Ceramics

Anne Edwards lives and works in Katoomba and has had pottery studios in Australia, Japan, Brazil and Germany. Her work focuses on form, and so decoration is kept to simple, handmade glazes. Each pot is a meditation, formed by using the breath to find a still point amid the motion of the pottery wheel. Her pots are functional, and designed to bring pleasure to every day moments. Pots can be purchased from her studio in Katoomba. Anne is finishing up her lecturing career to focus on her combined passions of pottery and teaching people to breathe effectively, combining the two in a breath/pottery workshop. After teaching yoga for 20 years, Anne focuses on teaching people effective breathing techniques through simple movements, and then takes them up to her pottery studio to learn to make a pot on the wheel using these breathing techniques. The workshop is for 2 people for 3 hrs and light refreshments are included. If participants would like to keep the pot they make as a reminder of their still, meditative state, Anne will glaze and fire the pot and return it to the maker.

I make one of a kind functional pottery, to add beauty and art to your everyday routine. Hand painted or carved, no two pieces are the same. Inspired by nature, folklore and what magic we find in our day to day.

Elizabeth Rose, a Blue Mountains ceramicist, draws inspiration from the interplay of light and water on the natural surfaces of the rock, lichen and moss in our environment. Elizabeth has a deep connection with the mineral world beneath our feet, creating exquisite surfaces that captures the light through alchemy. A natural multidisciplinary practitioner, the focus of her last 10 years has been sculptural and practical tactile form. Elizabeth Rose completed a Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia in 2002, Bachelor of Teaching Visual Arts 2004 and a Graduate Diploma in Technology Education 2006.

I'm a visual artist, editor, researcher, project manager and teacher. I make exhibition work (installations), edit (academic articles, PhD and Master theses, exhibition catalogues) and produce neat layout (articles, catalogues). I’ve worked in digital humanities (visual arts, history, museums) and journal publishing (scientific, art history). I've taught at uni and TAFE (visual arts) as well as high school (visual arts, English). I am available for editing, layout, teaching/workshops, research and anything to do with managing projects, publications or collections data.