Tales of Adventure, where are they now? Zara Collins

 Zara Collins, one lost earring

Zara Collins visual artist, jeweller and curator discusses her current online project "one lost earring" in which participants contribute a story and image of a lost earring to the project. Read more

After completing an artist-in-residency in the Gulgong area during Autumn 2010, I couldn't wait to come back to the Mudgee region. When  Lyn Cole from Cudgegong Gallery invited me to be a Guest Curator in their 2011 Exhibition Program - I couldn't refuse, what a great opportunity! 

 Image: Graeme Bannerman's ceramic floor installation 'Spannerotozoa'

Places & Spaces recently opened at Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW on 3 September and continues until 17 October 2011. Featuring contemporary craft makers from Adelaide, Sydney & Melbourne. The group exhibition has a diverse collection of makers featuring jewellery, ceramics, embroidery, illustration and installation. The opening was a relaxed and lovely affair with about 30-40 guests attending the combined exhibition opening.  The smell of blossoms and wattle in the region announced the beginning of spring - a gorgeous time of year to be in the country! Four of the artists from Sydney; Graeme Bannerman, Matina Bourma, Isobel Pegrum & Chloe Waddell travelled out to Gulgong which was great to see. Graeme Bannerman's ceramic floor installation 'Spannerotozoa' was a real hit with the gallery visitors. The original spanner was found in his grand father's tool box in Tamworth and was brought down to Sydney after he passed away. Graeme cast and hand manipulated each ceramic piece and mentioned he was "never quite sure what the curved spanner was used for" but a lovely woman (born and bred in the Mudgee area) filled him in on the spanner's purpose - it was used for tightening horse harnesses. What a lovely exchange of information and ideas. 

Image: Opening Places & Spaces Photographer Scott Andrew

For more information and images of the artists in Places & Spaces have a peek at the Places and Spaces blog
Cudgegong Gallery website

Zara Collins  website 
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Tales of Adventure, where are they now? Louise Fulton

 Arafura Dreaming - A ceramics residency in Darwin

Ceramicist Louise Fulton, based in the Northern Rivers area of NSW, recently undertook a residency in Darwin with Territory Craft culminating in an exhibition inspired by the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species and his 200th birthday anniversary. In this tale of adventure she takes us on a drive to the top end and through her process of creating works for the exhibition Dyad - an unnatural selection.

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Where is Louise Fulton  Now ?

This wintery July, I set off again in my trusty Toyota Echo and crossed Bass Strait. I was lucky enough to spend the month as artist in residence at Kings Bridge Gorge cottage.  Originally the caretaker’s home for Cataract Gorge reserve in Launceston, the cottage is built in the Arts and Crafts style and hosts visiting artists.

My daily routine included a visit to ‘Tant pour Tant’, a French patisserie and café, then snuggled in beanie, scarf, polofleece jacket and down booties, I worked in the drawing room of the cottage which faces the cliffs of the gorge. Apart from working on botanical drawings of casuarinas, I made an installation inside the tiny tollhouse where a dining table was set then covered with artificial snow. 

At the end of the residency I had a show with my sister Deborah Fulton at Sidespace Gallery at Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart. Deb exhibited her elegant Adirondack style chairs and I showed my ceramic sculptures and drawings related to botany and evolution. Our sister Rebecca Fulton opened the show.

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Image: Rusking school student glass cutting work in progress, Photographer I Tazzyman

 

 

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 Exploration of an abandoned glass factory Itzell Tazzyman

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Tales of Adventure, where are they now? Julie Ryder

Hill End

In November 2009 Julie Ryder undertook a studio residency at Hill End in Murray's Cottage formerly owned by Donald Friend and Donald Murray. Julie reports back with this first Tale of Adventure in our series charting members of the Craft Australia community participating in residencies, exhibitions, conferences or events listed in our opportunities section. Julie Ryder is an internationally recognised textile artist living in Canberra. 

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Where is Julie Ryder Now? 

Julie is currently participating in a residency at Gullkistan  in Laugervatn, South Iceland.

I am currently undertaking a month long residency at Gullkistan, at Laugarvatn in the South of Iceland.  Laugarvatn is a small town on a lake surrounded by mountains, situated in the middle of Iceland's famous Golden Circle.  The Golden Circle comprises some of the most spectacular and diverse natural features Iceland has to offer - geysers, geothermal mud pools and hot springs and majestic waterfalls.  In addition it is in the shadow of Hekla, Iceland's most famous volcano.  In fact Ridley Scott has just started filming 'Prometheus' here. There are currently 4 international residents at Gullkistan, and we all share the studio at Eyvindartunga, a picturesque farm on the outskirts of Laugarvatn. Since my arrival I have been hiking to explore the natural rock formations and plant life of this region, and have started to draw and work with the natural materials here. This is definitely a place for solitude and isolation, but perfect for intense creativity.  As it is summer here we have 24 hours of daylight so it's often hard to know when the working day has stopped. I am looking forward to developing the ideas and art I have created here back in my studio in Pialligo ACT. 

 

Residencies at Gullkistan Iceland

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Threads of Life, Barometer Gallery   15 June - 24th July 2011

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Tale of Adventure, Where are they now? Maryann Talia Pau

Maryann Talia Pau's tale was the 2nd Tale of Adventure Craft Australia published. 

Fashioning the Mana
Artist Maryann Talia Pau reports on her first solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria entitled Fashioning the Mana; coinciding with the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program. The exhibition is an installation of four of her body adornment pieces inspired by the tapa denim outfit H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near, 1995 - 1997 created by another Samoan artist, Rosanna Raymond. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image: Maryann Talia Pau Breastplate Mo Lo u Tama Samoan (For My Dad) 2009 Pandanus coloured feathers shell satin deer hide 2009 Photographer Steven Rhall.

 

Maryann is featured on The Design Files guest blog. 

Maryann Talia Pau, a Melbourne artist who specialises in body adornment using weaving and traditional craft techniques from her native Samoa. Maryann makes one-off woven pieces, using a mixture of materials that range from found objects to traditional siapo (Samoan bark cloth). Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image via The Design Files 

Craft Victoria presents an open studio program as part of the State of Design festival.
Visit Maryann's studio
The Design Files
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Maryann is running a workshop  at the Harvest Workrooms
More workshop images 
Interview on Design Files 12th August 2011 website
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