MORE CERAMICS AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION

TEA BOWLS BY RALPH JOHNSON

PORCELAIN PLATE BY CHRISTINA BRYER

JUG BY HENNIE MEYER

VESSEL BY CHARMAINE HAINES

LARGE COILED VESSSELS BY RALPH JOHNSON

SELECTION FROM THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION

TROPHY INSTALLATION BY MARGARET WOERMANN - By far the most interesting and cutting edge piece on the show! Part of it was not selected which really didn't make sense..(?)

PLATE BY BRENDAN FORD

ER..UM..I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO MADE THIS(!)..but found it rather a poignant piece

ONE OF A GROUP OF THREE BY LOUISE GELDERBLOM

THE PIECE WHICH WON THE PREMIER AWARD BY SIBONELA LUTHULI

These are some of the pieces on the exhibition which I found the most interesting. My studio received a merit award for functional piece which was great. (It was a green bottle shaped vase, see earlier blog on National Exhibition)

The opening of the show was attended by so many people I got really excited, wow, so many fans of the ceramic discipline! But sadly this did not translate into the equivalent sales...I can't help thinking that if patrons don't support ceramists, in the end, the craft will become obsolete, a bit like lace-making.

THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Ceramics South Africa is hosting a bi-annual national ceramic exhibition opening in Franschoek on the 10th October. These were my studio entries.