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NORTH QUEENSLAND Ceramic Awards
20 16 biennial
Foreword 4 Wendy Bainbridge President North Queensland Potters Association Inc. Sponsors 6 Finalists 8 - 99 CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I’m honoured to be introducing the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, which has been developed and delivered by the North Queensland Potters Association Inc. (NQPA) in collaboration with Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Council.
After a brief hiatus, it is heart-warming to see the return of this important exhibition. The North Queensland Ceramic Awards have a rich history and indeed this is the first instalment of the Awards since the major curated exhibition Diversity in Clay (Pinnacles Gallery, 2013) provided an insight into the importance of this muchloved Townsville event.
Ceramic competitions have been organised by the NQPA since 1973, and works acquired from these competitions form the major part of the City of Townsville Art Collection’s impressive ceramic sub-collection. Knowing these works intimately, I am left in little doubt that the city’s ceramic holdings place it amongst
the best public ceramic collections in the country, in no small part due to the breadth of works acquired from this competition over the years. With the establishment of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in 1981, the community has been provided with regular access to these works via rotational Vault and Showcase exhibitions, and major curated shows such as Diversity in Clay.
The 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards marks the 40th ceramic competition held in Townsville, just four short years after NQPA marked its own 40th Anniversary. Throughout these 40 exhibitions, the intent has remained the same; to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation. Not only has the competition been successful in attracting entries from wellknown potters showing their current work, but it has also tried to provide a showcase for emerging ceramic artists.
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Further, it has allowed NQPA and the broader Townsville community to engage with respected artists and arts administrators in the ceramic arts field who have been invited to undertake the unenviable task of judging a winning work. This year’s judge, Mr Damon Moon, is a renowned ceramicist and Creative Director of the innovative Ceramics Studio at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, and his participation certainly continues this proud tradition of securing esteemed judges.
I wish to thank all of those who have contributed to delivering the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, particularly those members of the NQPA and staff of Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Council who have worked towards attracting and processing entries, designing this beautiful publication and installing the exhibition.
Of course, the competition would not be possible without our sponsors; thanks must go to Scott Brickworks, Loloma Jewellers, Fourex Clothing, and the Rainford Family for their support, and particularly to major sponsor Townsville City Council. This 2016 competition has seen the major prize on offer rise to $10,000, a move which has certainly resulted in record numbers of entries, all of which were of a very high quality and made the task of selecting finalists very difficult.
Finally, I wish to thank all of the artists who have taken an interest in the competition and given their time to create a work and submit an entry. My congratulations to those who were selected for display in this fine exhibition, which I trust will bring much joy to the people of Townsville.
Wendy Bainbridge President North Queensland Potters Association Inc.
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FINALISTS
Avi AMESBURY
Elements of Place Series I 2015
Porcelain, clay glaze
57 x 14 x 14 cm
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Avi AMESBURY
Elements of Place Series II 2015
Porcelain, clay glaze
57 x 14 x 14 cm
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Fiona BANNER
Flask 2016
Handbuilt stoneware slab
45 x 10 x 10 cm
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Fiona BANNER
Pair of Vases 2016
Handbuilt stoneware slab 25 x 25 x 12 cm
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BANNER Fiona
Pod 2015
Handbuilt stoneware slab
45 x 8 x 15 cm
Julie BARTHOLOMEW
Weeping Vessels 2015
Porcelain
60 x 60 x 32 cm
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Peter BIDDULPH
Hybrid Flasks and Cups 2015
Southern ice porcelain
a. 15 x 17 x 11 cm
b. 6 x 5 x 5 cm
c. 5 x 4 x 4 cm
d. 16.5 x 12 x 7 cm
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Peter BIDDULPH Mesa Bowls 2016
Southern ice porcelain with transparent blue glaze
a. 6.5 x 14 x 14 cm
b. 4.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
c. 7.5 x 14 x 14 cm
d. 5.5 x 9 x 9 cm
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Mollie BOSWORTH
Migration 2015
Porcelain 15 x 28 x 28 cm
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Amanda BROMFIELD
Cockatoo 2015
Ceramic and glazes
27 x 32 x 16 cm
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Mary BULLOCH
Rockpools 2016
Ceramic, eartherware glaze, low fired 10 x 19 x 19 cm each
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Nadja BURKE
Gaia 2015
