Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist

A little while ago I posted about some handmade paper I had made in the studio using equipment that was at hand – showing that you don’t really have to spent lots of dollars to be creative.  You can view that post here. I used recylced paper for that initial experiment  and being pretty pleased with … Continue reading »

It’s been a while since I posted about my Etsy shop… and since then I have listed lots of new products – both tableware and jewellery, as well as handmade cards which I posted about a little while ago. So, if you are interested in handmade gifts for your family and friends – or even yourself … Continue reading »

This weeks photo challenge is about culture and, as a challenge, prefers to have only one photo capturing the theme. So …. yikes!! what to choose – crazy traffic-scapes in Asia, fruit people/Lolita  in Harajuku, water produce sellers in Vietnam, wall to wall vending machines in Japan, the list goes on. Although tempted to post … Continue reading »

Though Autumn in Australia, it is getting Wintry on certain days here in Dunnstown at the base of Mt Warrenheip (who would have thought it was under bushfire siege two months ago!). So as the weather gets colder the inspiration to visit the studio tends to decrease. Today, however, I was firing the kiln, so … Continue reading »

Did you know that as well as making sculpture and jewellery and functional tableware I also make blank gift cards? The cards I make feature images of my artwork, images of ephemeral artworks or original hand drawn images – not pictures of them, the actual drawings. All gift cards are blank so that they are … Continue reading »

This is the latest artwork to emerge from the studio: Pod. It features three wheelthrown, manipulated, burnished and sawdust fired ceramic forms, woven into a pod-like structure made from willow, eucalyptus, bark and jute. I love combining natural materials with ceramics,as they compliment each other so well. A short statement about Pod: Pod explores the … Continue reading »

I live in Ballarat, a regional town of Victoria, Australia and I must say that I am starting to love living here – as a an artist.  I did the ‘tree change’ from Melbourne to Ballarat in 2000, because I love the history here, and the property I live on is beautiful. However, not much was happening in … Continue reading »

I have been getting into photographing shadows lately… I’m not sure why! I have always enjoyed the shadows that are cast from 3D sculptures , and have always wanted to explore it more in terms of my own sculptural art – it is on the to-do-list! So here are some shadow images I enjoy… So, I am … Continue reading »

So, as regular readers will know I have a fully functional ceramics studio… but if I want to do a little papermaking…? a. I don’t have the  equipment needed b. I don’t want to purchase the equipment needed ALSO, as regular readers may know I have ‘another’ blog, which is dedicated to poetry and drawing, and I love drawing … Continue reading »