Peter Thompson and Friends
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Anagama Peter Thompson and Friends
FIVE TREASURES ART WORKSHOP
Kuranda North Queensland Australia
PETER THOMPSON FIVE TREASURES WORKSHOP
Peter Thompson’s workshop
The Southern Cross. Visible from down under.
“Kuranda. A village in the bloody rainforest. That cool mountain retreat stuff of yesteryear. Or another pissant tourist trap.”
Nice trap!
Monsoon.
In the tropics.
Peter as commercial fisherman on the East coast of Australia
Shipwright with Burns Philip Shipping. Syd. Australia.
Tuscarora Int. Ceramic Center. Nevada USA. With Dennis Parks
Interest in Buddhism develops during studies at Nanjing University and provincial ceramic centers in China and Japan.
Old anagama (cave kiln) in China.
Lover of birds and macro pods. The bain of dogs and cats, domestic or feral. “I shoot ‘em!”
The end of the road.
The compound is a registered animal reserve.
Peter is a builder of alternative environs. He constructed his home and studio with waste material and his own hands for $500.
That and of course his wonderful pots was the reason we invited him to Pondicherry. The clay mixing area with old bathtub for slaking.
The showroom
The wheel.
Stick driven like the village wheels of India.
An extruder
Part of the studio. Order and many interests.
Incising a jar. Bold. Spontaneous and sure.
A small wood kiln and a gas kiln.
The anagama.
Post firing dinner. Actually it might be Christmas.
Crust and ash. Wood firers’ dream.
Firing the GBP anagama.
Antra working on a press-molded “Tetrax.”
And at the wheel.
Detail from a disc in her “churnings” series.
Antra Sinha. Disc from “churnings.” 2005.
Antra Sinha. “Root Forms.” 2006.
Antra Sinha. First “Tetrax” series. 2006.
Rashi Jain at the wheel making a “Jar of Secrets.”
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Rashi. Working on a “Discoman.”
Daresaram. Kumbakonam. Tamil Nadu.
“Discoman” series ready for bisquit fire.
Rashi Jain. “Dal Lake” Rashi Jain. 2005.
Rashi Jain.
Rashi Jain. 2005
Rashi Jain. Terracotta figure. 2005.
Seated figures. Stoneware. 2005.
Firing the Valley School kiln. Bangalore. 2005.
Reyaz Baduruddin. Vase. GBP. 2007.
Reyaz paddling a heavily textured form.
Cutting clay out of the back of a tile.
Children at the Vasant Valley School, where Reyaz teaches.
Reyaz stoking an anagama in Aomori, Japan. 2005.
Reyaz. Bottles. Wood-fired. GBP. 2006.
Reyaz.Temple form. Coiled. 2006.
Reyaz Badaruddin. Lama Vase. GBP anagama. 2007.
Reyaz. Lama Vase 5. GBP anagama. 2007.
Revo Vase with Pedestal.
Neha. GBP. 2007. Throwing cones.
Photo. Neha. Pondicherry. 2007.
Jantar Mantar. Photo. Neha. 2006.
Neha. Smoke-fired terracotta. 2005.
Jantar Mantar.
Neha. Raku. 2005.
Jantar Mantar.
Loading a bisque in the 140 cft. car kiln.
Preparing for the puja.
Anagama alterations.
Loading plan.
A loading plan limits disputes over limited kiln space. Sort of …
Reyaz slipping a pedestal.
Slipping and glazing.
Gugan. Formerly of the Madras College of Art and Craft. Now teaching at Kalakshetra.
K. Gukanraj. Handbuilt form. Stoneware. 2006.
K. Gukanraj. 2007.
K. Gukanraj. Iron Box. 2007.
Strange sighting.
Setting the anagama.
“Fat Boy.” The kiln is christened.
Gukanraj lighting the fire.
Lighting the chimney fire to induce draft.
Iber and Raja. Mainstays of the firing crew.
“Fat Boy” heating up!
Side-stoking begins.
Spraying soda ash solution.
Touring the South while the kiln cools.
Potter’s family. Oorpettai.
Stove making. Oorpettai.
The Ayyanar Shrine at Oopettai.
Deborah removes the first piece.
The anagama emptied after the three day cooling cycle. Neha, the official photographer, was too excited to get the process.
Peter and Rashi after the firing.
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