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For some reason I really struggled with this bit of copper that I was trying to fold form today ... it just wasn’t happening! But I didn’t give up on it and gave it a bit more bashing over a curved dapping steak and hey presto, it now loo
This is the last day of what would have been @bucksartweeksofficial and today’s virtual exhibition theme is ‘Work created during lockdown’. I had started to experiment with metal additions to my work just before lockdown started and
‘Texture’ today’s theme for #baw2020 I find it very difficult to leave any of my work without some kind of texture. I seem to have this desire to recreate the essence of different landscapes and with this series of pots called &lsqu
‘Joy’ today’s theme for @bucksartweeksofficial Making on the potters wheel is my happy place ... when it’s going well!!! Sometimes it feels that the clay is on your side and other days it just out to get you. I’m pushin
Bridges and Connections day 11 of @baw2020 I wasn’t sure what to post today and then I saw @annakbaldwin post and it reminded me how important being a member of @buckinghamshirecraftguild has been to me ... being able to connect with other loca
‘Abstractions’ day 10 #baw2020 ... Something that only exist as an idea. #bucksartweeksofficial #buckinghamshire #bucksartandcrafts #miltonkeynes #visitbucks #chilterns #visitchilterns #bucksculture #madeinbuckinghamshire #texture #black
‘Fantasy’ day 9 @bucksartweeksofficial ... if I could have opened my studio @westburyartscentre this weekend it might have looked a bit like this! Memories of exhibiting at the end of 2019 when everything now seems like a fantasy. #fantas
‘The Shape of Things’ day 7 @bucksartweeksofficial This is my go to shape ... I love a rounded belly pot and it keeps reoccurring in my work. Different textures, different clays, different sizes! #bucksartweeksofficial #baw2020 #bucking
Colour & Light - day 6 @bucksartweeksofficial The Raku workshops that I run with Mark Compton @mkrakuworkshops have taken a big hit this year with all the planned dates so far having to be cancelled. We may find someway of running some later in
‘Neighbours’ day 4 of @bucksartweeksofficial - these little black and white marbled ceramic vases sit happily either grouped together or standing alone. Inspired by the ever changing sky on a visit to the Isle of Harris last year ... look
@bucksartweeksofficial day 2 - nature - no need for a big bouquet of flowers ... just one tiny stem can have as much impact! I have a selection of different colours and textures in stock ... £35 each. #bucksartweeksofficial #baw2020 #buckingha
Today would have been the first day of my Open Studios for Bucks Art Week sadly not now able to go ahead so @bucksartweeksofficial are suggesting a different theme every day for the next two week - today is ‘Breaking Free’ - these pots ar