Daniel Lafferty

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Education

1980-1982 Diploma of Visual Art (Ceramics), Canberra School of Art, ACT

Selected Exhibitions

2006 The Show Room Artists Cooperative Gallery Cobargo

'Impact' Verge Ceramic Conference Watling Gallery Brisbane

'Encrusted' Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne

'Earth to Fire' - solo, Spiral Gallery Bega

'Out of the Box' Bega Valley Regional Gallery

2005 'Australian Woodfire Survey' Watson Arts Centre, ACT

'Woodfire Journeys' ANCA - Australian National Capital Artists, ACT

2004 'Gems From The Fire' - Juried Wood fired Exhibition, Kirkwood College, Iowa, USA

'Vessels & Vases', Raglan Gallery, Cooma

'Woodfire', Watson Arts Centre, ACT

'Annual Members Exhibition', Canberra Potters Society, Watson Arts Centre, ACT

'Woodfire', Mura Clay Gallery Newtown, NSW

2002 'Aomori International Woodfire Festival Exhibition', Goshogawara Museum, Japan

'Off the Hammer & the Hand', Spiral Gallery, Bega

Awards

2003 Highly Commended, Vessels & Vases, Raglan Gallery Cooma

Pottery in Australia Award, Canberra Potters Society, ACT

Publications

2004 Raglan Gallery, Journal of Australian Ceramics - Pottery in Australia,43#240-41

2003 Courting Uncertainty, Woodfired Ceramics at Mura Clay Gallery

Employment

2007 Production Potter, Bandicoot Pottery, Cobargo, NSW, Gungahlin, ACT

and Laughing Frog Pottery, Gundaroo, NSW

2002 Kiln Builder, Gundaroo Woodfire Conference, Gundaroo

2004 Panel Member, Naked Truth International Woodfire Conference Iowa USA

2003 Casual Lecturer, Southern Cross University, Lismor

Artist Statement - Daniel Lafferty

I have been a practicing professional craft person for over 20 years, originally studying a Diploma Visual Art at the Canberra School of Art.

I specialise in functional wood fired pieces decorated with a paddle and anvil technique that is Korean inspired.

Bega Valley has a wealth of raw materials such as clay, glaze materials, black wattle wood ash, feldspar and pyrophelite. I enjoy working in my natural environment, collecting materials locally and utilising these in my work.

I use a combination of clay, stone, wood ash and fire to decorate my thrown forms. Each piece is hand crafted and individually enriched by the endless variations of the natural ash glazes that capture the essence of the clay body and the firing process.

Daniel Lafferty and partner Gabrielle Powell established Bandicoot Pottery in 1990. Specializing in wood fire with professional studio facilities including 3 wood kilns, anagama and trolley kilns which I have built and fired over 40 times for firings of 70-120 hours at temperatures up to 1320`C. The pottery is situated about 5 kms east of Cobargo on Tyrrells Road and visitors are welcome by appointment.

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