Tatiana and her delicious Gaspacho soup, home-made for the Australian Native Flower Workshop last week.
What an interesting month we’ve had here at the Bakehouse Studio preparing for a special end of the year. It was wonderful to welcome Tatiana Botkine - a young Swiss travelling scholarship recipient from the CEPV school near Geneva who will work with me till the end of October. This will involve learning how to run a ceramic studio business, lending a hand on our Sydney Ceramics Market Bakehouse Studio stand at Carriageworks in October, coming to help install work at Sculptures in the Gardens, Mudgee and Sculpture in the Vineyards at the Wollombi Sculpture Festival, supporting Open Studios and Workshops while also working on a number of other community projects.
Over the past two weekends, a very creative group of mostly returning Bakehouse Workshoppers came to make protea flower sculptures at the Australian Native Flower Workshop. Check out their amazing results below. Looking forward to seeing their work come out of the kiln after Saturday’s glazing session. The next Australian Native Flower Workshop featuring proteas will be in February - you can book your place here.
The Bakehouse Studio brings together some of the best things in life: good company, good food, music, laughter and doing something creative. Lisa creates an atmosphere that welcomes you in whether you are completely new to ceramics or come with a wealth of experience. Her expert knowledge helps every student to make their own personal masterpiece. Each unique and beautiful in their own right. If you get the chance to come to a workshop don’t hesitate. You are sure to return home inspired. .”
Australian Native Flower Workshop participant, Kate Reid
Monthly spotlight of Bakehouse artists, meet Sally Steele
I’ve always been a creative, but ceramics is a new outlet for me and I LOVE IT!
Especially the glazing:- playing with colours and glasses to see what happens next sparks lots of joy! It’s my new therapy :) I’m loving my little baby salad bowl earrings plus my new pin cushions which are weighted but also contain lavender and crushed walnut shells to keep pins sharp.Thanks Lisa and all the Bakehouse crew.
Sally
You can find out more about Sally’s ceramics here
This month you will get the chance to see one of my indoor and one of my outdoor sculptures exhibited in Sculpture in the Vineyards, The Wollombi Sculpture Festival, Hunter Valley from 14 - 29 September. So please save the date and I might see you there, wandering between the vines and sculptures. It’s a beautiful way to spend a day or weekend, combining wine-tasting with sculpture walks and gallery exhibitions that are all part of the Festival. Simon Marnie will also be there for his live breakfast show on Saturday 14th.
And if you’d like to make a weekend of it, you may also be interested in the Vineyard-inspired Totem Workshop I’ll be running at neighbouring Winmark Wines in Broke. This workshop will be held on the first and last Sundays of the Sculpture Festival on September 15 and 29. If you are coming from Sydney you will have the option to complete the 2nd day of the workshop (Sunday 29th) at the Bakehouse Studio at a date to suit participants.
In October, I’m also very happy to be exhibiting for the 3rd year in a row, at another wonderful regional Sculpture show called Sculptures in the Gardens at Rosby Wines in Mudgee. If you get a chance to see this beautiful exhibition, look out for my three small Australian native table sculptures located in the beautiful Rosby Gallery, designed by Mudgee architect Cameron Anderson. Also exhibiting again this year are fellow Bakehouse artists Deb Wilkes and Tracey Wigg.
Sculptures in The Garden, Rosby
Please save the date for the Sydney Ceramics Market to be held this year at Carriageworks on October 19-20. Bakehouse Studio members who will be exhibiting their work include Eliza Brunsdon, Sara Buchner, Vicki Klay, Lise Mellor, Deb Wilkes, Cally Winter-Bruer, and Sally Steele.
The last Totems I workshop for 2024 at the Bakehouse Studio will be held over three Saturdays on November 9, 16 and 23.
Other Dates for the Diary:
Midjiburri Creative Trail 2024 - November 1 - 3
Annual Bakehouse Christmas Studio Sale and Exhibition - November 29-30
Looking forward to seeing you at the Bakehouse Studio soon!
Enjoy all the sculpture, this Spring,
Lisa
There are now two Totems I Workshops - one in November and one in February
Light House
This 4 hour workshop with Sara Buchner teaches slab building and cut out design techniques for the creation of a tea light house for decorative mood lighting suitable for inside or outdoor use.
September 15
Totems I
This popular workshop over three Saturday sessions introduces basic hand-building and glazing techniques, as well as composition and design. Beginners welcome.
Get in early as places fill fast!
November 9, 16, 23
January 11, 18, 25
Ceramic Birds
This fun workshop teaches bird making and glazing techniques. You will take home two or three hand-made beauties to put in your garden or home. They make fabulous Christmas gifts if you can bear to part with them. Beginners welcome.
November 22, 29
Totems II: Australian Native Flower Sculptures - Proteas
This workshop over two Saturdays is suitable for those with some experience, or who have already completed the Totems I workshop and would like to develop their skills in creating more sculptural work featuring Australian native flowers. Proteas will take the spotlight for this one.
February 1, 8
Christmas Goddess Candle Sculpture
This is the annual festive end of year goddess candle workshop. Come along and explore sculpting the feminine form while creating a goddess which will also hold a candle to light up your Christmas table and beyond.
November 13
WEEKLY OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS
Monday Mornings
10am - 1pm
Thursday Evenings
6pm - 9pm
Friday Afternoons
2pm - 5pm
BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
Studio Induction / Orientation sessions:
If you have not yet completed your studio induction session and you are planning to continue coming to Open Studios, please organise 30 minutes with Lisa ASAP. Contact Lisa here
Scott is always ready to help out with a project.
Looking for a shared woodwork shed in Sydney?
You’ve found it!
The Bakehouse Shed in Marrickville is a space for people with a woodwork project but no space
Or machines, or tools.
It's even for people with no skills and a vague idea about what end of a hammer to hold.
Get in touch with Scott at to discuss your project: thebakehouseshed@gmail.com