Janice_Tchalenko_New_Ceramics_September_2011

Janice Tchalenko 7 September - 1 October 2011

Janice Tchalenko Ceramics and Prints 7 September - 1 October 2011 “This exhibition contains two new ventures for me: porcelain and printmaking. After a lifetime using stoneware clay, moving to porcelain has given me a bright and very beautiful canvas to work on.

Porcelain has a mind of its own and is not easy to throw. I’ve battled with its wayward qualities, to make forms that work. I’m interested in the differences between decorative patterns that fall happily into place, and the unpredictability of the painterly mark.

I then submit the pots to the ravages, or the blessing of, fire.

In my innocence I had thought that printmaking would be simple and it’s not, I’m getting a feel for line and the different way of layering colour to get the quality that I am searching for in a beautiful glaze.”

Janice Tchalenko

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Installation of 18 small rounded bowls Green Leaf Vessel (detail) Bowl with Flowers, 25.5 x 14 cm White Vessel (a) silver leaf handle, 22.5 x 33 cm White Vessel (b) silver leaf handle, 22 x 31 cm White Vessel (c) silver leaf handle, 20 x 25 cm 5. Black/Pink Leaf Vessel. Steel handle, 28 x 36 cm 6. Red Flower Bowl, 40 x 18 cm approx 7. Small Bowl with Flowers (a), 16 x 12 cm approx Small Bowl with Flowers (b), 16 x 12 cm approx 8. Blue Flower Bowl, 39 x 20 cm 9. Green Leaf Vessel, 24 x 30 cm approx 10. Green Leaf Bowl, 44 x 18 cm approx 11. Red Flower Bowl (outside detail) 12. Araignees, etching, edition of 30, 20 x 20 cm Please contact the gallery for more information on any of these pieces and for non illustrated works

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