Once again I had the chance to join fellow potters in a firing of the Vault Kiln at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Hoping that having my name on their waiting list would earn me a chance, I had thrown some experimental pieces back in November. Lucky me, I was invited to bring my two cubic feet of ware for this firing. The pots are…
Let's see if I can complete the accounts of my English holiday with this blog. I had just three days to spend with my sister Mary, enjoy Salisbury again, see some friends and find another potter. On the Monday I'd arranged to have lunch with my god-daughter Amanda and her husband Clive. Their new home is Mallard House so of course I needed to make a…
Cars are not allowed to park on King's Parade in Cambridge after 9.30am so Primavera Gallery owner Jeremy Waller asks his artists to deliver their work before then. From London, that's difficult, but Jeremy kindly invited me to stay overnight with him and his wife Sheila at College Farm, near Ely. Knowing that their surrounding fields have become a sculpture garden and that they have…
It's four years since I last flew across the Atlantic so I've planned a brief solo trip, starting next week. I have oodles of exciting plans, which include galleries, studios, trains and most importantly, family, in London, Cambridge and Salisbury. Earlier this year Jeremy Waller, owner of Primavera Gallery in Cambridge, emailed to ask if I planned a trip over with more jugbirds soon. Since August…
On Sunday the glaze kiln was cool enough to be opened. The jugbirds I've been working on are now finished and I have a week to get them carefully wrapped so that I can take them to England with me. Meanwhile the ever-patient 'Raiders', Monique and Renée will now be able to see how their plates turned out. my flock Renée left two small triangular…