“The Bowl Show”

16/09/23 - 30/09/23

A Clayschool & Paper Boat Press exhibition celebrating the bowl and other open forms

“Featuring work (bowls) in all their simple, amazing and humble ways by 40 potters from Clayschool Brisbane.

An exhibition of works by this dynamic and passionate group of student makers in Brisbane

Ray Cavill, along with Jennifer Hillhouse and team of teachers have been championing the groundswell of interest in clay in our town these past 11 years and some amazing career potters have emerged from his school in West End, many of which we have shown and stocked at Paper Boat Press.” Kylie Johnson

A bowl, a humble and poetic form and used for millennia in the daily use of all peoples around the world. Not just made of clay, but stone, wood, and fibre.  A bowl is the most primative of forms, and one to be celebrated.

A quote by the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu ‘Mould clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful’ is a wonderful starting point for anyone using clay and thinking about proportion and space in creating a vessel either on the wheel or hand built. Japanese potters often create their tea bowls using the the Kurinuki technique where a lump of clay is carved into and the clay removed, literally creating the empty space where once it was solid, building the walls the opposite way to  handbuilding and throwing. 

There is merit and beauty in all forms and ways to create a bowl. 

An empty space for food cooked to be eaten, fruit to sit in, or simply to admire. 

Exhibition Artists include:

Aisha Damali  • Amber Winter  • Andrew Butler  • Anna Debono  • Anwen Thomas  • Camille Nielsen  • Caroline Gardam  • Clare Robinson  • Debbie Hardy  • Ellen Thompson  • Emma de Roquefeuil  • Gaby Hill  • Heather Burton Moore  • Isabelle Robertson  • Jaimee Pickles  • Janet Campbell  • Jen-Chin Tsui  • Jenna Thompson  • Jennifer Hillhouse  • Jessica Buntine  • Ken Kikkawa  • Ky Curran  • Lisa Pikulyk  • Lisa Russell  • Lorella Masci  • Meleah Wachtel  • Miri Badger  • Polly Tsai  • Ray Cavill  • Rie Osako  • Sarah Thompson  • Sophie Araud-Sheldon