Australian Woodfire Survey 2005

Ian Jones

b. 1953, Lee-on-Solent, UK

Currently, full-time studio potter

2003 Constructed 45 m long anagama kiln
2002 Built studio for visiting artists
2002 Constructed 9 m long anagama kiln
2001 Established gallery at Old Saint Lukes Church, Gundaroo, New South Wales
2000 Re-established studio at Old Saint Lukes Church, Gundaroo, New South Wales
2000 Artist in residence, Sturt Craft Workshops, Mittagong, New South Wales
1998 Grad Dip Visual Arts (Ceramics) Monash University, Victoria
1997 Churchill Fellowship - worked with Svend Bayer in UK and Mark Hewitt in USA
1994 BA Adult Education, University of Canberra
1992 Established studio in Gundaroo Village Constructed 8 m long anagama kiln, as well as producing a range of majolica glazed earthenware
1992 Certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency, Second Level
1989 - 92 Lived in Japan studying ceramics and teaching English Assisted Shunuchi Honma in Fujisawa, Kempei Asao in Iga-ueno and Shuji Kudo in Miyagi Prefecture with firings
1984 - 2004 Ceramics tutor, Goulburn TAFE, Goulburn, New South Wales
1984 - 2004 Lecturer in ceramics (sessional) Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
1984 Built 12 m long anagama kiln at Old St Lukes Church Received Crafts Establishment Grant
1979 Established studio, using 100 cubic foot Bourry Box kiln in Gundaroo, New South Wales
1976 - 78 Traineeship with Doug Alexander at Cuppacumbalong Pottery, Tharwa, New South Wales, with assistance of a Crafts Board training grant

2004 The Naked Truth (international invitational woodfire), Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
2004 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
2004 Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, (solo)
2004 Marks and Memories, Fairfield Regional Gallery, Sydney
2003 Pots in the Kitchen, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham, UK
2003 Wood-fire, Watson Arts Centre, Canberra
2002 Domestic, Watson Art Centre, Canberra
2002 Innate Perspectives, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales
2001 Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, (solo)
2000 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, New South Wales, (solo)
2000 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
1999 Hobart City Craft Award, Hobart
1999 Woodfire Masters, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
1997 High Court of Australia, Canberra, with Shuji Kudo of ceramics produced during his visit to my studio
1996 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, New South Wales, (solo)
1995 Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, (solo)
1995 Gallery without Pier, Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, (solo)
1995 Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, (solo)
1995 Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Victoria
1992 Fujisawa Town Centre, Iwate, Japan, (solo)
1992 Vivre Department Store, Sendai, Japan
1991 Kawatoku-ichi-ban kan, Morioka, Japan
1989 Woodfire Australia, Queensland Potters Gallery, Brisbane
1989 Woodfire Pottery, Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
1988 Tachibanaten Exhibition, Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan

Jones, I, &McKenna, M, 2002 'Tanja Wood-fire 2002' Ceramics Technical No 15, pp106 - 107
Jones, I, 2001 'The Gulgong merry-go-gama' Ceramics Technical No 13, p21
Jones, I, 2001 'Jomon festival in Fujisawa' Japan Ceramic Monthly
Abraham, F, Jones, I, &Wilkie, G,1981 'Doug Alexander: in memory' Pottery in Australia Vol 20, No 2, pp24 - 26

Hinchliffe, M, 2003 'Attributes of anagama' Crafts Art International No 57, pp60 - 64
Walter, J, 2002 Pots in the Kitchen Crowood Press, Wiltshire, UK
Minogue, C, & Sanderson, R, 2000 Wood-fired ceramics - contemporary practices A & C Black Publishers, London
Laudenbach, C, 1995 'International connections, Ian Jones and Svend Bayer' Pottery In Australia Vol 35, No 4
Hopman, S, 1995 'Home, heart and hearth' Ceramics: Art and Perception No 23
Anderson, B, & Hoare, J, 1985 Clay statements The Darling Downs Institute Press, Toowoomba
Mansfield, J, 1981 The potter's art: an Australian collection Cassel, Australia