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Lindsay Muir Lindsay Muir i(A76538 works by)
Born: Established: 1964 Stanthorpe, Stanthorpe area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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A celebrated clay sculptor, Lindsay Muir draws inspiration from the rainforest to create his unique, hand-modelled pieces that incorporate a technique of underglazing which is said to bring the clay to life. Photographs of Muir's three-dimensional clay scuptures appear in Green Air (1996), a children's picture book which was written by Jill Morris (q.v.). Morris wrote the 'environmentally aware' storybook with the specific intention of creating a work that would be suited to Muir's innovative form of illustration.

Muir also conducts workshops, providing an insight into how to make frogs and their habitats out of clay. He has worked in potteries on Norfolk Island, the Sunshine Coast (Qld) and in England.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Green Air Maleny : Greater Glider , 1996 Z1051057 1996 single work picture book children's Silus, the platypus frog, lives in the 'green' air of a small remnant rainforest in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. When heavy rain swells the creek where Silus lives, he is swept out of the forest and into the dangerous world of the 'yellow' air.
1997 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator
1997 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature
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