Ahead of a retrospective, ceramicist Janet DeBoos looks back on a full life

By Sally Pryor
Updated June 9 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 22 2015 - 11:45pm
Ceramic artist Janet DeBoos' exhibition at Craft ACT will include works from every phase of her career. Photo: Melissa Adams
Ceramic artist Janet DeBoos' exhibition at Craft ACT will include works from every phase of her career. Photo: Melissa Adams

Janet DeBoos thinks we should reclaim the word "amateur" – that is, its proper French meaning of "lover of". After all, it was the passion of an amateur in her early years and, indeed, throughout her life that has shaped who she has become.