Ceramic - white stoneware, underglaze colours, glaze
51 x 35 x 27 cm
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Claudia CITTON
Great Southern Land 2015
Dark celadon glaze, stoneware, wood fired
9.5 x 60 x 45 cm
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Kris COAD
Indigo Blues #2 2016
Porcelain
30 x 50 x 30 cm
Brancusi’s Balls 2014
Earthenware, thread, silver, wax, boot polish
5.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm each
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Zara COLLINS and Graeme BANNERMAN
Shogun’s Lament 2015
Earthenware, thread, underglaze
10 x 8 x 2.5 cm each
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Zara COLLINS
Flower Container 2015
Local clay, wood fired
15 x 20 x 12 cm
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Len COOK
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Len COOK
Homage to Gwyn 2015
Local clay, wood fired
22 x 70 x 14 cm
Len COOK
Square Shino Bottle 2015
Local clay
27.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
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Untitled 2015
Porcelain
10 x 53 x 36 cm
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Alice COUTTOUPES
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Margaret CRAWFORD
Eye View 2016
Walkers midfire handbuilt, hand painted using underglazes, transfers and glazes
30 x 30 x 5 cm
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LI DAI
Wallflowers 2016
Stoneware
30 x 50 x 21 cm
Robert DELVES
The Preservation of a Species Vulnerable to Extinction 2016
Stoneware clay, oxides and underglaze
20 x 60 x 80 cm
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Jan DOWNES
Gathered 2016
Porcelain
12 x 35 x 14 cm
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Rowley DRYSDALE
Fragment-(China Diary 2004) 2015
Glass and vintage chinese decal found tiles
60 x 30 x 5 cm
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Rowley DRYSDALE
Oceana #7 2015
Woodfired stoneware, shell set sidefired iron glazes
36 x 36 x 36 cm
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Onu ERDEMIR
Stingray Porcelain Tea Set 2016
Bone china porcelain
a. 16.5 x 23 x 19 cm
b. 7 x 12 x 8.5 cm
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John FERGUSON Protection 2015 Stoneware 31 x 30 x 13 cm
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Cathy FRANZI
Silver Banksia 2016
Porcelain
38.4 x 19.5 x 11 cm
Stoneware
a. 15 x 15 x 15 cm
b. 10 x 10 x 15 cm
c. 14.5 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm
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Alison FRITH
Tread Series 2015
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Chris GUTHLEBEN
Raku Form 2015
Clay 35 x 12 cm
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Leisa GUNTON
Essence of a Rainforest 2015
White stoneware body, Indigenous slip, creek silt, fern, underglaze
2.5 x 20 x 20 cm
Emily HILL
Tea Anyone? 2016
Southern ice porcelain
11.5 x 18 x 12.5 cm
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Petrichor 2015
Stoneware
17.5 x 35 x 16 cm
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Lene KUHL JACOBSEN
Yegana JAFAROVA
Great Barrier Vase 2015
Porcelain, glaze
15 x 16 x 13 cm
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Daniel JO
Time For Tea 2015
Ceramics
a. 14.2 x 24.8 x 11.8 cm
b. 14.2 x 25 x 13.1 cm
c. 14.2 x 24.8 x 13.5 cm
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Lea KANNAR LICHTENBERGER
Visions of Dystopia 2015
24 Wheel formed ceramics glazed, cone 10 fired with decals
20 x 120 x 120 cm
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Shigeko KISHIDA
Weathering 2015
Throwing, white slip, reduction firing
20 x 11 x 11 cm
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Elke LUCAS
Flinders sake set 2016
Porcelain
a. 12 x 8 x 8 cm
b. 5 x 5 x 5 cm
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Marc LUCAS
Pot Belly Noir 2016
Stoneware - crystalline
49 x 22 x 19.5 cm
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Stoneware - crystalline
32.5 x 17.5 x 15.5 cm
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Marc LUCAS
Pot Belly Bronzé 2016
Bouteille a la Mer III 2015
Porcelain, porcelain slip, iron oxide, ceramic stain, ceramic pencil
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Holly MACDONALD
17.5 x 9.5 x 8.5 cm
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Keiko MATSUI
Balancing on Stones 2016
Stoneware, slip, glaze, oxide and paint
27 x 23 x 18 cm
Sam MATTHEWS
Bamboo Three Ways 2016
Stoneware
32 x 10 x 10 cm each
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Sam MATTHEWS
Sticks + Stones 2016
Stoneware
15 x 15 x 130 cm
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Lucie MCCANN
Still Life with Lobster 2016
Porcelain and cotton fabric
16 x 45 x 120 cm
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Lucie MCCANN
Still Life with Snuffer 2016
Porcelain, mdf and acrylic
50 x 22 x 68 cm
Moraig McKENNA
Two vases 2015
Wood-fired porcelain - natural ash glaze
24 x 12 x 28 cm
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Moraig McKENNA
Gathering Storm 2015
Wood-fired porcelain - natural ash glaze
18 x 9 x 12 cm
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Greg MCLINDON
Andromeda Approaches 2015
Thrown pot/clay
9 x 30 x 30 cm
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Ceramic, mid-fire, multi glazed and multi fired
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Jeff MINCHAM AM
Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) 2015
81 x 42 x 27 cm
Fay MORRIS
Silent Whispers 2016
Porcelain
a. 10 x 12 x 12 cm
b. 12 x 11 x 11 cm
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Anne MOSSMAN
And What Alice Saw…1 2016
Coloured porcelain 23 x 16 x 20 cm
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Anne MOSSMAN
And What Alice Saw…2 2016
Coloured porcelain
16 x 20 x 20 cm
Earthernware, found ceramic object, model tree
12 x 10 x 9 cm
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Sharon MUIR
Vase 2016
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Jennifer MULCAHY
Sistere #2 2015 Ceramic 56 x 13 x 9 cm
Ceramic
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Jennifer MULCAHY
Interstice #2 2015
x 16 x 10 cm each
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Jennifer MULCAHY
Translucent Interstice 2015
Ceramic and glass
45 x 18 x 11 cm
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Edward OBRIEN
Parched 2015
Raku clay
10 x 16 x 14 cm
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Ann O’CONNOR
Dodo Driver 2015
White clay, slips, glazes, brass on acrylic stand
19 x 34 x 15 cm
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Gerry O’CONNOR
Spirit of Tibrogargan 2015
Buff raku clay, glazes raku fired
34 x 18 x 8 cm
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Catherine OGDEN
Rakufired Chess / Draughts set 2016
Stoneware, wood
21 x 49 x 5 cm
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Warren OGDEN
Four Tall Bottles 2016
Stoneware
58.5 x 58 x 15 cm
Rock Glazed Vase 2016
Stoneware 40 x 14 x 14 cm
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Warren OGDEN
Glazed stoneware with underglaze
19.5 x 26 x 16 cm
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Sassy PARK
No.1 Bully Cup (pokale) 2015
Sassy PARK
Growing up in a Cyclone Season 2016
Slip cast porcelain, underglaze, oxide and mixed media
25 x 8 x 8 cm each
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Together and Apart 2015
Porcelain
48 x 32 x 12 cm
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Tamasin PEPPER
paper clay, porcelain slip, engobes, oxides, glaze and cowrie shell
Kristen PERRY
Basketball Planter 2015
Glazed terracotta
20 x 20 x 20 cm
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Kristen PERRY
Zig Zag Zebra Pot 2016
Agateware stoneware, glaze
12 x 16 x 16 cm
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Megan PULS
Mangrove 2015
Southern ice porcelain
9 x 18 x 18 cm
Eloise RANKINE
Nuclear Family (grouping) 2015
Porcelain
13 x 20.5 x 14 cm
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Toni ROGERS
The Forum 2015
Stoneware, sand and perspex
12 x 65 x 10 cm
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Serena ROSEVEAR
Listening 2016
Porcelain, silicon carbide
10 x 20 x 20 cm
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Avital SHEFFER
Hydria VII 2015
E/W clay, glazes
51 x 31 x 16 cm
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High fire ceramic, metalic glaze, low fire enamel and palladium
67 x 38 x 13 cm
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Dean SMITH
Indium 1 2016
Gabi STURMAN
Pterobly conspicuous too 2016
Bat-bone china, porcelain, timber, copper
40 x 150 x 40 cm
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Daintree Dreaming 2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired 32 x 32 x 5 cm each
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Ellen TERRELL
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Ellen TERRELL
Fan Palm Tangle 2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired
35 x 35 x 6 cm
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Ellen TERRELL
Lotus & Tea-Tree Bowl 2015
Stoneware, clay, silver and copper lustre pigments, reduction fired 35 x 35 x 9 cm
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Elizabeth TILLACK
Bamboo Grove 2016
Mid fired ceramic
20 x 20 x 30 cm
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Sarah TRACTON
Acoustic Dream 2015
Porcelain 21 x 30 x 30 cm
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Sarah TRACTON Reverberate 2015
Porcelain 36 x 14 x 15 cm
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Ingrid TRISTRAM
Perfume Bottles 2015
Naked raku clay
12 x 12 x 28 cm
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John TUCKWELL
Scar Tissue 2016
Porcelain
20 x 32 x 4 cm
Sally WALK
Take Your Pick 2016
Porcelaneous clay, underglaze and copper glaze 1280 degrees
43 x 86 x 12 cm
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Caroline WALKER-GRIME
Raft Down the Spey 2016
Porcelein thrown, cast and handbuilt, wool
10 x 50 x 15 cm
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Ceramics
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Lone WHITE
Rainforest Form 1 2015
37 x 25 x 25 cm
Rainforest
Ceramics
36 x 26 x 26 cm
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Lone WHITE
Form 2 2015
Cecily
WILLIS
Flame 2015
Buff raku clay
a. 44 x 10 x 10 cm
b. 38 x 9 x 10 cm
c. 32 x 8 x 10 cm
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Fay WITHERS
Bouquet 2015
Ceramic, underglaze, glaze, laserdecals, commercial decals
50 x 42 x 20 cm
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Recycled clays, glazed and fired to stoneware cone 6 38 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm
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Marian WOLFS
Reconfigured 2015
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