Stephen Bowers
Ouija Birds and Other Fragments
Friday 24 February - Sunday 19 March 2023
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‘I make a type of pottery widely known as ‘earthenware’ with decoration covered by a clear glaze. This glaze, like the glaze often found on ...
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This selection of current and recent work reflects my interest in natural history and the traditions and techniques of ceramic craft – specifically the detail of hand-painted images obtained by the conjunction of fire, earth, metal and fused glass. Themes include pattern-in-nature and nature-in-pattern and how we appropriate, fragment and accommodate nature within our environments. Much of the imagery comes from archival research and from the local neighbourhood.
Stephen Bowers, 2023
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Oval Willow Platter
Pressed earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
4 x 40 cms
$425
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Trio of Blue and White Pieces
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
Various dimensions
$1,950
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Small Dodo Bowl
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
3 x 22 cms
$975
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Dodo Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
3 x 34 cms
$2,650
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Pink Parrot
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Cockatoo with Ribbon
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Polly Wants a Cracker
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Flamin’ Galah
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Black Cockatoo
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Cocky
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Blue Cocky
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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Rosella
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 8 cms
$675
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William Morris Fragment Bowl 2018
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
5 x 21 cms
$700
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William Morris Fragment Dish with Compton Pattern
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
4 x 23 cms
$700
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William Morris Fragment Bowl 2016
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
4 x 20 cms
$625
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Spotted Pardalote Cup N Saucer 1
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 15 cms
$695
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Spotted Pardalote Cup N Saucer 1B
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 15 cms
$695
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Spotted Pardalote Cup N Saucer 2B
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 15 cms
$695
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Spotted Pardalote Cup N Saucer 2 Ladybird
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 15 cms
$695
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Lorikeet Cup N Saucer
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 15 cms
$695
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Spotted Pardalote Jug
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
10 x 12 cms
$700
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Norwood Gumnut Cup
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
9 x 13 cms
$325
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Corella Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
5 x 38 cms
$3,725
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Lorikeet Dish
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
5 x 32 cms
$2,725
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Spotted (Pardalote) Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
6 x 41 cms
$3,725
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Pardalote and Bottlebrush Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
4 x 34 cms
$2,725
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Kookaburra Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
5 x 42 cms
$4,000
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In the Land of the Dodo
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
7 x 61 cms
$16,500
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Pair of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos Large Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
9 x 54 cms
$10,250
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Blue-Roo Wall Plaque
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
7 x 57 cms
$6,750
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Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Large Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
9 x 56 cms
$10,250
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The Complete Angler
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
6 x 63 cms
$16,500
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Ground Parrot Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
3 x 26 cms
$1,850
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Sulphur Crested Meets Morris Meets Ming
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
3 x 31 cms
$2,725
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Rosella Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
4 x 32 cms
$2,725
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Sulphur Crested Plate
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours & clear glaze
3 x 34 cms
$2,750
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Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Wheel thrown earthenware, under-glaze colours, clear glaze, gold lustre and / or enamel
3 x 36 cms
$3,250
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Mark Thompson
…TO BE CONTINUED…
Friday 24 February - Sunday 19 March 2023
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‘Working as a designer in theatre and opera forces one to examine more than history or style. All of the creative platforms are at work. ...
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Let’s all go crazy together……
The effects of recent social upheavals and a society reeling under pressures from unexpected sources always prompts creatives to either retreat to the safe or push on. Working outside the metropolitan milieu often results in a gentler view, occasioned by long periods without the manufactured.
These works delve back into lighter and older references, and start to tease out future directions based on early memories of visual clues from many sources. That and a redefined love of clay as a medium, coupled with its ability to take additional and colourful embellishment are proving to be a source of wonder and enjoyment.
Mark Thompson, 2023
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Your Name Goes in Here
Earthenware, decals & lustre
41 cms ht.
$6,000
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Fruit
Earthenware
35 x 51 x 20 cms
$6,000
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Skull
Earthenware
60 cms ht.
$6,000
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Reference # One
Earthenware & lustres
13 x 12 cms
$2,500
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Reference # Two
Earthenware & lustres
17 x 24 cms
$2,500
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Duck Tondo
Earthenware, lustres & decals
40 cms dia.
$9,000
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White Elephant Tondo
Earthenware underglaze & lustres
52 cms dia.
$8,000
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Bach’s "Schafe Konnen Sicher Weiden”
Earthenware & lustres
80 cms ht.
$7,000
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Van Dyck Duck
Earthenware, decals & lustre
40 cms dia.
$8,000
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An Apology to the Della Robbia’s
Earthenware underglaze & lustres
52 cms dia.
$9,000
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Stranger Things
Earthenware & lustres
65 x 30 x 12 cms
$6,500
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Duck on a Head
Earthenware
70 x 25 cms
$6,000
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A Fez of the Heart
Terracotta
52 cms dia.
$7,000
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Another Fez & Sans Heart
Terracotta & lustres
52 cms dia.
$7,000
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A Ship of Fools
Earthenware & lustres
60 x 30 x 20 cms
$8,500
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The Elephant Maquette
Earthenware underglaze & lustres
32 x 36 x 12 cms
$3,500
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Who’s a Happy Boy
Earthenware & lustres
62 x 37 x 20 cms
$9,000
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The Centre Part
Earthenware
31 x 31 x 20 cms
$5,500
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Tea
Earthenware & lustres
52 x 25 cms
$9,000
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