Three rooms have been cleared of all 'school' paraphernalia to set tables with fascination of the ceramic kind. Platters, plates, pots, bowls, cups, goblets, sushi sets and cake trays in stoneware or porcelain are glazed in a variety of hues. I spent hours ooohing and ahhhing, touching and lifting and thinking how rich tomato soup should be served in that bowl or how yummy honey would look in that sweet pot.

The presenters are all excellent practitioners of their craft so it's impossible to fault any one. Each collective display beautifully demonstrates how form and function can come together in aesthetic and practical terms. For example Yuichi Kurosawa (Japan) offers mugs with sensible handles that will fit a big man's hand. The utensil is an artistically balanced composition of the positive and negative aspects in  mug and handle. Kurosawa's work is rough and heavy looking yet some pieces are surprisingly lightweight and all are easy to handle.

Less robust are the works by Phil Elson (Victoria). His turned rice and noodle bowls wear different coloured glazes for interior and exterior surfaces. The combinations of green/plum or ice blue/grey on the smooth surfaces of these simple shapes offer elegantly modern tableware that holds onto the tradition of fine turning.

The bold work of Suzy Atkins (France) brings to mind Mongol Empires. Her three legged bowls and lidded boxes are decorated in the colours of the high plateaux; hues that suggest worn leather, bronze patina and small golden squares. Why do I feel the great Khan would have eaten well off this tableware.

Bernard Kerr and Warrick Palmateer (W.A.) both present table 'sculptures' that remind us ceramic is always an earthbound art. Kerr suggests the land provides the material for the vessel as well as the food it may contain while Palmateer reminds us of our need to care for that land if we are to survive.

The flat iron inspired black teapot by Chris Weaver (New Zealand), the brightly patterned Maiolica by Gigi and Cate Cosi (W.A.), the charming shapes and patterns of Morgen Hall's (Whales) Tea Cabaret Set and all the other unusual and traditional exhibits make this a show worth seeing more then once. Do yourself a favour, bring the plastic card as there's plenty to tempt you and I guarantee you'll bite.