A cup of tea is always a necessity, in case of a complete disaster… Here goes…. It is beautiful. The colours in the lines are exactly as I hoped they would be and the surface is a soft suede like texture with mottled undertones where the pigment in the clay body varies. I love it! I […]
As it was so beautiful this morning, I decided to mow the lawn!…. Little did I expect to end up mowing in a blizzard! This is not exactly helping the plants to grow! The kiln is at 650 degrees centigrade and cooling down.
Looking through the spy hole in the kiln door, the inside of the kiln is glowing red hot which means that the piece inside is almost melting! Did I build it strong enough to withstand this extreme temperature? (which is completely necessary if it is also to cope with frost and snow in the winter) […]
It is almost three months since I started working on this piece. It is now dry enough to fire. Today i have been drawing the detail through the surface slip to reveal the coloured lines that i put there about six weeks ago. This method is called sgraffito. This is what it looked like […]
Wow! The signs for the gate and the bottom of the drive have arrived and they look stunning. Kate Hadfield designed them for me, along with my flyers and invitations and not only has she done a superb job, but she was wonderful to work with, understanding completely about tweaking until they were perfect and […]
Today I woke up to a frost covered garden and the Cow Parsley Sculptures looked beautiful, dark dramatic surfaces with a delicate icy edge of pure white. I wasn’t expecting that!