wonders and dangers
I’ve had the luxury of a good sort out and spring clean in preparation for this year’s Artists’ Open House. It’s hard to look at your work while you’re in […]
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wandering from the path
Radio 4 reported on research into how the brain does creativity last week. Mostly, the brain tries to get answers as quickly as possible – it takes the fastest, shortest […]
words, words, words
Working with clay, you have to get used to delays. You can’t just start making something and carry on until it’s finished. The clay has to be worked on […]
writing like Freud
I do love words, text, writing, fonts. There’s something about the synthesis of form and content that’s very rich. It’s also something that we all do, that works from the […]
the wool clip and japanese fair-isle
I’ve been very excited by Ella Gordon’s blog post about japanese fair isle pattern books, as well as the new wool harvest shown at Jamieson and Smith’s blog. Their main […]
the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction
I’ll be at the British Ceramic Biennial on the 9th and 10th November 2013, working at the original Spode factory, alongside other artist, poets, and makers. As I wrote earlier […]
the web-ecology of craft
I was talking to Claudia Clare recently about the community for ceramics in London – would we like to have the opportunity to meet and talk? I was once part […]
