by CAQ | May 31, 2019 | Blog Post
Mollie Bosworth Decorative Techniques Workshop – Sunday 19 May 2019 We were very fortunate to have Mollie Bosworth talk about her stunning decorative techniques, for while she has been using and experimenting with mineral salts for many years, she has been...
by CAQ | May 30, 2019 | Blog Post
Hobart Triennale 2019 Wrap-Up At the closing session of the recent Australian Ceramics Triennale in Hobart, 1-4 May 2019, the 700 strong audience was invited to assemble again in Central Australia. The re-birth of interest in ceramics will undoubtedly see this as a...
by CAQ | May 29, 2019 | Blog Post
Photographing Ceramics – An evolution of process I’d like to start with a caveat as such – I don’t profess to being a professional photographer, but like all potters, I have an ongoing need to document and promote my work through images and a life-long...
by CAQ | May 28, 2019 | Blog Post
Simple Rules for Composition of Pottery Photographs Every pottery picture tells a story. An essential part of that storytelling is the composition or relationship between the elements within a photograph. The things that affect composition of a photograph are: Line —...
by CAQ | May 27, 2019 | Blog Post
How and Why To Make A Shrinkage Measure Somewhere down the track, you may need to make something to a particular size. And knowing that clay shrinks quite a bit, it is vital to know precisely how much and when in the process the shrinkage happens. Traditional and...