Today I Started to make a bee drinker for a courtyard garden. I couldn’t do much as the clay was quite wet so I also formed some pinch pots and joined them together to make some small spherical pieces. I left them in the sunshine for an hour and then shaped them with […]
Today was my last day of working, without trying to entertain the children at the same time! I am so glad to have managed to complete this one in time. Rolling it over. Colouring the rest of the surface with slip. Last bit.
I have not been able to work on this piece as much as I would like recently, which means it is drier and harder for me to manage. Today I have now completed the surface detail and am working on the base. I turned it over this morning and smoothed the rather too dry […]
I thought I’d wait a few days and then the making and shaping process is more obvious to see. Smoothing the clay with my fingers. Smoothing and moving the clay with a steel kidney, to even out the surface. Changing the shape by tapping the surface with a wooden bat. Finally rocking […]
This piece has sat for 40 hours and is now dry and stable enough to work on the surface. I gradually work around the surface smoothing the clay with my thumbs,being careful not to trap any air beneath the clay surface. Almost done… my fingers are a bit sore!
Today I worked fast with a pounding heart. Putting clay on the top here is asking the previous top sides to collapse. You have to wait till they are dry and strong, but not too dry as a good join is essential. Coil two, even more weight… This is the last one, I […]
There is a great article in The July edition of The English Garden magazine! It is a conversation with Hannah Peschar, curator of the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden in Surrey. I have had the pleasure of working with Hannah Peschar for 20 years in which time she has nurtured my talent as a sculptor as […]
I decided to try to build this piece on the lifting table so that I can concentrate on the shape of the base. I want this one to be squatter, which is a far more difficult thing to achieve, without it collapsing under its own weight. The trouble is that it is hard to […]
It is lovely and cool in the workshop today. I am finishing the base of the second piece and have just started making number three. These pieces called The land, The sea, by Viv keel, come to life in the sunshine The sun has certainly put the paint on these this week.
It was great to have Viv Keel in the garden today. Viv placed these beautiful lead crystal pieces here and I am absolutely thrilled with them. They are called Rock, Sand, Glass and are a celebration of what is essentially the same material. They are stunning with the light shining behind them.