CLAY AND FIBRE

I have always been interested in the Visual Arts and enjoyed working in clay and fibre.
I started work in advertising at the age of seventeen and then went on to study two Diplomas at RMIT, one in Graphic Design and the other in Ceramics.  I then went to Melbourne State College and completed a Diploma of Education.
Two of the areas I studied which I enjoyed most were textiles and ceramics.  Textiles included spinning, weaving, tie dye and batik.
I am currently teaching Ceramics, Drawing and Visual Communication and Design at Eltham High School to levels 7-12.
In 1986 I was awarded a teacher exchange to Pennsylvania USA for a year.  It was here that I was introduced to basket weaving- Melon Baskets, Egg Baskets, Potato baskets, Heart shaped Baskets and many other designs.
When I returned to Australia in 1987 I joined the Basket Makers of Victoria and I have enjoyed weaving with this wonderful group of people to this day.
I have attended workshops with visiting basket weavers from New Zealand and the USA.  I have also attended workshops, conferences and exhibited with the Victorian Ceramic GroupI enjoy working with very textured clays as well as porcelain.  I often add fibres to my ceramic work.  I was inspired in France by the wonderful texture of the walls of the stone villages and houses and by the ochre colours of the village of Roussillon.

I managed my own shop called TOUCH OF EARTH where we ran workshops in a variety of crafts.  I have also taught basket weaving at school.

Professional Exhibitions

2008    "Texture"Bolin Bolin Gallery

2007     Manningham Gallery Doncaster Made in France Fibre and Clay
2006     Bulleen Art & Garden Centre Bolin Bolin Gallery Two Weeks in   France Clay and Fibre
2006     Basket Makers of Victoria exhibition at Bolin Bolin
2006     The Stone House Baskets
2005     Chapel of Chapel Victorian Basket Weavers Clay and Fibre
2004    Prospect Gallery in Adelaide    ‘New dimensions in Fibre and Clay’
2004    Meeniyan Art Gallery Victoria    ‘Free Form Fibre Basketry’
2003    Box Hill Community Centre Fibre Exhibition- Simply Gorgeous
2000    Glen Eira City Gallery Caulfield    ‘Look at me now Fibre Baskets’
2000    Ryrie Street Gallery, Geelong – Clay and Fibre- Confluence
1998    Meat Market Craft Centre    ‘Nature Contained’ Baskets
1996    Eltham High School 70th Birthday Exhibitions
1995    Meat Market Craft Centre – Ceramics and Fibre- Nature Contained
1993    Northcote Pottery - Ceramics
1990    Caulfield Art Centre – Victorian Ceramic Group
1988    Shire Diamond Valley – Art Awards Ceramics

Jeanette Carter