Jean-Paul Zilliacus
Jean-Paul was carving totem figures in chalk early in his childhood. It was fostered by an Arts based Steiner Education and encouraged by his grandmother Nancy Paterson, the painter. His love of sculptural portraiture was further focused at Montsalvat by Matcham Skipper, who also inspired his philosophical inquiry into the Arts and History. His observations and translations into clay give a gentle rendition of the human face.
Jean-Paul was carving totem figures in chalk early in his childhood. It was fostered by an Arts based Steiner Education and encouraged by his grandmother Nancy Paterson, the painter.
His love of sculptural portraiture was further focused at Montsalvat by Matcham Skipper, who also inspired his philosophical inquiry into the Arts and History.
His observations and translations into clay give a gentle rendition of the human face.
Contact
jeanpaulzilliacus.com/
info@jeanpaulzilliacus.com
@jeanpaulzilliacussculpture
Kevin White
Kevin White is an internationally renowned ceramic artist educated in England and Japan. His current research focuses on interpreting the porcelain traditions of Japan and the Japonisme seen in British ceramics of the 19th century.
Kevin White is an internationally renowned ceramic artist educated in England and Japan. His current research focuses on interpreting the porcelain traditions of Japan and the Japonisme seen in British ceramics of the 19th century. In 1978 he was awarded a prestigious Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) scholarship for post-graduate research in Ceramics, in Japan, studying under the late Professor Yutaka Kondo at Kyoto City University of Fine Art. He then worked for three years in the Kyoto studio of Mr Satoshi Sato, a member of the ‘Sodeisha’ group of contemporary ceramic artists. In 1985 he completed his Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art, London. He is currently Adjunct Professor in the School of Art, RMIT University.
Contact
@kevin_white_ceramics
Shinobu Kobayashi
Shinobu Kobayashi was born in Japan but started his woodworking career in Australia in 2002. He plans to create more art pieces while inspiring others to learn traditional Scandinavian and Japanese woodworking skills in a beautiful heritage area...and all over the world.
Shinobu Kobayashi was born in Japan but started his woodworking career in Australia in 2002. The first turning point in that career was an unfortunate slip with a sharp chisel that severed three tendons in his arm. While recovering, he received shocking news of a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan that literally wiped his father’s hometown off the north-east coast. His inability to help made him question how he could in future help people through woodworking and craft.
Shinobu studied at the Melbourne Guild of Fine Furniture, Capellågaden in Sweden, the College of the Redwoods in the USA and later became an apprentice to a master Sashimono craftsman in Japan. In 2016 Shinobu received a silver medal from the King of Sweden for an almost perfect examination score. In 2017, as an invited member of the Danish Cabinetmakers Association in Copenhagen, he exhibited at Design Museum Denmark. Now in Melbourne, Shinobu has recently become a resident of Montsalvat, Australian’s oldest continuously active artists’ community. He plans to create more art pieces while inspiring others to learn traditional Scandinavian and Japanese woodworking skills in a beautiful heritage area...and all over the world.
Contact
0481 300 720
shinobunny.com@gmail.com
@shino_bunny
Image courtesy of: http://www.woodreview.com.au/photocompentry/atelier-sumikko