ROB COLES CERAMICS

TIBETAN FACES SERIES

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ROB will be at Manly Arts Festival ARTIST'S MARKET
SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 10am to 3pm
Outside the Manly Art Gallery

For sales enquiries or commisions contact Rob on 02 9907 0682 or email rob@drawtheline.com.au

My ceramic masks are the faces of people from the regions of Tibet, hand-built using a range of surface treatments, coloured slips and the specific qualities of Shino glaze. (The first Shino glaze was developed in Japan during the Momoyama period (1568-1600)).

The masks are fired to stoneware temperature and decorated with turquoise, coral or other jewellery worn as representations of wealth, or as precious stones to bring good luck or ward off bad karma. I wish to celebrate the richness and diversity of these cultural groups, who, often marginalised by more domi nant cultures, are fighting for their very survival.

I wish to juxtapose the fact that ceramic artifacts, made by people for over ten thousand years, have been used by archaeologists to ‘paint a picture’ of past cultures, against the reality that the wisdom & knowledge contained in these great living cultures are at threat right now, under our watch and in our time!

I also like to consider whether, in ten thousand years time, when the shards of these works still exist, will human beings still be here? Can we learn important lessons from Tibetan Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama which, in the long term, will be less destructive to us as human beings?

VIETNAMESE HILL TRIBE SERIES

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Rob's Stoneware fired ceramic bas relief sculptures of Vietnamese minority tribes are ideal for hanging inside or out.

For enquiries or commisions contact rob rob@drawtheline.com.au

ROB COLES CERAMICS

BROWN & RAINBOW TROUT

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For sales enquiries or commisions contact Rob on 02 9907 0682 or email rob@drawtheline.com.au

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These Stoneware fired porcelain sculptures of Brown and Rainbow trout are unique due to Robs technique of "painting" with multiple glazes to capture the essence of these beautiful fish.

Fired in oxidisation and also reduction up to 10 glazes have been used to create these works of art.

PHONE (02) 9907 0682