only 9 days left to see my exhibition

It never ceases to amaze me how time flies by so quickly.  My exhibition closes Saturday week, 7th September and if you wish to see the show before it closes there's only nine days to do so.  

 

I'll be in the gallery on Saturday 7th (Sept) between 1pm and 3pm if anyone is wishing to come and talk with me about my work.

 

And to share some images with you...

(apologies to my overseas friends for the delay in uploading the images :-)

 

 

 Insight - view one

 

Insight - view two and a detail below

 

Inner Reflection (sold)

 

Beyond Silence

 

Yearning (sold)

 

Gympie Regional Gallery, 39 Nash St, Gympie Q 4570.

Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.

(entry into the gallery is free)

 

There's additional images on my website if you would like to see more, including the dimensions to give you an idea of scale.

opening night

What an awesome opening!! Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay is now open for viewing at Gympie Regional Gallery until Saturday 7th September, 2013.

 

It was a lovely evening celebrating amongst good friends and new friends...

 

Guest Speaker, Stephanie Outridge Field graciously accepting a thank you gift from yours truely for officially opening my exhibition...

 

 

A beautiful crowd gathered in celebration.

 

 

 

Three openings in the one evening, Gallery Coordinator, Joolie Gibbs, (pictured below) curator of the three exhibitions, opens Joachim Froese Still Life: Photography 1999-2008, while Elaine Thompson, President, Cool/Arts Gympie opened Animated Steel an exhibition by Christopher Trotter and ARTSLINK Queensland, all works on display are a must see, if your in the area!

Meeting baby Mindari with mum and dad, Amy and Jandamarra - precious!

Conversations...

 

 

This group photograph consists of five artists who participated in the 2013 OSCAS Open Studio Ceramic Australia Showcase over the weekend. All five of us under the one roof, in the same evening. (only 18 participating in the Open Studio in QLD!)

 

 

Note to self for future reference, hiring a bus worked a treat. Happy campers, loading back on the bus for their journey home, Christine and Noela in the front seat. It looked like a lot of fun, I wish I could have joined in!

 

 

Gympie Regional Gallery

39 Nash St

Tuesday to Saturday

10am to 4pm

(Closed Public Holidays)

Ph:1300 307 800

 

bump-in today!

To share with you, a few photographs from today's bump-in at Gympie Regional Gallery for my solo exhibiton, Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay.

 

 

Glen and his expertise, lining up and positioning the triptych.

 

Me with the hammer, nail number one, of one hundred and twenty one!

 

Glen in the distance marking out 5cm intervals... the first porcelain bone in place.

 

One hundred and twenty one porcelain bone run the full length of the wall.

 

It's title: "When you Reach the Far Shore, you Leave the Boat Behind" - Ram Dass

Joolie attending to the final touches.

 

It's always hard to capture the full essence of the whole show in one photograph, I will get more at a later date...

Common Threads Exhibition

Sunday just gone, I stumbled upon an exhibition being installed at the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre entitled Common Threads.  A stunning array of textile artworks from the members of Queensland Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists. Very inspiring!  As the works we're still being installed, and not wanting to get underfoot, I only managed to get a few snap shots. These images were taken on my trusty iphone to capture a snippet of what is on display and is by no means complete, there were many more works to see celebrating traditional, heritage, and contemporary fibre.

If you happen to be in the area and are into textiles, this show is worth a look!

Detail below, mixed media wall piece by Felicity Clarke, Out of the Blue (triptych).

 

 

The two following artworks below are by Textile Artist, Mary Elizabeth Barron, her works were exhibited at the Cooroy Arts Centre some time ago unfortunately I was unable to see the show, so it was a bonus to see some of her works here.

 

 Above; Hemmed In  Hems cut from old clothes, crochet cotton, coiled basketry

 

 

Next three, Ecoprinting by Lili Haas, Mysterious Halo, Gossamer Gums and a detail of Gossamer Gums.

And these precious little pieces...by Mary Elizabeth Barron Plant Fibre Oval Vessels

Photography by Lindsay Ham

 

One of the best things about being an artist is you get to met other talented artists.  Let me introduce you to Photographer Lindsay Ham...

 

 

Lindsay is currently working on a project taking photgraphs of artists working in their studio space. Here's Lindsay in action, his lovely partner Rainy took these two images for me as a memento.

 

 

The images below are taken by Lindsay.  I loved how he converted them into black and white so of course I followed suit with the images above J

 

Here's me in my studio along side my assemblages.



