Flower container
Wood fired stoneware,natural ash glaze. 40 cm/h.

Janet Mansfield has been a potter for more than 40 years. After
training in ceramics at the National Art School, East Sydney, in 1964, 65, she has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas. She is represented in major public and her work has appeared in international publications. She has been an invited participant in symposiums, conferences and as a juror in many countries.

A member of the International Academy of Ceramics since
1982 and currently president, Janet Mansfield has received a number of
awards including the Order of Australia Medal for her services to ceramic art. In 1990 she received the Emeritus Award for art from the Australia Council. Lifetime achievement awards include Ceramic Art Foundation, based in New York, 1999; Friends of Contemporary Ceramics, 2003; International Ceramics Festival, UK, 2003; and National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 2004. In 2004 she was awarded a Doctor of Letters from the University of Tasmania.

She has written six books on ceramics. She is publisher/editor of the journals Ceramics: Art and Perception and Ceramics Technical, international publications of high quality. For many years she has worked in the salt-glaze and wood firing ceramics aesthetic,
giving workshops and lecturing internationally on this subject.