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January 8, 2018 In Media/メディア

■Urban Potters – Book by Katie Treggiden
□アーバン・ポッターズ/ケイティー・トレギデン著

Keiko was selected one of the 25 potters in the world for the book – Urban Potters: Makers in the City written by Katie Treggiden. Katie explores the contemporary revival of pottery, focusing on six inspiring cities and their makers. 25 ceramicists in New York, London, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Sydney, and Sao Paulo introduce us to their work, their studios, and their inspiration. I am pleased to be included one of the only 4 potters in Sydney, Australia.

最近の現代陶芸のリバイバルを探求し、ケイティー・トレギデン氏が、6つの都市（ニューヨーク・ロンドン・東京・コペンハーゲン・シドニー・サンパウロ）に住む25人の陶芸家を選び、それぞれの作家の作品や工房を紹介する本を出版されました。私はシドニーの陶芸家4人の中の１人に選んで頂き、大変光栄に思っています。
urban potters cover

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November 7, 2017 In Market/マーケット

■Artisan’s market @ Coal Loader Sustainability Centre
□コールローダー　マーケット参加

I will be at the Coal Loader Artisans’ Market on Sunday 26th Novermber 2017. The coal loader sustainability centre is only 5-7min walk from Waverton station (next stop from North Sydney station) This is my 1st market in North shore this year. I look forward to seeing you there!

コールローダーのアーティザンマーケットに参加致します。コールローダー・サステナビリティ・センターはウェイバートン駅から歩いてすぐの素晴らしい立地にあります。オーストラリアの手作りの作家のみを集めた素敵なマーケットです。是非お越しください。

Dates: Sunday 26th Novermber 2017

Times: 10am to 3pm

Entry: Free

No ATM at the premise

August 17, 2017 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■Plate Making Workshop
□皿作りワークショップ

plate making workshopLet’s make WOW-Plate that will make your family, friends, and guests smile:-)

Handmade plates are very popular now. I know that some chefs are coming to pottery studios nowadays, to make their individualized plates. In this workshop, we will make 20-25cm (apprx) diameter plate which you can enjoy having your meals on every day. I will prepare good size slab for you and you can cut, draw, or decorate with slip. The plate can be hang as a wall piece too!

Date: Sun 27th Aug 2017

Session#2 11:45 – 2:15

Session#3 2:30 – 5:00

 

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Venue: 172 St. John Rd, Glebe, NSW
Cost: Adult $88, Children(6 -12 yr) $78 (Smaller size)


Price Includes ALL tools you use, clay, slip, and 2 firing fee.

Your work will be fired and glazed (clear) and fired again. You can collected the finished plate from Yuga Floral Design Cafe within 10days after the workshop.

Booking: info@keikomatsui.com.au OR Call 0425 725 978

August 12, 2017 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■Plant Pots Making Workshop
□植木鉢作りワークショップ

plant pot3Can’t find your ideal plant pots? Then you can make your own.

You have 2 options:

Option 1 – You will start with 1 pre-made bowl shape, which Keiko has thrown on potter’s wheel in advance. You can add decorations, cutting, carving (pot is still soft) or make holes to hang. This option is good for those who want to spend their time decorating. You are given one pot and a few options of pots shapes are available (approximately 15cm x 15cm).

Option 2 – You start from scratch. You make your own shape and decorate it yourself. You are given a ball of clay (1 to 1.5kg approximately) to create one pot or two smaller pots. Recommended for experienced people or someone who doesn’t want to decorate much.

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Date: Sun 27th Aug 2017

Session#1 9:00 – 11:30

Venue: 172 St. John Rd, Glebe, NSW
Cost: Adult $85, Children(6 -12 yr) $75 
Price Includes ALL tools you use, clay, slip, and firing fee.

Your pot(s) are fired and can be collected at YUGA Design Floral Cafe within 10 days of the workshop. (*If your work is too thick, it may be a delay)

Booking: info@keikomatsui.com.au OR Call 0425 725 978

May 31, 2017 In Exhibitions/個展, Media/メディア

■Sydney Table @ Carridgeworks for VIVID SYDNEY
□シドニー・テーブル＠キャッリッジワークス☆VIVID SYDNEY

[Photo:courtesy of Carriageworks & Zan Wimberley]

[Photo:courtesy of Carriageworks & Zan Wimberley]

I will be collaborating with chef Ben Sears on 17th June for the finale dinner of Sydney Table.

Carriageworks’ exclusive dinner series, Sydney Table, brings together Sydney’s best chefs and creatives for four new unique dining experiences during Vivid Sydney 2017.

Following a sold-out series in 2016, Mike McEnearney curates a lineup featuring Australia’s most respected chefs — together with Creative Director Tony Assness, and Lee Tran Lam as Master of Ceremonies.

 

 

O Tama Carey of Lankan Filling Station, with Tracey Deep of Floral Sculptures: Wed 14 Jun

Clayton Wells of Automata, with Saskia Havekes of Grandiflora: Thu 15 Jun

James Viles of Biota, with artist Craig Waddell: Fri 16 Jun

Ben Sears of Moon Park, with ceramicist Keiko Matsui: Sat 17 Jun

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[Photo:courtesy of Carriageworks & Zan Wimberley]

SYDNEY TABLE:
Venue: The Clothing Store, Carriageworks Way, Eveleigh, Sydney
Ticket price $200 + booking fee
This includes canapes on arrival, a 3 course meal with matched wines from Scotchmans Hill, Asahi Super Dry, still and sparking water by VOSS Artesian Water from Norway and an Archie Rose gin cocktail on arrival.

