I have finished taking a four year long distance diploma course from Australian National University. I attended two 9 day semesters at Red Deer College and completed the work in my own studio. I did receive an Alberta Foundation of the Arts Grant to cover half a year of studies. The international instructors are:
Dorothy Fiebleman -England & Japan- Laminated Clay •Mathias Osterman - Toronto-Maiolica • Paul Scott-Scotland-Printing on Clay , •Greg Daly -Australia -Throwing Vase Forms, •Janet Deboo - Australia- Throwing and combining forms , •Trudy Golley - Alberta, Canada Plaster and Building with Clay Relief Tiles, •Paul Leathers - Alberta, Canada - Photographing our Work, , •Joanne Searle -Australia -Throwing and Combining Forms and Surface Decoration, •Gail Nicols -Australia - Glaze Chemistry, •Kaye Pemberton - Australia- Wheel Thrown Domestic Ware, •Tony Franks-Scotland-Identity through Materials and Processes,Finding your identity, •Ian Jones-Australia-Making Large Work Using Modules:Two Approaches, •Kent Swanson- Washington, USA-Throwing and Altering Bowls and Open Forms •Joan Bruneau -Nova Scotia, Canada - Wheel Thrown and Assembled Domestic Ware, •Archie McCall- Glasgow School of Art, Scotland -Making with Purpose,
2007 was my final year and for my Independent Work Project I worked on Teapots and Cream and Sugar sets. I decided to make 60, as I turned 60 in 2007. The teapots are in the Teapots for ANU course file. I travelled to Australia in June of 2008 and did a presentation on a Small Selection of Artists from Western Canada at the Australian National University in Canberra. It is in the Presentations file.