days, a milk crate and a concrete slab are a blessing for the drying process. I have returned to the motif of 'Grotto' a strange little contaner form that i made at the very end of a body of work for Messages from the Bays at Mu studio Gallery in Mosman in 2018. Recently, on Artists profile magazine insta feed I read a quote from Geoff Mincham that perfectly encapsulates the cyclical aspect of a creative process. He says about preparing for a solo exhibition : 'keeping on theme is often difficult as you learn to put 'discoveries' to one side for the future, 'store them up, but dont lose them.' #gundungurracountry @artistprofile #grottomotif #WIP #messagesfromthebays #grotto #contemporarysculpture #contemporaryceramics
Thank you Gallery LNL for the invitation to say a Thank you Gallery LNL for the invitation to say a few words to open 'A Fresh Perspective,' this year's curated selection of graduates' ceramic artworks this Friday night. See all about it below. ( This image: 'cosmic box' by Raymond Huynh, porcelain and glass) Posted @withregram • @gallerylnl ‘A Fresh Perspective’ presents a curated selection of graduates from the Sydney College of the Arts, National Art School, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture and TAFE colleges at Northern Beaches and Gymea. This year, we are also proud to welcome back several distinguished alumni from previous iterations of Fresh Perspectives. Join us for the opening night this Friday 20 June from 6-8pm. To be opened by Toni Warburton (@toniwarburtonartist) Featuring works by: Stella Athanasiou, Emmanuelle Babaud, Farnaz Dadfar, Alexandra Darling, Keroshin Govender, Lucy Hookway, Raymond Huynh, Lila Kools, Amy Lyall, Lesley Murray, Julie Nash, REDHERRING, Kim Redmond-Fewtrell, Tash Tribe
Honeycomb rocks and headland, Shelly Beach. #yuinc Honeycomb rocks and headland, Shelly Beach. #yuincountry #rockplatform #honeycombrocks
Learher hard, in the sunshine, back in the studio, Learher hard, in the sunshine, back in the studio, turning through four quarters each 20 minutes, a pinched footed bowl, stamped with objets trouves. #gundungurracountry #wildclay #littoralzonemotifs #pinchedfootedbowl #objetstrouvés
Late morning rain on the wind that had blown throu Late morning rain on the wind that had blown through the night. #yuincountry #rainonthewind
'good morning' said the Algae to the Kelp. #yuinco 'good morning' said the Algae to the Kelp. #yuincountry #corralinealgae #kelp #littoralzonemotifs
Portrait of a wiild clay body. Arch stiiffened, ro Portrait of a wiild clay body. Arch stiiffened, rounded, stamped, hand wedged. Pinched footed bowl with objet trouve impressions of littoral zone motifs. #portraitofawildclaybody #pinchedfootedbowl #objetstrouvés #yuincountry #wildclay #topologicalinvestigations #topologicalgames #littoralzonemotifs
The island beckoned this morning. So drove south The island beckoned this morning. So drove south with @chris._ward and @alatheav to Tabourie Lake, where we hoped to walk to Crampton island on the sand spit at low tide. Big seas have washed a channel in the beach that is too deep to cross to the island shore. We continued our island quest further south. A beautiful coastal walk through the Aboriginal reserve at Murramarang lead us, past swamp wallabies to a view of Mit Island nature reserve where the Shearwater birds nest. We saw two grey herons gliding on the sea breeze. #yuincountry #mitisland #cramptonisland #coastalwalk
Still blunging. Slaked too soon! Redemptive de- l Still blunging. Slaked too soon! Redemptive de- lumping action required. A trip to Vinnie's for a whisk, a spatula and a sieve.(Each $3.00 - lowest Vinnie price point these days, I am told). A beach found surfboard fin of some sort fits the curve of the sieve and is perfect for easing the slurry through the mesh. This wild clay has previously proved to be nicely plastic, so the game is on, imagining small gestures, shapes, impressions to play out when the clay slip has stiffened to modelling consistancy, during this coastal sojourn on this Wintery long weekend. #yuincountry #wildclay #improvisedprocess #blunge #sieve #slurry #foundobject
Slaking and blunging wild clay. #slowclay #yuincou Slaking and blunging wild clay. #slowclay #yuincountry #slaking #blunging #wildclay
Morning and afternoon, southward to Tobourie. #yu Morning and afternoon, southward to Tobourie. #yuincountry #meroonationalpark #cramptonisland #wairobeach #morningandafternoon
Oyster catcher and shapes #yuincountry #litoralzo Oyster catcher and shapes #yuincountry #litoralzonemotifs #oystercatcher #rockshape #meroonationalpark
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