On Thursday the winners will be announced and I will have had a say in who they are. Applying for craft fairs, competitions, awards etc. becomes routine for most makers so I felt very privileged on this occasion, to be on the other side of the fence as it were.… Read more...
We are busy making stock for CAL (Ceramic Art London). These are some decorated teapots drying before their first firing – looking promising but a long way off being “in the bag”.… Read more...
These are some of my coloured clay bead necklaces. I have been road testing them and find them very “wearable”. Two are threaded onto sterling silver snake chains and one onto some rather nice hemp twine.… Read more...
Tilla posted a small piece about her bead making in the blog. I really like the things that she is making. They are very much her own and quite liberated from the expectations that the pots bring with them about function and established forms and the particular “look” that my making gives things.… Read more...
With Ceramic Art London around the corner we have starting making teapots again. These will be some glazed, decorated ones. This is peeking over Tilla’s shoulder.
James 26th Feb. 2014… Read more...
I couldn’t resist taking an image of this espresso mug body, upside down on a chuck on Tilla’s wheel. I think they look particularly lovely at this stage – absolutely matt, fresh and direct.… Read more...
In my spare time I’ve been making ceramic beads. These are some of the latest – un fired as yet so the colours will be brighter when finished. I make them by rolling soft coloured clay around a paintbrush handle.… Read more...
This teapot feels like a fantastic example of our collaboration and a huge accomplishment. (I do feel a bit guilty that James has the hardest job in actually making it and I get to do the fun, easy part.)… Read more...
This is the next attempt at developing a half-glazed/half unglazed design of mug. It follows on from the espresso mug I did a post about on Dec. 4th of last year. … Read more...
Our eldest daughter, Mary broke this mug on Friday. She’s thirteen and I gather that teenagers have a reputation for clumsiness. Now, whilst it is true that there are “plenty more where that one came from” I was particularly sorry to see this one go.… Read more...
I spent a day making buttons recently. They are made from coloured clay and are unglazed (like the cylinders). I like working on a small scale and there’s something pleasingly simple – even primitive – about a button.… Read more...
We will be exhibiting at CAL again in 2014. It is held at the Royal College of Art in London from April 4th – 6th. For more information go to
http://www.ceramics.org.uk/home.php… Read more...