The Matchbox Show

This is such a cool thing to be a part of. Now showing at the Noosa Regional Gallery is an on-going, ever-growing world-wide exhibition called 'The Matchbox Show'. Conceived and curated by one of the teachers at my art college, Michael Ciavarella, The Matchbox Show is a collection of small ceramic artworks that have to fit inside a matchbox. The first exhibition, held in Gulgong, NSW (the town on the old 10 dollar bill) featured 150 individual works, and now with the Noosa exhibition including many more,  it appears that Michael is well on his way to achieving his goal of a collection of 5000 matchboxes to be featured at the International Ceramics Conference in Finland in 2014. 

My first contribution to The Matchbox Show was actually a severed finger - complete with cotton wool and plenty of blood - but someone had already done that, so it was back to the drawing board.  I went instead for a lawn bowls theme- the piece is called 'Jack High'.

I've been doing some sketch studies of lawn bowlers recently and have been spending a bit of time down at the Maroochydore Swans Bowls Club. I've become a big fan of lawn bowls - it's definitely the sport for me: I can smoke, drink beer and not have to exert myself beyond rolling a bowl across the grass. For more info on the show, go to The Matchbox Show  and to find out more about the very talented and ridiculously accomplished Michael Ciavarella - check out his website