Jeff Mincham interviewed by Peter Donovan in the Mortlock Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3582347
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mincham, Jeff, 1950-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 195 min.)
- Series:
- Mortlock Library collection.
- Summary:
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Jeff Mincham, born 1950 in Strathalbyn, S. Aust. talks about his early childhood experiences on the family farm; his education; family background; his artistic flair beginning in his teenage years; becoming a teacher which provided him with the opportunity to go to the Art School; introduction to ceramics; British potter Harry Davis; potting in an old cellar on the farm, with homemade kilns; the Continental kick-wheel; taking ceramics as a major study at Art School; Milton Moon; becoming aware of Japanese philosophies in the handling of the clay; being bonded to the Education Department; being excused for a year to work with Les Blakeborough at the Tasmanian School of Art, a post-graduate study funded by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council; the way to make a studio work, how to obtain the desired results; the demands of a production studio; returning to South Australia and a position at Croydon High School; being released from his bond obligation; acquiring his house at Cherryville; his time at the Jam Factory; going out on his own, working from his Cherryville property; building a natural draft kiln; the offer of an exhibition at a gallery in Sydney; starting to work in Raku at this time; Margaret Sinclair; meeting Lexie Barber, his future wife; teaching part-time providing him with extra income.
Mincham discusses the experiences gained in Adelaide and Tasmania; the Crafts Association of South Australia; the Arts Council of Australia; winning the Fletcher Challenge award in New Zealand (1985); visiting the US and extending his work overseas; a sellout exhibition in Melbourne; his approach to his work and art; the business of engaging with galleries, people, politicians; some successful commissions; the years 1995-2000; being identified with a particular style and form in Raku; teaching at the Glasgow School of Art (1996); a change in form and style, started building; trying to capture the landscape in his work; the osteoarthritis in his hips, diagnosed in 1998; back working in early 2004; the art-world at this time; being influenced by the Japanese approach to ceramics; the reasons why he has chosen not to visit Japan; contemporary Australian potters; particular pieces for which he has a fondness including a 1982 work now in the Western Australian Art Gallery; the nature of Raku and ceramics; his relations with the critics; his home in Adelaide and what it means to him; Interstate sales; his involvement in the local community and public life, including local government and regional boards; his work with crafts and arts associations and arts politics from 1975-1995; Hahndorf Academy; later appointed to Visions Australia and Country Arts SA.
- Notes:
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- Interview conducted in association with the National Library of Australia and J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana.
- Recorded on September 20, 2005 in South Australia.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 49 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Potters
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2005
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