Chicken Coop Sign

This summer my chicken coop has undergone a well needed revamp. 

Our new hens are a flighty breed and were flying out of our make-shift, chicken wire and a few bamboo sticks run, which was in desperate need of attention.

Instead of the obligatory chicken wire we have gone for tall wooden posts to keep them at the back of the garden and a gate!!! (which I am particularly pleased about as now the children can collect eggs and I dont need to clamber over the old wire that was there.)
Inspired by there new abode I decided to make a little sign and threaded it with wire and added a few beads.

Wells next to sea 2013

Look at that sky!!

These were all taken around & under the trampolines.

Sand Monster

Sand Mermaid

Sand Lizard

Panoramic views of Wells beach at dusk

Beach huts on Wells beach and an evening swim.

My three toasting marshmallows before bed.

I couldn't resist these little ceramic measuring spoons I found in one of the shops.
I know lots of enthusiastic cooks so I bought a few of these for gifts.

And finally some Wells inspiration from my youngest boy, this is his Canoe.

My last Wells trip 2012

Twiggle Shoes follow up firing results

A few blogs away I showed you some photos of some Twiggle shoes I had been making for Bewilderwood, as part of their park props (to go outside the tree houses) 
After a few firing problems I decided to fire the little kiln and retreived these this morning.

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Featured!

About 6 months ago I was contacted by 
"Gardens Illustrated "magazine which is a lovely glossy garden and landscaping magazine about my Ceramic garden markers being featured with them. I thanked them for the free exposure but wasnt able to find anything online where my work was with them. After forgetting about it I received the said magazine through the post and was delighted to find my work featured alongside some gorgeous ceramic work seen also on the same page. (see photos below)
All British Artists and Designers so I thought I would give it a bit exposure here on my little blog.

Lace inspired Ceramic Plant Markers

Thank you
Gardens Illustrated

Ceramic Twiggle Shoes

I Love this place!
It just so happens that I have a friend that joined this great place when it opened its doors quite a few years ago. She has now become the organiser of storytelling and runs a team of twiggles and boggles (Woodland and bogland creatures to the rest of us) and is an all round person of great ideas and creative and imaginative projects throughout the park.
I promised to make these little twiggle shoes for Bewilderwood a few months ago, so I finally set about making a pair. They are just the first pair, but I think each pair should be a little bit different, fitting for each character. The idea is to set them outside the twiggle houses you can see in the bottom photograph, and to hang them onto the trees where the twiggle socks are hung.

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I have rolled some of the clay onto some heavy weave fabric so they still have a fabric appearance once they have been fired. Cut out the soles and added the sides and added shape to the heal and have given them a little pointed toe.

Twiggle Houses high up in the Bewilderwood trees