working process

This work is in an exhibition at Salmon Galleries, 71 Union St Mc Mahon's Point, this December. I've just had a flying visit to Sydney to deliver the work and give a talk to art lovers at Salmon. It was such a lovely experience, it is so rare to be able to talk about what you do and meet people who already own your work and hear about how they experience it in their own homes. Fascinating.

Megan Washington

My nearest capital city is Brisbane, well -known for the quality of indie music over the years. I've just discovered Megan Washington she has a beautiful voice and, in the theme of this blog here is a clip from youtube using collage!

Studio sale

My God it's hot!
The studio..........getting fuller.....Must prepare for studio sale..........
Shannon Garson Porcelain
Studio Sale
Begins....Saturday December the 5th 9 am
featuring ...Jewellery by Rebecca Ward
& catering by Cedar St Cheeserie

Children Welcome
studio open for the month of December

Grilled Eggplant with Yoghurt

I made this the other night as an attempt to redeem myself with my friend for forgetting her birthday.
It is based on a Claudia Roden recipe.

Grilled Eggplant and Zuchini with Yoghurt
Eggplant
zuchini
plain yoghurt
homemade tomato based pasta sauce
garlic
olive oil
mint
1.Slice the eggplant and zuchini length ways
2. Mash olive oil salt and garlic, if you do it vigorously enough the whole thing emulsifies and turns into a creamy, mayonnaise type sauce.
3.Rub the veges in the garlic mixture
4. cook the veges on a hot grill (I did mine on the bar-b-que)
5. Lay them out on a platter (with a huge hunk of deliciously charred meat done on the bbq at the same time)
6. Dollop generously with tomato sauce and then yoghurt.
7.Sprinkle with finely chopped mint and several good glugs of olive oil

This is one of those dishes that ascend far beyond the sum of their parts. It is very easy, totally delicious and, (I think) elegant in a rustic kind of way.
Shannon
Ps . my friend forgave me , but I also made Rosewater Meringues with Grand Marnier custard for dessert!

out of whack

I've just broken up a whole lot of greenware for recycling.

The other day I just couldn't throw. Everything I threw looked lumpy and horrid. It was terrible, usually throwing is my favourite part of making, it was like the odd occasion when I can't cook. Nothing goes right and you know you are in trouble when you start thinking "Maybe if I just add some soy sauce that'll fix it."

Today I was back on form,. I blame the weather, it was very hot and dry the other day, I live in the sub-tropics, heat is meant to bring humidity. I was all out of whack.

clouds

The other day I went to "stroke correction"(!) swimming class at 6 o'clock in the evening. My strokes sort of worked but I was constantly distracted by the pale, china blue sunset sky and beautiful clouds. For years I've been working on clouds. Porcelain is the perfect medium to capture the ephemeral nature of clouds, but how to get that three dimensional instubstantial beauty? A book I read recently described clouds as "floating lakes". It is true, when there are clouds in the sky there is humidity in the air. I like to think of those huge bodies of water, suspended, defying gravity above us.