Mary Fox Selected for
Prestigious International Event

Mary Fox, from Ladysmith, was selected
for the 2002 Sidney Myer Fund Interna-
tional Ceramics Award Exhibition which
opened the week of March 4 in Australia.
She submitted her work entitled Chalice,
an carthenware piece, wheel-thrown in
two parts with a lithium compound finish
and oxidation-fired. The exhibit, in asso-
ciation with La Trobe University in Aus-
tralia, is the largest international ceramics
exhabit in the southern hemisphere. The
exhibit features contemporary ceramic
works from twenty countnes

—_ 1 Aself-taughtart-
 S a * ist who works in
a= a _ aku, earthen-
wire, porcelain
and stoneware,
she creales con-

" lemporary pieces
i based on classic
Ra aot Ge lines. “My work
\ is about express-

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ing the beauty
and strength of
pure form,” says
Fox, who is
known for the exquisite balance and sense
of contained energy in her distinctive ves-
se)s. “While my pieces may appear simple
in design, they are in fact quite difficult to
create, a challenge that | welcome.”

Mary in ber sudo
Photo: Paul Fletcher

Mary Fox Chatice 2001 33 x 14.3 x l4.Sem
Photo: Vinee Klassen

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