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Les Blakebrough: Ceramics

Exhibition

Previous: Craft ACT

The Les Blakebrough: Ceramic Living Treasures touring exhibition was exhibited at Craft ACT in 2006.

In a career spanning five decades, Les Blakebrough has become one of Australia's most acclaimed and influential ceramic artist. His body of work has ranged from earthy functional wares to more recent, delicate forms. The ethereal beauty of these later works emphasises the translucency and fragility of the Southern Ice Porcelain he has developed and trademarked.

6 April - 14 May 2006   Canberra - ACT   Presented by: Object Gallery

Klaus Moje: Glass

Exhibition

Previous: Western Plains Cultural Centre

The KLaus Moje: Glass Living Treasures touring exhibition was exhibited at Western Palins Cultural Centre, Dubbo in 2007.

Internationally renowned glass artist Klaus Moje is, in many ways, a founding father of the contemporary Australian glass movement. His life-long affair with the material began in the early 1950s as a glass cutter and grinder at the Moje family workshop in Hamburg, Germany. In 1982 Moje emigrated to Australia to become the founding Head of the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art.

16 June - 29 July 2007   Dubbo   Presented by: Object Gallery

Marian Hosking: Jewellery

Exhibition

Previous: Craft Victoria

The Marian Hosking: Jewellery Living Treasures touring exhibition was exhibited at Craft Victoria in 2008.

With almost 40 years professional experience, Marian Hosking is one of Australia's foremost contemporary jewellers. She studied Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT in the late 1960s. In 1973 she established the first jewellery course at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, and in 1976 she returned to Melbourne to establish her own workshop before helping to found Workshop 3000 in 1981.

2 July - 3 September 2008   Melbourne - VIC   Presented by: Object Gallery

Liz Williamson: Textiles

Exhibition

Exhibition: Object Gallery

Williamson studied textile design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and in 1985 established her own weaving studio in Sydney. Her fine handwoven scarves and wraps display her characteristic interest in the construction of cloth, with their unique surface appearance created through the interlacing of threads of different fibre content.

8 November 2008 - 11 January 2009   Sydney - NSW   Presented by: Object Gallery

Marian Hosking: Jewellery

Exhibition

Exhibition: Geraldton Regional Art Gallery

With almost 40 years professional experience, Marian Hosking is one of Australia's foremost contemporary jewellers. She studied Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT in the late 1960s. In 1973 she established the first jewellery course at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, and in 1976 she returned to Melbourne to establish her own workshop before helping to found Workshop 3000 in 1981.

14 November 2008 - 11 January 2009   Geraldton - WA   Presented by: Object Gallery

Liz Williamson: Textiles

Exhibition

Upcoming Exhibition: Tamworth Regional Gallery

Liz Williamson: Textiles opened at Object Gallery in November, 2008 and will continue until 11 January, 2009. The exhibition then travels to the Tamworth Regional Gallery.

23 January - 26 April 2009   Tamworth - NSW   Presented by: Object Gallery

Les Blakebrough: Ceramics

Exhibition

Exhibition: Devonport Regional Art Gallery

In a career spanning five decades, Les Blakebrough has become one of Australia's most acclaimed and influential ceramic artist. His body of work has ranged from earthy functional wares to more recent, delicate forms. The ethereal beauty of these later works emphasises the translucency and fragility of the Southern Ice Porcelain he has developed and trademarked.

30 January - 1 March 2009   Devonport - TAS   Presented by: Object Gallery