tea tree studio

Car boot sale

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Top: some of Angela's work,fresh from the kiln.

view of the gallery setup for the day

photo's from the carboot sale.

A great day for everyone,also had a firing of the small gas kiln,fingers crossed for the opening on Tuesday.

wedensday group xmas dinner

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photos

from Wednesdays s group Xmas dinner.The perfect hosts are John,Belinda and their beautiful daughters.

Theme for the night was Hawaiian.

Childrens xmas workshop

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A great time was had by all.

So many wonderful xmas trees,such cleaver children.

come on over...

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Hi guys...we have a new blog come on over to Tea Tree Studio to keep up with the studios happenings...the old blog will still exist but we won't be posting on it anymore so come on over to Tea Tree Studio Blog.

Childrens mask workshop

2010-10-27T23:34:00.002+10:30

Workshop held in school holidays,some wonderful masks were created.

some tuesday night groove...

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With a big woohoo!! and lots of cheer for all the new kilnage that's been happening at the club lately..

Some of the large scale works produced by members from the tuesday night group have been fired and some brilliant successes and gorgeous artwork has finally emerged from the fire!!

Here's some of Tina's Low Relief Sculpture work all bisqued and ready to glaze..

A few mugs by Ang and some recent Tile work ready for an exhibition in the States "Clay and Blogs - Telling a Story".. and
see the online exhibition here...

Tea Tree Gully Exhibition

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A great night,Belinda took out a prize,well done to Belinda,well deserved.

Jill and Anna also took part,well done girls.

paul soldner

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wood fire raku...

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Another great saturday has come and gone... and jess's new raku kiln fired up again with some lovely results once the damp wood situation was sorted out we were off..and some lovely results again..
Thanks to anna our major glaze researcher these days...

Campbell Town Art Exhibition

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Members who exhibited,

Rae , Anna, Yvonne and Angela

congratulations to Angela on winning an award

childrens work

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school holiday program

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Jill's school holiday class.

the children had a great time creating some lovely work.

Club Sale,more images

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so many lovely works to choose from a very successful sale

Club sale,more images

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Club Sale

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Some of the photos from clubs sale,more to come

Brenda's Birthday

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A Birthday lunch was held by the Monday group to celebrate

Brenda's special Birthday.

The beautiful cake was made by Sandy Dumont.

Happy Birthday Brenda.

warren pt2...

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I got this lovely vid from brandon philips site...

Warren McKenzie vid...

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Raku Day

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some images of the raku day,the weather stayed on our side and with the help of the little wood kiln we got through quite a few firings.

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Little wood fired raku kiln,was a great success,reaching 1000 degrees in 40 mins in first firing.

Each firing after took just half an hour.

It truly fired like a rocket.

Artist in the making

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Macey creating master pieces

Glass Workshop

2009-07-02T17:21:00.003+09:30

Some of the images taken at the glass workshop,part of the 30 year celebrations

Sat 4th July OPEN DAY

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Come on down all...this saturday 4th July 10am - 4pm is OPEN DAY....lots of stuff to see, buy some local crafts and participate in RAKU firing, BYO self some sweet munchies if you're staying for lunch, big BBQ day too.......SEE YA ALL THERE..

'TEA TREE STUDIO' - Tea Tree Gully Craft Workshop Inc.

Crouch Road, Golden Grove in the green sheds next to the football club and the church....look for the signs on One Tree Hill Road and Crouch Road and Golden Grove Road....and tell your friends...

raw glazing

2009-06-26T17:10:00.005+09:30

these pieces are by pam which i fired this week on a raw profile, that is at a bisque rate then through to cone 6 all in the one firing.

there's a couple that have cracked in some interesting ways but overall a good success rate and with some lustre decoration these pieces will be lovely..

Taylah's Work

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Belinda's daughter
Taylah's finished piece.
Well done Taylah,beautiful work.
Look forward to seeing your next piece

dragon alert...

2009-06-15T18:16:00.004+09:30

I went to pack a kiln the other day and look what I found inside.....nice work Rae where did he end up??

Campbelltown Art Exhibition

2009-05-08T21:13:00.003+09:30

Congradulations to Yvonne,who sold a piece at the exhibition

Bon Voyage

2009-05-07T23:12:00.002+09:30

Monday Group held a bon voyage lunch for Sandy at an Italian restaurant at Tea Tree Plus.
Sandy recieved lots of very useful gifts and good wishes for her and Phil.

BON VOYAGE

One of the useful gifts
a mask.

Sculpture Workshop

2009-05-07T22:52:00.004+09:30

The workshop was a great success,thanks to Kevin everyone had a great time.
More images of work soon,so watch this space.

an excellent tuesday adventure....

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howdy crew, a little adventure is starting on tuesday night, and upcoming 30th anniversary celebrations workshop with kevin.....oooh i wonder what it could be about....something sculptural! keep ya posted the workshop is tuesday night the 5th May $5 each all profits to the club....

Mosaic workshop

2009-03-28T22:53:00.003+10:30

Some of the photos taken at our mosaic workshop.
A great time was had by all

Rae at School

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Rae enjoying her studies,creating some fine work

wednesday new pottery class

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the new class has hit the ground running... getting into glazing today after the first bisque firing is brenda supervised very closely by rae out of shot and hi karen also helping me to fill a glaze load.. and a snapshot of our multiple bucket glaze area quite the smorgasboard!

Tuesday at the Club

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Tuesday night,a hive of activity.
all hard at work.

