KEVIN GREALY
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Born in Brisbane…a long time ago! Studied at Kelvin Grove Teachers College, Qld College of Art, Alberta College of Art and University of Calgary, Canada, B Ed (Fine Art) majoring in Ceramics and Printmaking. Has taught Art in High Schools, TAFE Colleges, Kelvin Grove CAE, Australian Flying Art School and has conducted many workshops in Australia and the Peoples Republic of China. |
Solo and group exhibitions since 1961 in Australia and more recently in the Peoples Republic of China. Work represented in National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, Queensland and Western Australia Art galleries, City of Brisbane and City of Redcliffe Collections, and many corporate and private collections in Australia. Represented in collections of Museum of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen, Wison Gallery, Shanghai, University of Shanxi, Taiyuan and Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen in the Peoples Republic of China.
Frequent writer for International ceramic journals and work represented in several publications in Australia and overseas.
Current work has a strong focus on locals materials and imagery.
Kevin will be holding two workshops during the festival. These are detailed below.
WORKSHOP: Ceramics: Pinch, Coil, Slab and Textural Surfaces (Code KG1)
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Workshop fully booked, but please still register for this workshop as you will be put on the waiting list. We will contact you if a place becomes vacant. If we have sufficient interest, we will try to arrange another workshop after the Festival. |
DESCRIPTION:
Focus will be on exploiting both the potential and the limitations of clay in a variety of states from liquid to solid in two and three dimensions. You will not only learn how to but also why.
Techniques will include pinch and coil ( I will show some photographs of massive pinch and coil pots being made in China), slab construction (borrowing techniques from the concreting industry), mould making and slip casting (including a slip casting recipe 1/10 the cost of a bought slip). A variety of techniques will be used to texture and decorate clay forms, with recipes given for slips and glazes which suit hand built clay objects.
There will be a lecture on the design process (HOW TO BE YOUR OWN DESIGNER RATHER THAN A FOLLOWER) and I will show a short but wonderful film which shows the loading, firing and unloading of a famous dragon kiln in China.
TIME AND PLACE: July 19 to July 20 (2 days), 8.30am to 4pm, Studio 2, Community Arts Centre.
WORKSHOP FEE: $140
ART MATERIALS LIST:
Download Material List. Also to be supplied on registration.
WORKSHOP: Printmaking (Code KG2)
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Workshop fully booked, but please still register for this workshop as you will be put on the waiting list. We will contact you if a place becomes vacant. If we have sufficient interest, we will try to arrange another workshop after the Festival. |
DESCRIPTION:
Focus will be on relief printing techniques (lino cut, wood cut etc) with an introduction to my variation called Stencil Relief, which opens up possibilities for multi-colour printing with a minimum of effort. I will be bringing a variety of found and prepared materials to demonstrate the graphic potential of surfaces other than linoleum and wood.
As we willl have use of a small printing press, we will also be able to work with Collagraphs, which are a combination of Relief and Intaglio.
Apart from experiment and discovery, our target is for each student to produce a small edition of identical prints.
TIME AND PLACE: July 24 to July 25 (2 days), 8.30am to 4pm, Studio 2, Community Arts Centre.
WORKSHOP FEE: $140
Download Material List. Also to be supplied on registration.