This week I’m packing up all my best pieces, and heading off to show my work at two fantastic events: Handmade in Britain at Chelsea Town Hall, London, and Art in Clay at the Farnham Maltings, Surrey. I have some new ideas to share as well as my range of vessels and other objects. Here are […]
I’m getting my work ready for Earth and Fire at Rufford in Nottinhamhsire next week. I’ve got a fresh batch of pieces out of the kiln and I’m looking forward to displaying my pots alongside some of my ‘curious utensils’. If you’re in the neighbourhood, come along to see over 100 potters all in one
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A selection of my work will shortly be available at the Bircham Gallery in Holt in Norfolk. The gallery has a fantastic selection of contemporary studio ceramics along with a wide range of crafts and artwork. The pieces I’m sending include some of my celadon vessels, my grouped compositions and the reduction fired terracotta vessels
I’ve now had two firings to cone 10 in my new kiln. The first one contained lots of pots that didn’t matter if things went wrong. Luckily, things went fairly well, but it got a bit exciting when the floor started to burn! I carried on firing to the end, and a friend said this
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Its taken some time to get my new gas kiln going but I’m finally getting close to doing my first firing in it. The bespoke swivelling flue is installed, the gas burners are attached, the pyrometer is working, and it gets hot inside! So it’s all systems go. I’m aiming to do my first firing
This week I fired another group in my series of celadon vessels. The firing went very smoothly, and the pots came out looking good. I’m still sharing space in a fellow potter’s kiln until I get my own one set up. But for now, with small batches of pots, this is working out very well.
Today was Kiln-day… My brand new shiny kiln arrived on the doorstep! It was pretty exciting, but the excitement was coupled with a box-load of nerves. Would it be damaged? Would we get it through the door? … I like to worry. But the delivery itself was fine, we unpackaged it on the street and
Yesterday was an exciting day. The opening of the kiln to find wonderful delights inside. The kiln had fired beautifully with a good reduction. All the glazes I used came out well. It’s a rare moment in ceramics and must be relished. I need to sort through my new selection of vessels and start to take
The MAde 2012 MA Show at UCA Farnham opened on Friday. The Private View was great fun, so thanks to everyone who came along. The show will run until the 7th September. Here are some initial images from the exhibition and my work on display. I will be at the show all day on the 4th if you
I’ve been working away at producing a new range of ceramics for my MA Show at UCA Farnham. Here is a selection of the new pieces that I’ve created. For this range the tones are warmer and surfaces softer. Milky satin glazes are contrasted with dark matt clay surfaces. Some pieces belong together, others can shift
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