289. Who can resist a Teapot Show ...

Yes my time was up and my "Senior's Gap Year" had suddenly come to an end - so packing my bags and sadly leaving Sofia behind I winged it to Rome then to Dubai and finally to Sydney - arriving in my very favourite city of all time at 5am on Friday ... left Sofia in 30 degrees heat and arrived Sydney in 10 degrees chill ... !!! ... 

... the magnificent QANTAS A380 ...
... amazing to look at on the outside - 
but crammed in like an over-sized tin of sardines on the inside ...

... after 32 hours in transit - 22 hours in the air and 10 sitting around airport lounges -
arriving in the best city on the planet was a real joy to this wanderer ...

... and now for a few days of R&R at Kings Cross ...

... just to get my head around being back in the land of Oz 

and my lungs back functioning on Southern Hemisphere air ...

And of course there is lots to see and do during my stay in Sydney -

and to start off I couldn't resist visiting a teapot show ...

The Sydney Teapot Show

After running for 29 years at the Glebe Clayworkers, the 30th show has now moved to the well-established Kerrie Lowe Gallery in King Street, Newtown - and runs until 17 September.

Teapots teapots and more teapots - some functioning, others comical and intriguing - all are hand-made ceramics from potter from around Australia, plus a few flown in from overseas. The pots were judged in three catagories and handsome prizes awarded by generous sponsors ...

Here is just a glimpse of some of the pieces on show ... enjoy ...

Krysia St Clair

Willi Michalski

Shawn Spangler

  Kara Pryor

Tanya Bechara

Amanda Harrison

Lauraine Parker

Clare Unger 

 

Ryan Myers

( overall winner )

Sunnee J Scharper

Ros Owen

Sally Khurshed

 

Lynne Anderson

Stephen Baxter

Taylor Robenalt

Lynne Anderson

Rhonda Morris

 Susan Hill

Georgina Proud 

 Willi Michalski

 Nancy Gardner

 John Dermer

Sian Thomas

Karin Klugman

 Robert Linigen

 Carol Rosser

 Denise McDonald

Denise McDonald

Mary-Lou Pittard ( three in front )

Kit-Fong Wong ( white pots )

Lynda Fraser

Denise McDonald

Phil Greed

Jan Twyerould

Nicola Coady

Dawn Oakford

Petra Svoboda

Kit-Fong Wong

Robert Fedrick

Chris Harford

Aleida Pullar

Robert Wood

Fleur Schell

Over the years The Sydney Teapot Show has become an institution and is a wonderful opportunity for the ceramics community to give expression to their fertile imaginations and for collectors to find just that one irresistible pot for the shelf ...