These are posts about pots and potters seen in England
I always try to make my way up to Tottenham Court Road tube station when I'm in London. The Contemporary Ceramics Centre Showroom is a short walk from there, right across the road from the British Museum, so is easy to find. This collection of photos shows work that grabbed my attention, either because I have met the potter and/or I'm really impressed…
http://www.onlineceramics.com/event/innovations-in-ceramic-art/ Word about this ceramics event has appeared online and in my latest copy of 'Ceramic Review' and I wondered if I might happen to be in the Cambridge area when it's on in October. Some years ago I was lucky to be in London on the weekend of 'Ceramics in the City' and was thrilled to meet all the…
Many years ago I picked up this invitation to a show of carved wooden Bird Sculptures by Guy Taplin from a Salisbury gallery, Courcoux & Courcoux. It has been pinned up in my studio next to where I paint my jugbirds ever since. The simple shape and bold colours have been an inspiration. I've always been impressed by the fact that public and private galleries…
One of the things I really wanted to do during my brief holiday in England was to get to the Tower of London to see this year's installation of poppies there. They will commemorate one hundred years since the beginning of the First World War, with the last poppy being placed with over 888,000 others on November 11th 2014, Armistice Day. Each poppy represents a fallen…
On my recent flight to England my hand luggage was ten jugbirds. I had checked the size and weight allowed - 22lbs, and bought a cardboard box just under that size. Each was wrapped in newsprint and then small bubble-wrap. I made a handle out of duct tape with rope inside so it was easy to carry, and astonishingly the box weighed 14lbs! It fitted…