Artist-in-Residence Programme

Erika Semler, from the Blue Mountains in NSW. Wool dyeing and weaving two large hangings over a period of three months in 1999, working in the Weaving Workshop.

Ian Jones, Gundaroo NSW. For three months in 2000. Ian made pots for anagama firings. He also conducted workshops, gave slide presentations and exhibited at Sturt Gallery.

Svend Bayer, Devon, UK. 2001. Made large pots for anagama firing, Sturt Pottery. He also tutored at Sturt Summer School 2001, and had a very successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Roger Gifkins, Kempsey NSW . 2001. Widely regarded as Australia's premier box maker Roger tutored Wood School Students for two weeks for a "batch product" module.

Suzie Atkins, Le Don, France. 2001. Guest artist for Sturt Annual Exhibition. Suzie also gave a masterclass on saltglazing and together with her husband Nigel presented a series of lectures on saltglazing, contemporary French ceramics and marketing your work from a remote area.

Lissa Ward, Designer in Residence at Sturt School for Wood 2002. Tutoring for a two-week Design module, working on batch product design for Sturt Shop, plus teaching Design and Technology students at Frensham school.

Sondi, jeweller, August - November 2002. Worked on body of work for exhibition - Guest exhibitor at 2002 Sturt Annual Exhibition. She also conducted several workshops and taught secondary students from Frensham school.

Vanessa Samuels, jeweller from Sydney, NSW, February - April 2003. Worked on exhibition pieces, taught workshops, evening classes and Frensham students.

Virginia Kaiser, basketmaker, April - May 2003. Currently working with new techniques and materials. Has recently taught a successful weekend workshop and is a regular tutor at Sturt Summer Schools.

Julie Ryder, textile artist from Canberra, ACT. 2003. Tutored two 3day workshops in fabric printing techniques. Worked on her printed and stitched textiles in the Weaving Workshop and held a successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Svend Bayer from Devon UK. 2004. Made large pots for anagama firing, Sturt Pottery. He also tutored at Sturt Summer School 2004, built a new wood fired kiln and held a successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Victor Greenaway, potter from Victoria. June - August, 2004. Worked on woodfired porcelain, tutored a porcelain weekend workshop and exhibited his work at Sturt.

Melanie Olde, weaver from Canberra. March - May 2004. Wool dyeing and weaving a variety of scarves and wraps in the Weaving Workshop. Taught weaving techniques to primary aged children, and to Frensham secondary students.

Yasuhisa Kohyama, potter from Japan. 2004. Taught weekend workshop on hand building sculptured vessels and held a successful exhibition in Sydney at The Ceramic Art Gallery March 2005.

Nick Statham, woodworker from Canowindra, NSW and graduate from the Sturt School for Wood. Held a weekend woodcarving workshop and an exhibition in April 2005.

Virginia Kaiser, basket maker from NSW. Gave a one day workshop introducing beginners to basketmaking in May 2005 and curated an exhibition at Sturt Gallery

Patty Wouters, potter from Belgium. June-July 2005. Week workshop throwing porcelain and decorative techniques, followed by a firing using a variety of low fire smoke firing techniques. An exhibition of her work followed her residency.

Keith Rice-Jones, potter from Canada creates ceramic sculptures from pre-formed slabs and extrusions. He held a four day participatory workshop at Sturt Pottery also gave a visual presentation of his work.

Hilary Green, tapestry weaver from Victoria, April - July 2006. Held a class in Tapestry weaving at the Winter School and gave a slide talk about her work.

Koie Ryoji, potter from Japan, September 2006 developed own work and gave one day demonstration.

Howard Archbold, chair maker from NSW, June - August 2007 continued work on his hand made chairs and taught a number of courses.

Bede Clarke, potter from Missouri USA, October 2007 produced and wood fired ceramics and taught weekend workshop.

Annie Trevillian, textile artist from Canberra, ACT, April - July 2008 gathered material for future work and taught a Winter School class in textile printing. An exhibition of her work accompanied her residency.

Monique van Nieuwland, weaver from Canberra, ACT, April - July 2008 produced new work from weaving studio and experimented with natural dyes from locally gathered material. Taught a Winter School class in gauze leno weaving.
Monique returned for a second residency from March - May 2009 working on exhibition pieces and teaching weaving

Sina Emrich, goldsmith from Germany, April - July 2009. Sina works with found materials, gathering small mementos from her life and her travels such as wood, coins, nuts and shells. Visit her blog: http://schmucknomadin.wordpress.com/

Kay Faulkner from Birkdale, Queensland, May to August 2009. Kay is examining the application of woven shibori techniques in weaving to be made into wearable items. As well as teaching each Saturday, Kay is offering a woven shibori class at the Winter School. Visit her blog: http://kayfaulkner.wordpress.com/