Smoke Free Zone
Smoke Free Zone was held in association with Gundaroo Woodfire 2005, a three day international woodfire conference hosted by Ian Jones and Moraig McKenna at Old Saint Lukes, Gundaroo.
Also see: Australian Woodfire Survey 2005
When: 13 - 17 April
Opening: 14 April 2005 at 6.00pm by Anita McIntyre
Where: ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place Dickson ACT
Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday 12.00 - 5.00pm
Website: ANCA Gallery
Carole Hanson
Handmade ceramic objects can link us with past values, ideologies and to a time when there was greater emphasis upon quality rather than quantity and speed; an approach to life that can enrich our lives and personal relationships. Snow Series is intended to analyze this through commenting on contemporary industrial design trends and their impact on aesthetics and consumer choice. Rather than resisting industrial design, I consciously choose to embrace its aesthetic trends by producing work that marries clean lines and white surfaces with a contrasting handmade aesthetic quality. In an attempt to balance two opposing styles within the forms, my aim is to highlight the satisfying and desirable qualities in each. Resume
Avi Amesbury
Poetry speaks of ancient traditions, the wisdom of generations whispering to the sentient in time. Ancient horizons deeply buried, calling up to ignite our heart. The expression of remembering and understanding takes form, poetic images echo the faint songs, the music of time calling to be heard.
I am touched by the poetry of Gaston Bachelard’s words in the Poetics of Space
"A voice so remote in me, that it will be the voice we all hear when we listen as far back as memory reaches..."
Ancient traditions and new perspectives are explored through images of form and colour symbolising segmented structures of time. Clay is used to understand the spiritual connectedness with the land and to explore the notion of poetic images evoking memory. Resume
Lia Tajcnar
My work is about evolution and representation. The evolution of how ideas manifest themselves into objects and the how multiple layers of representation interact with each other. The work consists of complex forms that deal with three-dimensional space. The work pays homage to the strange beauty of the natural world and deals with the creative process. It is connected to organic and material objects but is also concerned with abstraction and the language of symbols. The pieces have elements of natural forms such as pods, shells and organic matter as well as architectural comments. These elements of naturalised representation are juxtaposed with parts that are stylised so as to highlight the illusionary nature of art. Multiple layers of information are presented together, specifically drawn, painted and printed images on three - dimensional forms that encourage many ways of interpreting the objects. Resume
Anna Gianakis
The focus of my research is "process driven design" used to develop industrial prototypes and semi-industrial manufacturing techniques, and how this trend might deal with notions of identity. The mass-manufactured objects developing over time to the point of homogeny provide an opportunity for designer/maker entrepreneurs to satisfy a social need for alternative objects. I am specifically interested in physical forms for mass production as derivatives of the evolving studio process, which lead to innovative designer/maker practices. Resume
Maiju Altpere-Woodhead
My work is a materialized reflection of personal emotional responses to various environments and explores the ways recollections of other places and times influence and inform our relationship with present settings. As new impressions are embedded into the existing matrix of sentiment and experience the boundaries between past and present, old and new become blurred. Meanings and memories become hybridised as they are created and recreated, arranged and re-arranged in an open-ended process providing endless possibilities with no finite beginning or ending. Whilst landscape provides a point of reference, especially for the printed surfaces, it has not been my aim to create direct or symbolic representations of a particular land. Rather, the work is intended to act as a trigger for various abstract associations with natural phenomena and cultural expressions. Resume
Amanda Schulz
My work involves creating forms in porcelain inspired by mass produced disposable culture, consumer and pop cultures. I enjoy playing with the visual illusion of the perceived tactile qualities, resulting from the transformation from one form of materiality to another. Although the initial method used to create my pieces is influenced by mass production techniques, each of the objects individual integrity is maintained by a final interpretation by hand. Resume