BOOKINGS: carriageworks.com.au/events/sydney-table-2017/

May 31, 2017 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■Porcelain course @ Hornsby TAFE
□ホーンズビーTAFEにて磁器の教室

[Porcelain by Keiko Matsui, Photo by Greg Piper]

[Porcelain by Keiko Matsui, Photo by Greg Piper]

“Porcelain Techniques with Keiko Matsui”

In this hands-on practical workshop with Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Matsui, students will explore a number of making, glazing and surface treatment techniques using a range of porcelain clay bodies. Keiko will begin the workshop with a visual presentation of contemporary ceramic artists who use porcelain in a variety of ways.

Over the 6 week workshop Keiko will demonstrate wheelforming, handbuilding, casting, surface treatment and glazing techniques adapted to the porcelain medium. Participants will make and fire a series of works which explore the potential and unique properties of the porcelain medium.

久々の私の陶芸教室がホーンズビーTAFEで行われます。4時間ｘ6回のコースで、轆轤、てびねり、鋳込みなど幅広く技術を紹介すると同時に、デコレーション技術等の指導を致します。お申し込みはTrisha Deanさんまで。

 

PORCELAIN course @ Hornsby TAFE

Teacher: Keiko Matsui

Dates: MONDAY 8th Aug – 12 Sep, 2017 (4 hrs x 6 classes)

Times: 10am to 2:30pm

Cost: $350 + materials

For further information and a session outline please contact: Trisha Dean at Hornsby Ceramics

Email: trisha.dean1@tafensw.edu.au

TEL: 9472-1200

 

May 13, 2017 In Workshop/ワークショップ

■Kintsugi workshop @ Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
□シャーマン・コンテンポラリー・アート財団にて金継ぎワークショップ

Kintsugi pieces by Keiko Matsui, Photo by Greg Piper.

[Image:Kintsugi pieces by Keiko Matsui, Photo by Greg Piper.]

My first hands-on Kintsugi workshop was held at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington on 13th May 2017. It was honored to be offered workshop by SCAF in conjunction with Ban Shigeru‘s architecture exhibition. Thank you so much, Dr Gene Sherman AM and the team for your generous support. And thank you to all students who participated at my workshop.

If you are interested in my workshop in the future, please register your email address on my eNewsletter.

私の初の金継ぎのワークショップがシャーマン・コンテンポラリー・アート・ファンデーションで行われました。世界的にご活躍されている建築家の坂茂氏の作品と一緒に、ワークショップが行えたことはとても光栄なことでした。SCAFのディレクターのDr Gene Sherman AMとスタッフの皆様に心より感謝しています。参加してくれた生徒さんたちもとても喜んでくださり嬉しく思っています。今後のワークショップに興味のある方は、ニュースレターへの登録をお勧めします。

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

Address: 16–20 Goodhope Street, Paddington, Sydney NSW

Date/Time: 11am – 1pm, 13th May 2017

May 7, 2017 In Exhibitions/個展

■Scar Vessels @ SLOT
□SLOTにて個展

SLOT-1st Image-BLOGI am exhibiting my scar vessels and chair sculptures at SLOT window gallery in Alexandria in Sydney now.  Thank you for offering me the space, Tony Twigg the gallery owner and supporting and curating artist – Anie Nheu. I would like to share Anie’s words here.

Keiko Matsui’s installation of Scar Vessels series consists mostly of the porcelain pieces made in 2014 with the more recent chair series.  These pieces are minimal in form.  The variations that create their individuality are mostly in the way the porcelain sheets are folded and joined. 

They enclose the space they inhabit and turned to vessels to contain.  How these porcelain sheets meet dictate the forms they take.  Inspired by the art of Kintsugi, the junctures are left with their ‘mending’ traces.  Having them as an integral part of the identity of these forms, their appearance suggests bodies with healed scars.

The configuration of the familiar shapes found in the homes of the everyday conjures up intimate domestic setting. The use of scale in the ceramic chair with the ‘real’ chair provides a poetic narrative on the relationships amongst the assembled pieces.

This reminds me of Robert Therrien’s use of unusual scale in his re-creation of everyday objects as sculptures to strip the visual cue of their assigned functions. They are instead used as personal symbols to regenerate an emotional space of a childhood memory.  This is echoed in Keiko’s installation.

In this installation beauty is sought in the making, mending and in the arrangement. The creation of beauty in this space is controlled.  It is driven by the process of working with the intrinsic nature of the materials and an ‘innate knowing’ that has passed down through the generation.

Text by Anie Nheu

SLOTギャラリーで個展を開いています。24時間7日オープンですが、ウィンドウ・ギャラリーのため、作品は手にとって頂けませんが、限られた空間に存在するオブジェや器との会話を楽しんで頂けたらと思います。

SLOT window gallery

Address: 38 Botany Road, Alexandria, NSW

Date/Time: 24 h x 7 days, from 7th May until 7th June 2017