JANE BARROW

Contact

T: (+61) 02 9985 1200
E: info@janebarrow.com.au
W: www.janebarrow.com.au

Profile

born 1957, Bunbury, WA
lives in Moony Moony, NSW

Barrow’s works are intended to have an enduring classic integrity.  Streamlined forms using simple systems of patterning to embellish the surface and enhance the form. There are strong elements of repetition of line and refinement of surface that create rhythm and movement.

A background in textile design combined with an extensive study of traditional wood firing and decorating techniques in Japan are the foundation of her work.

For the past 2 decades, she has refined unique stoneware finishes made from crushed Mt Gibraltar rock fired in charcoal to create both subtle and highly lustrous copper like surfaces. Some of these are finishes rather than glazes that retain the refined and detailed clay surface of the forms. She also uses complexes multilayered and multi coloured random slip inlay patterns which create a depth of surface.

Her tableware is mainly from soft blue celedon glazes on carved porcelain. Her work retains a strong connection with functional aesthetics as a starting point for inspiration and creation in the search for beauty in the vessel.

Exhibitions

selected exhibitions
2007
- New Journey, solo exhibition, Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle, NSW

2006
- Connected, curated by Jane Sawyer in collaboration with Handcrafted Form from Japan, curated by Kazuko Todate for the Japan Foundation, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- Platter, Skepsie on Swanston, Melbourne, VIC                                              

2005
- Dining in the Gallery, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW
- Singuli et Coagmentati,  curated by Merryn Gates, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW
- Japanese Connection, curated by Helen Dunkerley, Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle, NSW

2004
- Celebrating The Master,  Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne, VIC
- Encore, Skepsi on Swanston,  Melbourne, VIC
- Bwl’d and Beautiful, curated by Janet Mansfield, Ceramics:Art and Perception, Sydney, NSW
- Sydney Affordable Art Show, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW

Workshops

teaching
- Part-time Teacher, Creamics, Hamilton College of TAFE, Newcastle , NSW
- Part-time Teacher, Goulburn College of TAFE – P/T teacher-ceramics
- Tutor , McGregor Summer School – Toowoomba

Production

selected retail
- Cudgegong Gallery, Cudgegong, NSW
- Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne, VIC

collections
- Manly Regional Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC
- The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
- The Melbourne Casino, Melbourne, VIC
- The Metropolitan College of Western Australia,
- Art Bank, Sydney, NSW
- Private collections in Australia, USA, Japan, Germany and UK

 

 

 

Works

Journey of the rim

Journey of the rim   2007
granite lustre on thrown and altered form,
36 x 20cm, courtesy the artist, photo Jean Pierre Brantanoff

stripped cylindrical forms

stripped cylindrical forms   2005
porcelian saga fired, granite patina,
3 pieces, 40 x 9cm each , courtesy the artist, photo Jean Pierre Brantanoff

Tableware

Tableware   2006
porcelian, blue celadon glaze,
23 x 7cm, courtesy the artist, photo Jean Pierre Brantanoff

Changing directions

Changing directions   2007
granite lustre on thrown and altered form with brushed pattern,
37 x 19cm, courtesy the artist, photo Jean Pierre Brantanoff