At this time of year the garden is still bearing the beautifully elegant decaying seed heads of last summer, stripped of their flesh and lace like in appearance. This is wonderfully contrasted by the emergence of vibrant swollen fleshy new shoots, full of exciting promise and defying the drabness of winter. I try […]
This was in the Chesterfield Royal Hospital online magazine today. http://www.lifeattheroyal.co.uk/your-charity.htm
Someone pointed out that these photos make my workshop look much bigger than it actually is! It is certainly shrinking daily at the moment, it’s like working in an obstacle course! Only a few days to go till I take most of these to London. Circular Exploration 1 & 2 1 2
I lifted out two lovely warm pieces today, they have fired so nicely, the colours are great and not a crack in sight! It is getting a bit crammed in my workshop now, I’m looking forward to taking these and two more down to London next week! Very Happy with these. They make […]
I finished the detail, working upside down is pretty awkward, I can’t imagine how Michelangelo did it, it’s so hard to keep the lines straight! The kiln is now climbing slowly, though I had hoped to fit more in than I did! These pieces are bigger than I thought! All Ready to fire. v
Today I spent all day drawing in the lines on these pieces which are for a Sculpture and Ceramics exhibition at the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery in London in just over two weeks time. I finished one and am half way through the other so I hope to get them in the kiln tomorrow which […]
Today I steeled myself to open the kiln. This piece is the one that I shared every day for a month whilst I built and shaped it. I am thrilled with the quality of the surface, it has a lovely fragility, though in fact it is extremely strong! It has a real depth due to […]
I spent most of today drawing the lines through the surface of these small pieces. The kiln temperature is now slowly climbing and I will see the results in six days……. if I dare to open it!Can’t Slip at this stage! All packed and ready to go.
Today I loaded the kiln. This piece is only about 20mm smaller than the width of the kiln so I had to walk it in using tiny gradual movements so as not to scrape its surface on the kiln walls. It was also very heavy so tiny movements suited me fine!At this point I need […]
This piece has been drying for almost two months and today I drew the linear detail back through the slip surface. The scraping noise that the knife makes reassures me that the clay is now dry enough to go into the kiln. That will be tomorrows job! I scrape through the white top layer to […]