Kem,Tina & Barbara

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Beginners class

Wenesday at the club

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Beginners class,Yvonne & Linda working on their sculptures.

The club was a hive of activity today.
We have a beginners class which has just started,they all seem to be very enthusiastic and enjoying the class.
Rae is teaching this class.

Pam & Karen at the wheels.

Rae's First class at ACarts

2009-02-13T21:52:00.004+10:30

Rae's first day at her Figurative ceramic class,well done Rae

Created by Taylah

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This beautiful platter was created by Taylah,all hand built,using some sprig work.A very talented girl.

We shall be seeing more of Taylah's work in the future.

Tuesday Night at the Club

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It has been a long time since anything was posted on the blogsite.We have had some really awful weather,plus Xmas break,but now its a new year and we are ready to roll again.

A well deserved cuppa,after working hard in the workshop.

sandy & Anna relaxing.

Raku enthusiasts

2008-11-08T16:53:00.003+10:30

All you raku fans,thought this might interest you.My latest raku vessel.The vessel has 6 raku glazes on.Hope you like it as much as i do.

Let me know if you are interested in the glaze recipes

Cheers

Anna

tuesday night at the club

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more pictures from Tuesday group,here we have angela and Kevin looking very busy.

Tuesday night at the club

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Sandy putting the final touches to her large vessel,well done sandy.

kiddie classes

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the kiddies have finished this terms works now mainly consisting of aussie fauna... emus await firing and an assortment of fish, this little guy perhaps concerned about whats next??

Thanks so much to Belinda and Jill for running theses classes the kids learned a lot about making and the animals.....plans for next year are afoot already.....also thanks to wednesday team for helping with all manner of things to keep these sessions running smoothly...

Pam and Rae cleaning up the garlic presses used for all kinds of hair attachments...

and Linda exploring clay colourings methods for her flared bowls...pretty cool...

tuesday night buzz

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We had a cozy team tonight and lots of consistent work going on, well done girls... it's really great to see solid learning and ideas coming together...

weekend pit firing

2008-09-07T23:58:00.005+09:30

A great sunny day for pit firing and well lots of great company too...

After a rather cool and rainy day on sunday the pit was cool enough to empty today so we did!!!
Belinda and myself dove in a rummaged through the remnants of the fire pulling out all sorts of lovely pieces.... stills to follow..

All the work is now at the clubrooms ready to be oooohhed and ahhhed at.

Bus Trip to Clare

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Bus Trip To Clare

Last Saturday was our bus trip to Clare,a great time was had by all.

Although it was raining outside,inside the bus was full of song and laughter.Yes we had the old sing-a-long at the back of the bus.

First stop for morning tea, Auburn the gateway to the Clare Valley,rich in history and heritage buildings.

Auburn Gallery "You must remember this" 20 Main north road,Auburn.A wonderful welcoming morning tea was had by some of our group,take my advice and try the Devonshire tea it was great.The owners of the gallery made us feel very welcome.

Next stop the Town of Clare where we had lunch,then on to Scarlattis gallery at Mount Surmon Wines.The art work on show was by Grace Delaney titled "Mixed Elements".

The last Stop was a visit to Historic Martindale Hall.Email: http://www.martindalehall.com/

The bus arrived back at Tea Tree Gully approx 5:45pm

raku firing

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we had a super firing at the studio last saturday, a few showers were easily worked around with some very spectacular results. some very large pieces proved challenging when it came to getting them into the bins but everything survived ok... thanks kevin, chief bbq'er and kiln handler..

next fun firing is pit fire on september 6th at belindas place... see you then save ya banana skins!

tactile launch day

2008-08-03T20:09:00.009+09:30

From a very big vacant space a few nights ago to a lovely warm room today we were well pleased with nice weather and quite warm for this month..the opening turnout was great and the team encouraged to further our exhibition work SALA is a great opportunity to see Adelaide art out in force..there's lots to see inner city and out in the subs and artists walks..have a peruse of our SALA website for more where you can also search for areas or individuals artwork / studio etc..

TACTILE opening

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TACTILE SALA exhibition opening this sunday 3rd Aug if your nearby drop in between 12-3pm, opening at 1pm by TTG mayor Miriam Smith. We've had news of visitors coming already from across town to outer area school visiting our open studio.

Lot6 Crouch Rd Golden Grove SA

Harpers Field workshop in the green sheds next to church cnr crouch and one tree hill rds

hours Sun 12-3pm

Mon - Wed 11am - 3pm

Aug 3rd - 13th

exhibition setup

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Rearrangement and setup of the clubrooms start again on tuesday night 6.30pm onwards any handy muscles would be greatly appreciated as the big tables need to be moved.

And bring your selected work down too if you can't make it wednesday.

Please pay dues to Rae unless you have already spoken to her, and all the best with our 1st SALA show.

Opening Sunday 3rd August 1pm.

tactile

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be on the lookout for our sala poster,

our show opens sunday 3rd august @1pm by city of TTG mayor Miriam Smith, exbition open sunday 12 - 3pm

then monday, tuesday, wednesday, 11am - 3pm for 2 weeks

invite friends and family to our open studio show.

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kevin's cheeky sculptures

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Yvonnes ladies

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anna's sculpture

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judiths bronze sculpture

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Maud's prize winning tea set

members pieces

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barbs glass installation..

I've just finished putting together the clubs sala site and thought some of those images would get better viewing on this page most are clearer here.

I'll be adding any events, shows and excursions to this blog so stay close by...