The piece is starting to take shape. I have used 25 kg of clay already! It is a beautiful sunny day and the porcelain fruit installation in the tree next to my workshop is tinkling in the breeze. Working with clay is so calming, lifting away my stress. I love my job!
Phew, it has been so busy in the Sculpture Garden today that I have hardly managed to do very much with clay. It has grown a little and, at this stage it is good to work slowly so that the base is even and strong enough to support the piece when it gets big.
The piece is begun. It starts as a small bowl shape, formed by pressing a piece of clay with my fists to make a dip in the centre. A coil is then placed on top and joined to the base with my thumbs. The tall pieces of clay in the background are drying as the […]
I took delivery of half a tonne of clay today, all ready to work on a new piece in the studio at the bottom of the garden. I am often asked how i make these pieces so i thought i would document its progress here, visitors to the garden can see the work grow in […]
The weather has, at least, made the garden lush and fresh! These wet cow parsley Sculptures are beautifully dark – dramatically silhouetted with the sun behind them, giving them a halo of copper. I love how they change as the light and humidity alters, constantly bringing this area of the garden to life. This image […]
We have had an amazing crop of strawberries this year, and i love having so many different shapes and sizes. I think I probably have enough to get the jam pan out tonight!
I was very happy to visit the Earth and Fire Event at Rufford Abbey this weekend. There was such an exciting, diverse selection of works by a talented group of artists and makers. I am thrilled to have brought this wonderful piece home to show in the garden. It is called Wind Tower and is by […]
It has been another wonderful day in the garden today. The sun decided to make an appearance and Anna Kime Placed four fabulous pieces of work in the garden. This one is called Contour and celebrates the qualities of this clay beautifully. It shows every fine detail and movement as if the piece is still […]
Today I was Very excited to Visit Anna Kime in her studio at Manor Oak Studios within the Sheffield Manor Lodge Site. Anna’s work is fluid and full of movement. She takes the age old technique of wheel throwing and turns it on its head, breaking all the usual rules of this technique and producing […]
Behind a ‘private’ sign in the garden are the compost bins, where i dump all the garden and household waste. When my children were babies i used Moltex disposable nappies, which had all the ease of a disposable nappy, but with the promise that they were compostable. These nappies were a lovely shape, never leaked […]