Our Annual Show allows all to share their
expertise, children through to senior citizens and encourages Studios and
Companies to hire Expo Tables to promote their business and enhance Hobby
Ceramics.
This Expo which
showcases the work of ceramicists both from within Victoria and other States of
Australia will be held at
The Polish Club, 1325
Stud Road
Rowville
on
28th and 29th August 2010
In
addition to our ceramic Exhibition, we extend a welcome to all other
organisations and individuals to be a part of this great weekend.
There is an opportunity ,
if you are a business or interested party with craft oriented articles to
exhibit and sell , to hire a Trade/Sales Table.
Our charges are
minimal ($100 for the weekend) as our aim is not to make a profit but to only
cover our costs. There
are only 12 table sites available.
Extensive
advertising is done by our Association thus giving our Trade Table Vendors
exposure at no additional cost to them. If you would like to advertise in our
schedule please contact Jenny at watsontj@spin.net.au
2010 SHOW COMMITTEE
Jenny Watson. 9704.7750
Margo Gordon 98933575
Co-Ordinator/
Treasurer/Entries
Toni Daniel. 9778.8230
President/ Trophies /Minute Secretary
Elaine Chipper. 5968.5233
Elaine Skehan. 5149.7114
Printing/Assistance
Raffle / Advertising
Yvonne Bechard. 9801.8330
Tony Watson. 9704.7750
Advertising / Venue
Trade Tables / Secretary
There are many symbolic meanings associated with the
butterfly.
The Mandarin
Chinese word for butterfly is "hu-tieh". "Tieh" means
"70 years", therefore butterflies have become a symbol for a long
life. In this culture butterflies have also become representative of young men
in love.In the Japanese culture butterflies are thought to be representative of
young maidens and marital bliss. Many Japanese families use the butterfly in
the family crest design.Germany has a very unique belief about butterflies. As
butterflies can often be found hovering about milk pails or butter churns, they
have become associated with witches trying to steal the cream. The German word
for butterfly is "Schmetterling", which is actually derived for the
Czech word "Smetana" which means "cream".There are many
links with butterflies in mythology from all over the world, many of which, in
particular Greek mythology, link butterflies to the human soul. The Ancient
Greeks also considered butterflies as the souls of those who had passed
away.
In ancient Greek
the word for butterfly is "Psyche", which translated means
"soul". This was also the name for Eros' human lover and when the two
figures are depicted they are often surrounded by butterflies. In one of
the Russian dialects, butterflies are referred to as "dushuchka"
which is a derivative of the word "dusha" also meaning soul.
There is also an
Irish saying that refers to the symbolic meaning of butterflies. This saying
is: "Butterflies are souls of the dead waiting to pass through
purgatory".
There is a small
town in Mexico that also
associate butterflies with souls. It is to this town that Monarch Butterflies
migrate every year, around the holiday known as the Day of the Dead. The people
of this town see these butterflies as the returning souls of the deceased.
