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I’m getting ready for the Salisbury Contemporary Craft and Heritage Festival, coming up on the 7-10th September. I love arriving in Salisbury: I can see the spire, it looks […]
I’m getting ready for the Salisbury Contemporary Craft and Heritage Festival, coming up on the 7-10th September. I love arriving in Salisbury: I can see the spire, it looks […]
September is the start of the new year, for me. Before going back to college, it was Jan 1st, as my job was very results-oriented, and if you had ‘made […]
There’s a myth that ‘artisans’ let alone ‘artists’ spend all their time making. Van Gogh, out every day sketching and painting. Gaugin, on his island paradise. No story is made […]
I’m back in the workshop after my textile Christmas, starting with making to replace stock sold. I’ve also made a dozen bowls, for a commission. They are to be […]
A quick post – there’s an item on the Welsh S4C Show Prynhawn Da (‘Good afternoon’) about the Nantgarw White Gold exhibition, and about my work in it. It’s be […]
My talk last week at Nantgarw went well – the exhibition looked really great, and best of all, it felt like home, even down to the welshcakes. Many thanks to […]
The ebb and flow of work means some weeks nothing is quite finished. I’ve found it’s always better to write about things I’m doing now, but that means some things […]
Today it’s goodbye to the old look for this blog! All the same content is here, but it’s more visible, with more and bigger pictures. The most important reason for […]
Just out of the kiln is the final work I’m getting ready for 2013 competitions. It’s always hard with new work to tell if it’s any good. I like to […]
I managed to buy a kiln just before Christmas, through the extremely helpful Kevin Sparrow. It’s a lot more complicated buying these than you might think: there’s at least five […]