Bridget Foley Ceramics | Artist
Bridget Foley Ceramics
Phone: +61 409 788 973
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25.01.2022 I have been experimenting with dry glazes, some amazing textures.
23.01.2022 Artist Bridget Foley answers a few questions. Question 1. What have you been doing, making or planning during ISO? ... I have been experimenting with some new shapes as well as testing some new glazes. I have an exhibition in October so I am working on a series of pots for this. Question 2. What do you think you will be exhibiting at the Alphington Open Studio event in November? I will exhibiting my tableware and one off exhibition pieces. Check out my instagram and website to get an idea of what I do. Question 3. Do you have any artists that you are enjoying looking at on line to share with us? Could be an influence in your work or just someone that you admire.. My work is form and glaze and 2 people in Australia who do this very well are Greg Daly and Simone Fraser.
23.01.2022 One of my large Autumn bowls off to a happy customer this week. W 29 cm x D 29 cm x H 9cm.
23.01.2022 One of the larger pots I have been working on with one of my favourite glazes.
23.01.2022 Clay for Australia's fundraising for bush fire relief ends on Friday 31 March. There are some great pieces to be bought, all proceeds to bush fire relief. Head to Clay for Australia Facebook page to see work for sale. My plate titled 'Outback' has already been sold.
22.01.2022 I am looking forward to opening my studio along with 12 other Alphington artists, who will be showing and selling their artwork including ceramics, painting, sculpture, works on paper, marble mosaics, textiles, jewellery, felting. Maps can be downloaded from the website or picked up from 30 Smith st Alphington.
22.01.2022 My Big Sister project, 5 big pots for my 5 big sisters.
21.01.2022 Keeping good company. 3rd and 4th century pots Essaouria museum, Morocco
21.01.2022 Playing around with glaze on glaze decoration. Thinking about the Bellerine peninsula, my home away from home.
20.01.2022 One of the pots that is heading up to Bendigo Pottery for my solo exhibition which will run from Nov 20 to Jan 2022. It will be very nice to get out of Melbourne!
19.01.2022 Bridget has an Open Studio Event happening very soon.
19.01.2022 Sgraffito, my favourite word in the pottery lexicon, simply means scratching away a pattern through a contrasting slip to reveal the clay beneath. It has been used as a form of decoration since the beginnings of pot making.
19.01.2022 My turquoise/ seagreen tableware, inspired by the colours of New Zealand lakes and Pt Lonsdale ocean beach, available in rice bowls, pasta/noodle bowls, dinner plates, side plates and cups. All made from high fired porcelaneous stoneware, dishwasher/microwave/ovenproof.#bridgetfoleyceramics
18.01.2022 Some pasta/noodle bowls from my last firing. i think i am going through a green/blue period. Could be summer seas coming through my work. #bridgetfoleyceramics
18.01.2022 Lots of bowls will be on show this weekend at the ALPHINGTON OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND, Sat 23 & Sun 24 Nov 11am - 6 pm. 12 other artists will be showing and selling their work, all studios within walking distance of eachother and a great cafe halfway. alphingtonstudios.com
16.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who visited on my open studio weekends. It's great to catch up with regular visitors as well as meet some new faces. i am happy for people to drop at other times, just give me a ring first.
16.01.2022 This work is from my Earth series. It is called Blue Planet - how long? In other words, how long will Earth remain in its current state without more serious action on climate change#bridgetfoleyceramics
16.01.2022 Throwing a large pot today, 35 cm high. Jasmine about to flower to add some spring perfume into the studio.
15.01.2022 In my studio, Melbourne, July 2020. I am decorating a vase by carving into a layer of slip with a sharp tool, known in the pottery business as sgraffito. Thankgod for clay and all the things you can do with it!
13.01.2022 All of us at Alphington Studios would like to thank you for visiting on the weekend. To everyone that came and purchased a beautiful artwork we say thank you fo...r your support, we hope the work will bring you loads of enjoyment over the years. Anyone that might still have an artwork in mind and would like a second look or even if you couldn't manage getting to a particular artist, feel free to contact the artist directly on www.alphingtonstudios.com for another viewing. Thank you again for visiting and making this event special. Bridget Foley and Avis Gardner will be open again this coming weekend with Ceramics and Jewellery at one location, 30 Smith Street Alphington.