 

 ...and then in my sewing room.  Here I am sitting at my Singer treadle sewing machine while working on sewing my tea bags - I've got the hands out describing something!...? 

 

Thank you Lindsay for allowing me to share these images.

 

Lindsay Ham

Photographer

Email: hammy57@dodo.com.au

Mobile: 0435107857

hop of the bus! + Official Opening 'time' changed

Please amend or make a note in your dairy folks the time for my Official Opening of Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay (Gympie Regional Gallery, Sat 17th August, 2013) will be from 5.30pm onwards and not 1.30pm as previously mentioned (to which I have now amended).

Also, I am excited to announce my Guest Speaker for the evening will be Stephanie Outridge Field.  I had the pleasure of hearing Stephanie talk at an exhibition opening some time ago at Noosa Regional Gallery it was truely an inspirational speach which left us all on a high.

And, In the spirit of things and in total excitement!!! I have booked a bus to transport my supporters to Gympie for the opening.  I am capping it at 20 people max.  The cost will be $10 per person (I will be subsidising $10 per person) So... if you are interested in hitching a lift up the highway let me know asap - email me at info@kimschoenberger.com and I will send you the details...

 

Of course, this is not the bus that will be transporting you there, but it is a groovy looking bus!

 

You will be in very safe hands and transported with Lyn from Mystic Mountain Tours.  Lyn took myself and a group of ladies on a Hen's day out, it was an awesome ride - btw, if your ever in need of hiring a bus, I highly recommended them!

 

 

week of medieval fun!

Its that time of year again when I dust off my medieval boot scooting boots and enjoy the medieval festivities!  A week long full of activities hosted by the Abbey Museum.  For me, kicking off tomorrow I'll be facilitating my medieval 'Coil Pots' Pottery Workshop with the little tackers at the Kids' Medieval Fun Day....  I'll be in tent number 8 having just as much fun as the kids!!!

...and then, on the weekend (6 Sat & 7 Sun, July) out come my wares for the 2013 Abbey Medieval Festival - the adults time for fun!  Abbeystowe comes alive full medieval glory and goes back in time to Medieval Europe from 600AD to 1600AD... 

Here's a photograph of me (before my days of owning a digital camera) and my stall when I used to be a one man band, dating back over 13 years ago!  Its amazing how all those years ago it took one vision, a humble little event and has now turned into a major tourist attraction which had over 30,000 people through the gates last year...

full steam ahead!

Time is ticking by so quick with nearly one month until d-day for my Gympie solo exhibition, my lack of posts is a true indication I have been grinding (literally) away the hours in the studio as well as burning the midnight oil.  Not wanting to say it too loud for in fear of the flying spanner! ...with all my medieval preparations almost in order and working on the final touches with the last of my assemblages... I think, I am starting to feel like I am on top of things, yipeeee! ....well, for now anyhows - only two days ago I felt like I was gasping for air, oh the joys of fluctuations of being an artist! 

The last few weeks (inbetween glazing and firing medieval ceramics and de-teaing tea bags, knitting, latch hooking etc., into the evenings....) I have being wreaking havoc for the neighbours with all the noise pollution echoing through the valley, banging and clanging all through day... I have tried to mix it up abit with my routine as to give them a break from all the noise, but the last few weeks have been fairly intense. - I did manage to take a couple of images 'in the makings' ...and NO my bench is not always this tidy, I couldn't help myself, I did clear the bench for some of the photos.

 

Of course these images show works in progress, in contemplation, the maybe's and the maybe not's - just a snippet behind the scenes and what can find its way onto my work bench. 

 

I am currently working on these following three pieces at the moment, doing the finishing touches... the two lighter pieces have been sanded with the darker third piece next in line. I like the randomness of working with the lay of the waterjet cuts each piece takes on its own identity and presence.  The protruding plates you can see, are for the porcelain bone to rest onto - these are designed to hang on the wall, backed with another material, to which I will reveal at a later date.

Teasing the Domestic on display

I had hoped to blog an update on Teasing the Domestic sooner, however there's still time if you are in the area and would like to call in.  The exhibition remains on display until this Sunday 22nd.  Some snap shots from bump-in and what's on display...

Bump-in

Final set-up - space and plinth furniture was limited, tressel tables saved the day!

Selected artworks from my Expressions Of Love exhibition

Detailed images, artworks from Maleny artist Corrie Wright

Detailed images, Crochet artwork by Toowoomba artist Kellie-Marie McEwan

And some crazy creative Tea Cosies !

(select entries from the 2010 and 2012 World Tea Cosy Competition)