Ceramics: Art and Perception

Inspirations and reflections on life and learning

The first was a five-day workshop I led at Marian Williams’ studio in Murwillumbah on the far north coast of NSW. The second was firing the ‘Racer’, the anagama kiln at the Mansfield property Morning View at Gulgong.

Preparing for the workshop led me to contemplate the major influence and continuing inspiration of three potters in my life: Makoto Yabe, Toshiko Takaezu, and Peter Rushforth.

Makoto re-taught me how to work

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