Lustre techniques with Ebony Russell

Service Description

Lustre techniques with Ebony Russell This workshop is an introduction to use of commercial (oxidation) lustres. Suited to participants with some experience of pottery, wanting to take their work to a new level using lustre decoration techniques. Ebony will take participants through topics such as *safety when working with lustre *methods of application *care of equipment *testing coloured lustre on glazed tiles *firing methods Unload kiln that Ebony loaded on Friday afternoon with example of tile. Observe outcomes from lustre test tile provided by Ebony. Applying Gold lustre on pre-made pieces supplied by Ebony. Load lustre firing Learn about lustre firing schedules Fired works can be collected after the weekend. * all materials and equipment needed to participate in this workshop will be provided. * morning/afternoon tea included * please bring your own lunch and water bottle Artist Bio Ebony Russell is an Australian artist whose unorthodox ceramic practice challenges traditions of craft, gender, and decoration. Developing a unique technique of piping porcelain into intricate layers, she creates gravity-defying forms where ornamentation becomes structure, erasing the boundaries between vessel and embellishment. Her work interrogates cultural and artistic practices once dismissed as feminine or insignificant, instead celebrating excess, pleasure, and the politics of decoration. Russell completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Honours) at Monash University in 2003 and a Master of Fine Art at the National Art School, Sydney in 2019. She has received numerous awards, including the Brookfield Properties Craft Award (London Collect 2025), the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize (2022), and the Franz International Rising Star Award (2018). In 2025, she was a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Wynne Prize. Her recent exhibitions include Decorated: The Sculptural Ceramics of Ebony Russell (London, 2025), Homo Faber (Venice, 2024), and 1001 Remarkable Objects (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2023) Her work is held in many collections including The Victoria & Albert Museum, London.