Canberra-based Janet DeBoos is known for her fine handmade porcelain vessels. In recent years, she has had the opportunity to work with ceramic industries to design versions of her handmade groups for production.

The initial project was with a Milan-based company, Paola C, in Italy in 2002. Since then DeBoos has been invited to develop a number of designs at the Huaguang Company’s bone china design group in Zibo, China. They work from her drawings and also her handmade prototypes.

DeBoos plans to continue her research by designing models to be made by the Rapid Prototype Unit at the Australian National University School of Art. These will be used for production in China, and colleagues and graduates will be involved in the experience.




You can see DeBoos' work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.

Smart works: design and the handmade


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