The Journal of Australian Ceramics

FOCUS: FORM & SURFACE BILLY BAIN HELEN FULLER AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS TRIENNALE PORCELAIN LIGHTS: COLIN HOPKINS NATIONAL EDUCATION SURVEY Editor Vicki Grima says: In this mid-year issue, to be launched at the Australian Ceramics Triennale in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), we feature many First Nations ceramics communities, looking at their strong links to Country, their techniques and the telling of their tjukurpa (stories). This richness continues with Anne Brennan’s writing on Helen Fuller’s recent SAMSTAG Museum of Art exhibition, through to the intricate illustrations of Geoffrey Mitchell, and our annual pictorial survey of graduating students. We cover ceramic penguin habitats in Tasmania and how to throw slabs to make porcelain light fittings with Colin Hopkins, then move on to hear from glaze guru Greg Daly on colour and fluxes, before wrapping up with thermocouples. As always, we squeeze in as much as we can about the diversity of Australian ceramics.