Between 1977 and 1996 Walker Ceramics presented a Walker Ceramic Award annually to Graduating Ceramics students from around Australia. This was exhibited at the prestigious Victorian Arts Centre from December to January each year and enabled the students to have an opportunity to exhibit their talents to a broad range of public from throughout Australia and overseas. The Walker Ceramic Award Collection of all the winners and carefully selected pieces from each years exhibition were on permanent display in the Walker Ceramic Gallery in Croydon, Victoria until 2008, when David Walker gifted the entire collection to Manningham Art Gallery in Doncaster. This enables ceramists, students and the public at large to view this wonderful collection in this public space.
A sample of works is shown below more will be added in the future.
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- Andrew Cadzow, 1979, earthenware, dry glaze
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- Andrew Swan, 1983, stoneware, salt glazed, wheel thrown, shino glaze, iron glazed neck & impressed wall design
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- Edwina Burden, 1987, earthenware, raku fired
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- Fay Farthing, 1980, glazed stoneware, wheel thrown, brush decoration
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- Frances Baxter, 1979, earthenware, black fired
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- Gail Beeson, 1978, stoneware, oxide, incised
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- Ian Drummond, 1980, glazed stoneware
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- Jennifer Conn, 1978, stoneware, tenmoku glaze, iron glaze
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- Jenny Boyd, 1977, stoneware chamotte body, slab formed, satin matte glazed with lustre onglaze decoration
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- Miccal Cummins, 1987. earthenware, handbuilt, oxides
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- Michael Chanter, 1982, stoneware body, with dry matte glazes, handbuilt, copper lustre decoration
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- Nigel Allison, 1980, earthenware, extruded, stoneware plugs, sprayed black surface
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- Patty Chandler, 1984, earthenware, handbuilt, sculptured images, painted decoration
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- Paul Aspinall, 1989, stoneware, black fired, heavily grogged
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- Rachel Burges, 1992, earthenware, black fired, with bone china inserts
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- Susan Brophy, 1981, stoneware body, wood fired over 2 days to 1260 degrees, in the Japanese tradition with flashing and ash build up
