Serendipidy or synchronisity?

Serendipity or synchronicity??  Kerry Cannon has done it again, tapping into the ether to predict a significant event, this time in the hallowed traditions of racing.

Our life sized girl jockey was installed at the Park just a few weeks before Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup; the first female jockey to win such a prestigious event.

 ‘Most Improved’ is the title of our girl and her feelings about her trophy are shown with a discreet puff of wind at her rear..

Always polite but not as discreet, Michelle let go at the racing fraternity about the difficulties faced by excellent female jockeys to gain a chance to ride in the top races. She accused racing of being “a chauvinistic sport.”

‘Best Improved’ is a topical comment on our times by the master of astute commentary, Kerry Cannon.

Here at Ceramic Break we have many birds visiting as it is the time of year for the birds and the bees to do their thing. Kerry enjoys watching the little tweeties fly around, finding material to build their nests, generally working their little feathery butts off and sometimes spending too much time flying into the studio hoping the ideal nest site is there.

Kerry's next bronze is a cat. To be precise, it is a cat being stretched out to show its body to the judges in a cat show. The owner is laughing but a laugh uses the same muscles as a grimace and sometimes is is difficult to tell the difference.

New Beginnings from Bundjalung- Brian Irving.

The Art opening here at Ceramic Break on the long weekend was a corker. The sun shone, the artists glowed and everyone had a rip snorting time. Our Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, officially opened the proceedings saying that he has been following Brian's work for a long time and likes the way it is evolving. We were lucky to welcome back, Fabio Tolli from Armidale. His music was both fabulous to listen to and even attracted some of the audience onto the dance floor of grass, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Huesos

Now the fuss and palaver of Christmas and New Year is over Kerry is hard at work in the studio on the final composition in the series ‘Polar Bear’.

It is a highly complex narrative, set in a seal resort, somewhere in Mexico.

There are seals sunning, body surfing and just hanging out as all leisure seekers do. A sombrero wearing polar bear wanders the resort carrying souvenirs in a huge basket. There is a touch of violence with polar bear guards attacking a polar bear that is trying to eat a seal and there are whale and human bones in abundance.

Symbolism, metaphors, social comment and good old Kerry imagination abounds.

The composition is called ‘Huesos’ in Spanish (bones in English) and will be finished soon.

The final weeks of 2014.

Kerry has been busy travelling, exhibiting, going to openings, hosting openings, Park maintenance and having fun. 

 
In late September he was in a group show in London.  The Gagliardi Gallery in Kings Road, Chelsea is a great venue and the Gagliardis know how to have an opening; lots of fabulous food and wine, great people and of course, marvellous Art..

 Before leaving for London Kerry had 2 small sculptures enlarged using 3d printing. This was Kerry’s first use of the process and when he returned from overseas he discovered there was a lot of work still to be done to retrieve the finer details of the pieces before they are cast. Sanding styrofoam is not a pleasant activity.

 

 

 The ‘Quirky Festival’ was held at Ceramic Break on Saturday 11^th October and it coincided with our last opening of the year. The Festival was organized by the Gwydir Shire’s amazing Georgia Standerwick and her terrific team and it was a fabulous week of creative workshops for all ages and interests run by local artists.  At Ceramic Break we were lucky to have the vocal talent of Fabio from Armidale who was a great hit.  Kerry really enjoyed the day.

 

 Since then Kerry has been on the road delivering bronzes to two separate shows in NSW, one at Mudgee and the other in the Hunter Valley. When these are sorted he will return to the studio.

 

A Flaming Giraffe

In days of old, when knights were bold and times were full of laughs

Creative Kerry, so hip and merry created tall giraffes.
 

Now these steel beings, so full of meanings arcane and full of wonder,

Had flames fly high to light the sky, delight the crowds down under.

But sad to say there came a day when mechanisms failed them

And so for years despite the tears there was no fun or flaming.
 

Then all at once ‘Oh what a dunce’ said Kerry all excited

‘She will be cleaned, her pipes all reamed, and she can then be lighted’

Kalloo, kallay, oh what a day when FG  was re-lighted

We sang, we shout, we danced about and we were all delighted.

 A few days ago there was a gathering at Ceramic Break to witness and toast the Flaming Giraffe's rebirth. It was a glorious occasion and the evening was further enhanced by the chance arrival of an old friend. A photographer of many years, Val took some amazing photos, one of which is on the blog, and she was moved to write her own appraisal of the evening. 

'Beneath a full moon we wait.
Ears cold. Toes numb.
Collective intake of breath. The eyes glow red.
Gasps at the flicker of blue. Flames erupt from the head.
Cries of delight. The neck is ablaze.
We cheer.
Dali's giraffe in full metal jacket actually alight.
Behold the splendour of Dali.     Val