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Columbia Gallery flyer

Affordable Art Fair Battersea

October 20, 2016by carys davies Leave a comment

So, I delivered my work to the Columbia Gallery stand (K1) at the Battersea Art Fair, and took a good look around, while I was there.  It was great to […]

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a, critical journal

art and commerce

October 30, 2015by carys davies Leave a comment

Clay is coming to TV with ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’, a Bake-Off for potters. It looks as though they are making functional ware – bowls, pots, mugs: completely uneconomic […]

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bowl

attention

March 20, 2015by carys davies 1 Comment

I’ve been loading up my web site with new images recently. It’s coded in html/css, so it means I can easily try new fonts, too.   There’s a fashion in […]

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poem

archiving and adding, images and stories

August 1, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

I’ve been updating my website recently – creating archives, and adding projects from last year and this year. So far I’ve added oak ash and thorn and some animations. I’ve […]

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a, critical journal, making blogs

April is the silliest month

April 4, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

I was all set for a serious blog about success in art (triggered by seeing a wonderful Thomas Jones painting at the Ashmolean). But somehow the sun, the warmth of […]

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a, critical journal, making blogs, poetry
close up of porcelain pot

attention all shipping

January 31, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

I’ve been updating my website with some new images and links. I’m really pleased with this new work with words from the Shipping Forecast.

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a, critical journal, making pots
ice floe and text

art mashups

January 24, 2014by carys davies 4 Comments

The art I get most excited about these days seems to mostly be ‘mashups’ – crossing genres, breaking up classifications, creating a jolt of interest. Out of Ice, by Elizabeth […]

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a, critical journal, Initial, making pots
linen towel with embroidery

a sense of place, a sense of time

November 15, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

I went to a great symposium at the Craft Study Centre in Farnham this week,run by unravelled, who have curated craft installations at Nymans and The Vyne, amongst others.   […]

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page from a china pattern book

a taster for the BCB weekend

November 8, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

Come visit the British Ceramics Biennial at the Spode Works in Stoke over the weekend. I’ll be working there – on imaginary tea sets, not real ones, for a change. […]

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Animated calligraphy

animated writing… digital and craft mash-ups

October 18, 2013by carys davies 2 Comments

After working with computers for twenty years, I’ve enjoyed the ceramic workshop, where electronics are banned as they get filled up with dust. I’m beginning though to think harder about […]

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