Number 3

House name plaque for number 3

A Pot

I never make pots.
But recently I got the urge to, I hand built it just layering sections of clay, then graduated the pot to create the funnel neck, retrieved from a single firing with a lovely matt white glaze and some cobalt oxide painted flecked across the top.
I don't make pots because Im too critical about them when they are finished so I usually throw them away.
I like this one so it can stay, perfect it is not, flawed, very, but it is perfect for these catkins I think

Hunderwasser Clay Tiles School Projects

Hunderwasser

School project for the year 8's, looking at Hunderwasser paintings and creating a clay glazed tile in the style of.
The tile has images of the seaside town where they live, as they needed to incorporate things from their environment into the tile, In this example I made for them I have included the wind turbines, fairground roof shapes, part of a traditional windmill, the sea, a seagull and part of a recycling sign. The sides were built up so that glass could be melted into the recesses.
The Year 8's loved this project!!

A Girls best friend

Its a year since this boy came into my life. I don't know where I would be without him now

6 weeks old

Ceramics from the kitchen table

This time of year its horrible to work in my workshop, its cold and damp, altogether miserable, so I tend to bring clay inside and find somewhere nice to work, its warmer the clays drying as I work and I find Im more productive working this way until the warmer sunnier days arrive.

Ive had a few commissions and rebuilding stock for my shops, but I thought I would set aside some time to use a clay body I usually only use for small flatter pieces, it fires bright white like porcelain but it has some weight to it as it is stoneware, to make myself a large vase and some little ceramic spoons. 

This is where I set up these days.

Some of my salt and pepper pots waiting to be packaged and sent out to their new homes

Testament to the vile weather outside, my outdoor cat has even found herself somewhere cosy and dry to curl up