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Robert Gordon in Real Living magazine.
Beautiful styling and photography of our Vue de Monde range. Dinner plate shown.
Recipe and food styling by Ali Irvine and photography by Maree Homer. The props styling for this spread was done by Zoey Milczarczyk. To purchase this range, visit the Vue de monde website- www.vuedemonde.com.au
Amelie on TV!
Our lovely Amelie cup and saucer – as seen on ‘Today’, Channel 9 . Thanks to the Women in League.
Cashmere Grey
We are very excited here at Robert Gordon to release our beautiful new glaze colour- Cashmere Grey. A very soft grey, Cashmere is available in all our lovely Kitchen items. The range includes deep pie dishes, bakers, traditional jelly moulds, ceramic milk bottles and old-fashioned mixing bowls. Robert Gordon Australia’s Kitchenware range is made in Australia. Designed and developed on site, each piece is finished by hand. Made from High fired stoneware, the range is oven, microwave and dishwasher safe. Designed to last a lifetime. Available at your nearest Kitchen and Homewares stores. Please contact Aaron at sales@robertgordonaustralia.com for stockist details.
Robert Gordon in Inside Out Magazine
Some of our products have been featured in a beautiful photo spread by Inside Out Magazine.
Styling Vanessa Colyer Tay. Photography Sharon Cairns.
Rambling Rose and Ceramic Gift Tags
Our Australian Made ceramic Gift Tags and Bistro Board featured along side Coco (dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl and sugar bowl) and Rambling Rose (teapot and plate).
Coco, Rambling Rose and our Ceramic Bistro Board
Click HERE to see our Australian Made Catalogue
Click HERE to find our Imports Catalogue with Coco and Rambling Rose
Pottery Expo
Jane Annois
The dates for the 2009 Pottery Expo at Federation Square have been announced. The event, held annually in the heart of Melbourne, Australia, will take place this year on Sunday, November 8.
The Pottery Expos — this will be the fifth in Federation Square and the 16th around the state — were created by local studio potter Jane Annois and are described as a “celebration of Victoria’s finest contemporary ceramic art”.
This year’s Federation Square event will showcase the work of 40 Victorian and NSW ceramic artists. Displays will vary from delicate porcelain to robust sculptures.
The artists will be present to meet and talk to anyone interested in ceramics. Also present will be TAFE college representatives to explain ceramics education options. Other attractions include booths featuring ceramics supplies and necessities such clay, glaze, tools and books, live music, fine food, coffee and wine.
There is space still available for anyone wishing to take part. Stalls are A$150.
The 5th annual Pottery Expo at The Atrium, Federation Square, Sunday 8 November, 10am until 5.30pm. For further information visit www.potteryexpo.com, or email Jane Annois at jane@potteryexpo.com.
Artwork tax break
The Australian Tax Office has announced some good news for Australian potters and artists generally. Bless ‘em.
What they are offering is an investment allowance of up to 50 per cent on artworks bought between December 13 last year and December 31 this year. The allowance is available only to small businesses, defined here as those with a turnover of less than A$2 million a year.
There are other conditions: artworks must be valued at A$1,000 or more; both the buyer and the artist must have an ABN; the artwork must be predominantly (at least 50 per cent of the time) for business use; it must be a recent work by a living artist; and it must be bought from the creator or from a gallery.
Given the business turnover cap and the artwork value minimum, the tax break looks like it could be particularly beneficial to emerging artists, who would have faced the toughest struggle in the economic downturn.
The initiative comes under the heading of “Small business and general business tax break”. You can read more here.
Thanks to Leonard Smith, of the Rosedale Street Gallery, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, for bringing this to our attention.
2010 TACA Members’ Exhibition
The next Members’ Exhibition of the Australian Ceramics Association will be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010. It will be held in Gulgong, New South Wales, and will be called “340 grams”. That mysterious title will be explained in a moment.
The unusual title of the 2010 exhibition, “340 grams”, is taken from the weight of a normal issue of The Journal of Australian Ceramics. The challenge is to use 340 grams of wet clay to make a bowl or a sculpture.
You can find an on-line entry form here or contact the The Australian Ceramics Association (by phone on 1300 720 124 or by email at mail@australianceramics.com) and they will post or email you one.
Members can submit one or two works — just remember that each completed work must weigh less than 340 grams. TACA will charge 20 per cent commission on sales. Entries close February 15, 2010.
