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Review by Christine Nicholls of the Willow Pattern Story

The Willow Pattern Story, 2008, Text by Ian Howard, Mandarin translation by Jingzhe Le, Illustrations by Lucienne Fontannaz, 3D PRECISION PTY LTD, www.Jingzhe-art.com.au, ISBN 9-78-0-9805816-0-7

Le fabuleux récit du Willow Pattern, 2008, Text by Ian Howard, Illustrations and French translation by Lucienne Fontannaz, Publi-Libris, Switzerland, http://www.publi=libris.com/, ISBN 9-782-940251-57-5

Reviewed by Christine Nicholls

Reproduced with permission from Asian [...]

Review of From the Earth, contemporary Indigenous ceramics

From The Earth – Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics from Alice Springs Pottery, Ernabella, Hermannsburg Potters, and Tiwi Islands
Gallery One, JamFactory Adelaide
13 December 2008 – 25 January 2009

Reviewed by Christine Nicholls for World Sculpture News, Hong Kong
From the Earth is a survey exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian ceramics from the Tiwi Islands (situated off the north coast [...]

A third hand between craft and trade

Christine Nicholls celebrates an exhibition that brings people of craft and trades to work together.

‘Trades’, an innovative project conceived and sponsored by Craftsouth, Australia’s premier contemporary craft and design association, was that organization’s big ticket offering for 2008. In some respects Craftsouth operates along the lines of the artists’ and artisans’ guilds of yesteryear, offering [...]