Floral Plates

                                       Floral Plates

While researching ways for students to decorate their work I started exploring.

Playing with scrafito,underglazes and new designs. 

Using Stoneware clay bodies fired to 1300 degrees celcius.

Pendant Texture

                        Stoneware Clay Pendants

I had some time since my exhibition in South Africa (2013)

to play with different textures,colours as well as shapes for 

pendants and necklaces.

I have been concentrating on Stoneware Clay-bodies and concentrating on polishing/ glazing parts of the pendants.

Here is some of the results. 

                                  

Clunes Ceramic award - ZERO ONE

ZERO ONE

These vessels recall the Victorian taxonomists’ careful documentation of the mysteries of nature; the urge to separate and preserve in isolation parts of a living and contiguous world beyond immediate comprehension.  The work explores the hybrid status of these objects: between nature and representation, art and science.

The vessels mysterious forms elude classification: are they organic or mineral? Living or dead? Marine or terrestrial? Alien or earthly? Art or science?

These forms exist in an elegant state of suspended animation, separated from one another by the artifices of science, they call upon us to unravel their mysteries; interrogate their connections. We are required, in looking at these works, to examine our position as passive observers and to engage in a narrative process of rebuilding and reconnection.

Detail of ZERO ONE:

Clunes Ceramic Awards 2013

                   Clunes Ceramic Awards 2013

                                          http://www.clunesceramicaward.com.au 

Clunes hosted the prestigious ceramic award again this year .

With entries from all over Australia. 47 finalist were chosen.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2013 Clunes Ceramic Award is Dean Smith for his work,  Autumn Frost II.

Emerging Artist's Awards were presented to Sarah Hudson http://sarahhudson.com.au for her work Twin Bead Necklace Series in Black,  Keiko Matsui Mother and Child http://keikomatsui.com.au and Maria Katsik for Fabril.

Here is some photos of the exhibition which is open till a13 October 2013 .               

Porcelain Jewellery

Porcelain Pendants 

Here is some of my Southern Ice Porcelain Jewellery Pieces .

The pieces are really light to wear and smooth to touch.

I have used either Sterling silver chains or leather thongs to hang them on.

They are all for sale.

 If you are interested please email me : marlizemyburgh@yahoo.com.au 

http://www.marlizemyburgh.com/contact.html

"Lizelocks"

 

 Studio@flindersTeapot Exhibition 

This is my entry to the 2013 Annual  Teapot Exhibition

I made the teapot with stoneware clay with a white glaze.

The teapot was decorated with decals of drawings I made of my daughter.

The teapot got a

Highly Commended award. 

 

The exhibition is on from 23 March to 14 April 2013

Essence of a pot

Pots are made out of clay

But the hollow space in them makes the essence of the pot

And the essence comes from an intangible something

In the spirit of the potter

Which he is able to blend

into all his knowledge of throwing, the glazing and the firing

So that every piece from his hand

is as much his own signature and his heartbeat

Only then will the pot be good, that is alive

And the more highly developed a potter is as a human being,

the better his pot

For there is no real beauty without character.

~ Lao Tzu

When you buy from an artist

My Website

Launching of my website

Over the weekend I launched my website.

I am very excited about it. After working for months on the design with Liezel van der LInde and taking photos for it with Sharon Heiz my website is online and working!!!
Thank you guys for helping me with your expertise. I could not have done it without you. 
Please check it out!
Here is the link:  http://www.marlizemyburgh.com/index.html

 

Pendant

 Superior White Porcelain Pendant

One of my smooth pendants on stainless steel wire.

I love wearing them they are lightweight and nice to touch.

They are for sale.

If you are interested you can contact me on 

marlizemyburgh@yahoo.com.au

Want to serve some food on this:

This is an earthenware platter with painted under glazes and a clear glaze on top.

I loved painting it.

Porcelain Pendants

             
                  Porcelain pendants on leather thongs

           The pendants are really smooth and wears great in winter and summer.
        Porcelain gets fired at 2800 to 3000 degrees celsius and that makes the pieces
                                                     really strong and durable.

 

For Anyone that are interested they are selling for $50 plus postage.

You can contact me directly at marlizemyburgh@yahoo.com.au