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.

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

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