Building my studio

I have been very busy building my new studio in the last month. It has taken up far more time than I could ever have imagined, but it will be fantastic to be working in it when its finished. I have been working every day until it get dark to try to finish it and have been so lucky with the weather.

Here are some images

and so it begins - day 2, on my birthday 13th Sept

View from studio window

It takes a lot of wood to build this big, 20x12 feet

Now with the roof structure and floor added 1st Oct

Roof lights cut in and back wall coved in breather membrane

Ella and Nicky enjoying the studio

Ready for the cladding at last

At the end of the day on the 5th Oct

I still have the windows and door and roof lights to make and fit, the inside has to be insulated and lined. The electrics and water will also need to be done too. Still the end is not too far away.

Tent London

I am delighted to have been selected, along with 5 other makers, to show my work as part of Bath School of Art & Design, Fashion Textiles & 3D Department. The show runs from 22-25 September at Old Truman Brewery, London. I will be showing a selection of my glazed porcelain work.

Link: Tent London

Ripple vessels (porcelain)

Wave vessels (porcelain)

This will be a great opportunity to give my work much wider exposure at a design led show. The other makers are: Rosie Venables (ceramics), Henrietta Scholes (textiles), Kaylee Hibbert (textiles), Penny Seume (textiles), Ruth Moser (textiles)

Art in Clay, Hatfield

Bath School of Art And Design Ceramics students will be showing work at Art in Clay, Hatfield. Most of the graduating students from 2011 and 2 from lasts years graduates will be show work. This will be the first selling opportunity for most of the group, and should be great fun. This is a really well established show and has been running for 17 years including this year.

Some images

Bath School of Art & Design at Hatfield

Bath School of Art & Design at Hatfield

Keith Varney

Lucy Parford-Plant

Abi Jackson

Rosie Venables

Martha Orr

Cheryl Gould and Niki Banfield

Jo Corbet

Jo's Jugscape

Rachel Bond

New Designers

Tomorrow I set off for New Designers in Islington. This is the work that I will be taking.

Paper porcelain

Thrown porcelain vessels

I hope that good things will come from this show, it's going to be hard work though a taste of whats to come if things go well!

I now have A web site!

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The degree show starting to take shape

Today was really difficult, it was hard to decide what to show and how to place it. With the help of Ros (my first year helper) and after much juggling of furniture and pots this is the arrangement that seems to work. I will see how I feel about it tomorrow morning!

Last batch of vessels

The last kiln load of work and all came out of the kiln without problems. With only a few days left till the end of the course things seem to be going well, my biggest pieces have survived their journey through the drying, bisque firing and final glaze firing! The work was photographed in my degree show space.

the colours are working out well

The green vessel is the largest that I managed to produce its about 14 inches dia.

Some of the corrugated  paper clay work

Some mounted A2 images for the show

Some finished glazed work just in time for the degree show.

At last it has all come together just at the right time! After a long glazing session the kiln went on just before the end of the day.  Have to wait for three days for the results as this is a very slow firing. The glaze has worked out well, no more crazing and the colours are what I have been looking for.

The contrast between glazed and unglazed surfaces works well

I'm really happy with these

Photography lighting studio

spent an hour or so in the lighting studio and got some interesting images. I prefer natural light for photography but these worked out OK. The images from natural light are warmer and softer.