” I would describe my work as fun with a sense of the ridiculous. My background is in clay, having completed a diploma of art, majoring in ceramics at Outer Eastern College. If I produce functional work it is highly decorative but I concentrate mostly…
Jack is a landscape designer and ceramicist. He grew up in South Africa where he studied ceramics before moving to Melbourne where he studied horticulture and started doing his own landscaping work. He combines his knowledge of plants with his ceramics. Plants inspire Many of…
Helen Sparrow is an extremely talented and experienced potter. She has been working with clay for 44 years! “I started potting when my youngest child was 17 months old. Course cost $2 a term and $1 a term for child care. When I moved to…
“I sculpt in clay because I find the creative possibilities of clay fascinating and compulsive. Creatures with vitality, energy and personality can emerge from a lump of dirt. Ceramic sculpture can explore many diverse forms. It is a means of expression and communication of ideas and, importantly, humour. My frogs, dragons, people and other creatures seem to develop a life and energy of their own.”
“I found Pottery 12 years ago when we shifted to the Tweed Valley in NSW. Joining a group of artists in this beautiful area I found my love of colour in nature. This has influenced my work and have found joy working with colour. I…
Giuseppe Raneri, or Joe, works at Bulleen Art & garden as his day job, sourcing many of the wonderful, distinctive, unique items you find on display there which give our shop and nursery its character and soul. But he is also a recognised original…
“Since my childhood in Denmark I have been interested in exploring the creative potentials of clay. Expressing new ideas regarding forms, glazes and decorative techniques inspires my journey to make ceramic pieces of natural beauty which can be used and enjoyed by others.” Lene is…
Potter Marlize currently supplies Bulleen Art & garden with handcraftd pots with attitude, and we have previously had her interesting carved ceramics. She held a successful exhibition at Bulleen Art & Garden with Jack Latti in April 2017. Marlize’s work is primarily the result of…
“My recent work in mosaics has been inspired by my appreciation of both ancient and contemporary mosaics from Greece, Turkey, Italy & Spain.
My rambling garden supplies a never ending source of inspiration. The mosaic materials I use include hand made slumped glass, fine glass tiles, shells, ceramics old and new, jewellery and recycled items.”
Heather Wilson is a talented ceramic sculptor whose work encompasses dragons, birds, fish and many other subjects. We often feature her work in the Garden Gallery and she has had a number of exhibitions in the gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden “Animals have always…
Lynne has been enjoying her art for many years, first with an imaginative ceramic sculpture, and more recently with her vibrant and original paintings. Over the last few years Lynne has been developing her painting talents – taking classes with Susan Obrien, at the Diamond Valley…
Jane usually has a range of her distinctive and meticulously painted ceramics on display at Bulleen Art & Garden. She has also often exhibited with the Box Hill Clayworkers.