Current themes

Carl Cooper. Dish with sgraffito fish

Post-war Melbourne

Allan Lowe, Arthur Merric Boyd, Carl Cooper, David and Hermia Boyd, Ellis Ceramics, Eric Juckert, Gunda, Klytie Pate, Robert and Margot Beck, Tom Sanders

Illustrated: Carl Cooper. Dish with sgraffito fish

Artur Halpern. Shallow bowl

Warrandyte

Artur and Sylvia Halpern, Charles Wilton, Stanislaw Halpern, Fritz and Kate Janeba, Helen and Peter Laycock, Betty and Gus McLaren, Phyl Dunn, Reg Preston

Illustrated: Artur Halpern. Shallow bowl

Col Levy. High-sided bowl

The stoneware revolution

Leach Pottery (St Ives), Harold Hughan, Col Levy, Ian Sprague, Judy Lorraine, Robin Welch, Victor Greenaway

Illustrated: Col Levy. High-sided bowl

John Gilbert. Coffee pot

Bendigo and Ballarat

Bendigo Pottery, Doug Alexander, Edinburgh Pottery, John Gilbert, Malcolm Cooke, Old Ballarat Pottery, Wayne Coulter

Illustrated: John Gilbert. Coffee pot

Les Blakebrough. Vase with ragged top

New South Wales

Post-war Sydney, Sturt Pottery, National Art School, Blackfriars, Terrey Hills

Illustrated: Les Blakebrough. Vase with ragged top

Harry Memmott. Jug

Queensland

Carl McConnell, Dorothy Hope, Harry Memmott, Hatton Beck, Maria Degeus, Milton Moon

Illustrated: Harry Memmott. Jug

Pippin Drysdale. Tanami series vase

Interesting surfaces

Carved and pierced, crystalline, glaze-over-glaze, hakeme, lustre, neriage, raku, salt-glazed, wood-fired

Illustrated: Pippin Drysdale. Tanami series vase

Graham Masters. Plant holder

Australian motifs

Annette de Jongh, Annie Mitchell, Barambah Pottery, Sandi Hodges, Graham Masters, Marianne Cole, Taggerty Pottery, etc

Illustrated: Graham Masters. Plant holder

Chris Sanders. Lidded jar

Featured potter

Chris Sanders

Illustrated: Chris Sanders. Lidded jar

Victor Greenaway. Casserole dish

Featured form

The casserole dish

Illustrated: Victor Greenaway. Casserole dish

In the foyer:

Paintings by David Rofe

Bushfire. 2007. Oil on masonite. 1.2m square

In the gallery:

Pottery by
  • Doug Alexander
  • Elsa Ardern
  • Arnaud Barraud
  • Robert Barron
  • Les Blakebrough
  • Kevin Boyd
  • Richard Brooks
  • Malcolm Cooke
  • Greg Daly
  • Janet De Boos
  • Johanna De Maine
  • John Dermer
  • Gillian Dodds
  • Pippin Drysdale
  • Phyl Dunn
  • John Eagle
  • John Gilbert
  • Victor Greenaway
  • Andrew Halford
  • Artur Halpern
  • Sylvia Halpern
  • Jean Higgs
  • Dorothy Hope
  • Harold Hughan
  • John Jackman
  • Ian Jones
  • Eric Juckert
  • Colin Levy
  • Sandy Lockwood
  • Allan Lowe
  • Graham Masters
  • Carl McConnell
  • Phillip McConnell
  • Nell Mccredie
  • Betty Mclaren
  • Gus Mclaren
  • Susie Mcmeekin
  • Harry Memmott
  • Jeff Mincham
  • Cynthia Mitchell
  • Milton Moon
  • Vagn Nykel
  • Klytie Pate
  • Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
  • Peter Petruccelli
  • Reg Preston
  • Peter Rushforth
  • Chris Sanders
  • Stewart Scambler
  • Bjorn Schie
  • Ted Secombe
  • Shigeo Shiga
  • Sergio Sill
  • Derek Smith
  • Ian Sprague
  • Hiroe Swen
  • Unknown
  • and many more...