13.01.2022 Some pots in progress
13.01.2022 In every firing, there is a favourite pot. This one was the winner in my last firing. This bowl has been doubled dipped, the second coat forming a perfect circle as it fuses with the first layer.
13.01.2022 Bowl therapy, one white bowl only which is a crackle glaze. Lots of colour on my dinner table. #bridgetfoleyceramics
12.01.2022 I can sense some lichen/moss inspired pots/glazes coming on. Three capes walk Tasmania. Beautiful #threecapestrack#threecapeswalk#pots#glazes#lichen#moss#tasmania
12.01.2022 Our open studios has been postponed this year but we are all still making lots of great art work. We have setup this instagram to keep our supporters in the loop so it would great to get lots of followers for our page. Share the love!
12.01.2022 Afternoon sun and shadow on one of my larger pots.
11.01.2022 Not a great time in Melbourne to have an exhibition but the good news is that all my work is in the shop front window at DiMase Architects 342 St Georges Rd Nth Fitzroy and can be seen from the street. So if you are a local go and have a look!
10.01.2022 Cool turquoise and sea green plates to soothe after scorching Melbourne weather.
10.01.2022 One of the works I will be exhibiting at Dimase Architect's Shop Front Gallery 342 St Georges Rd Fitzroy Nth, July 7 - July 24, along with photographer Andrew Wurster. #bridgetfoleyceramics
09.01.2022 I was going to call this pot Summer Sky but today I am calling it Melbourne Blues.
09.01.2022 A new glaze from my last firing. A cobalt blue dry glaze, some interesting effects.
09.01.2022 A commission for a dinner set I am currently making. All these plates and bowls may be mixed and matched to suit individual tastes. All my work is high fired porcelaneous stoneware, dishwasher, microwave and oven proof. Should last a lifetime unless you drop it! #bridgetfoleyceramics
08.01.2022 I am often asked where I get my glazes from. Often they start with an idea I have seen in a glaze book, then after that I experiment, might change a few things then apply it to a pot in different ways. Lots of tests, lots of rejects, lots of fun!
08.01.2022 Only 20 days to go until our Open Studio event takes place. Keep an eye out for our brochure going out to Alphington residents and to lots of surrounding loca...tions very soon. It will show all the Artist addresses, a map and contact details. I will add the brochure here for you to send to friends that you might like to invite. Sat 23 - Sun 24th November 2019 https://alphingtonstudios.com
07.01.2022 Test pot x 4 with instagram help! Lots of my time is spent experimenting and contemplating glazes. #australianceramics#melbourneceramics#melbourneart#madeinmelbourne#alphington#alphingtonstudios#ceramics#ceramicart
06.01.2022 Winter potting, some bigger pots and some new shapes. #bridgetfoleyceramics
06.01.2022 A commission for lidded pots I have just finished.
05.01.2022 Quite happy with the shino glaze on this bowl from my last firing. I haven't really used this glaze on my pots before except on test tiles. A beautiful orangey brown colour to add to my palate of glazes.
04.01.2022 Favourite pot from my firing last week.
04.01.2022 Happy to have this pot selected for the Hiroe Swen Award at the Wa Melbourne Ikebana festival which was going to be this September but has now been postponed to 2022 due to Covid lockdown. www.ikenanafestival.com
04.01.2022 Another larger pot from a series of work I have been making this year#bridgetfoleyceramics
03.01.2022 It was good to be in the studio yesterday without the 35 degree celsius heat. I have been swimming amongst the kept this summer so some inspiration for this work. #bridgetfoleyceramics
03.01.2022 Inspired by the lichen on the rocks at Point Lonsdale. Looking forward to my exhibition at Studio 11, Owen Dixon Chambers East, Melbourne, along with Stephen Armstrong and Liz Gill, 9 Nov - 18 Dec 2020.
02.01.2022 The forms are made, thinking about glaze and decoration. Will let them sit for awhile, contemplate my next move. #bridgetfoleyceramics
02.01.2022 Some photos from last couple of weeks. Pots are still being made and garden looked after. Lots of walks and a bit more cleaning!
