Frenetica

Kim Foale

The textured surfaces of these Southern Ice touch stones have been created using cigarette lighters and shells as stamps. The cigarette lighters were taken from the stomachs of dead Laysan Albatross Chicks on the Kure Atoll in Hawaii in 2009.

Disposable cigarette lighters, designed to be thrown away float on top of our oceans. Adult Albatross collect these lighters in their search for food and feed them to their chicks.

Eventually the Laysan Albatross Chicks stomachs fill with plastic pollution and die from starvation. Plastic bottle tops, balloon clips and cigarette lighters are the main pollutants.

These touchstones whilst beautiful are a deadly reminder that we are filling our oceans with plastic pollution.

image by Robin Roberts

Frenetica

Philadelphia Hanson-Viney

Artist Statement

I am often inspired by the weird, the grotesque and the wrong. I love things which are beautiful and horrible and bizarre at the same time.

I am fascinated by bones for their delicate and intricate shapes as well as for what they represent as relics of life past; they can be a strong symbol of death and yet exist as an object with a beautiful form.

I am inspired by the small objects that are left behind, things that are lost and weathered and buried. There is something significant about holding an object with a history behind it and I love this feeling of holding the weight of the things the object has seen.

With my sculptural ceramic work I have been studying shapes that I have previously explored through drawing. I have worked to create pieces that reflect, through their forms and surfaces, the graceful shapes of bones and the feeling of holding something ancient. I have spent a lot of time finding ways to create texture in my work that evokes the way bones crack and crumble as they decay. Most of my pieces are painted with iron oxide to bring out their texture and highlighted with matte glaze.

An Afternoon Stroll, New Work by Janet Walmsley.

16th December 2011- 11 January 2012.

The idea for this exhibition came about from a leisurely afternoon stroll. It depicts the kind of things observed, such as freshly washed quilts blowing in the breeze, cats lazily watching the world go by, chattering birds in the trees above and scurrying lizards from beneath cool stones.

Prices range from $25- $120

A Celebration Of Christmas

A Celebration Of Christmas

Ornaments & Gorgeous Gifts

Designed & Handcrafted in Tasmania

by Julie Hoddy

24th November - 14th December

Don't miss out

Jude Maisch - "In Praise of Pattern"

Jude Maisch - "In Praise of Pattern"

Throughout August Jude Maisch will show her new range of decorative thrown and slabbed ceramics in the Large Window Gallery.

Jude's approach to using tissue transfer decoration is akin to patchwork, with fragments of many images arranged on surfaces in varied ways. Not just one image, but several; with the desire to taste them all, like cakes on a plate.

In Praise of Pattern draws on memories of childhood hand-stitched throw rugs, the many patterned cups and saucers in straining cabinets and the array of special fabrics over chairs and couches. They are memories of the houses of her Grandmother and Auntie, where everything was special, beautiful and precious.

Opening Party

Please come and help us

celebrate

the reopening of

OFF CENTRE at its new downstairs location,

WHERE :- Shop 014

Salamanca Arts Centre,

177 Salamanca Place.

WHEN:- Sunday 26th June 2011 at

3pm

The Earth - The Universe

The Earth – The Universe

This exhibition is my first solo exhibition that I am very excited about. The paintings are a colourful, vibrant collection depicting the Earth and Universe from two countries, ancient Greece and ancient Australia.

I am a self taught artist. I began painting about 8 years ago as a form of mediation. My work developed rapidly and reflected a spiritual aspect of my metaphysical life.

I am a first generation Greek Australian, the second daughter of a Greek immigrant father. My Greek heritage and deep love for the Australian land and its beauty and deep ancient connection allows me to travel freely through these paintings. Being a psychic sensitive and empath allows me to connect to the astral plane and that is how I travel around to view each land and then I paint what I see”. I am so very proud of this collection. The paintings speak for themselves. I would also like to acknowledge the unconditional love of my son Liam who helped make these paintings possible.

The exhibition runs from Friday 15^th April to 4 May 2011.

Voula Pleonie