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old and new

May 1, 2020by carys davies 3 Comments

I’ve been learning about The Book of Kells recently – Trinity College Dublin have some fantastic resources on their early manuscripts. My favourite turns out to be the much simpler […]

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Swan quills

quills and serendipity

July 3, 2015by carys davies Leave a comment

I stay in Littlehampton when I show at West Dean. I love being being by the sea, and it’s away from the over-pricing due to Goodwood, a couple of miles […]

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plate

words, words, words

April 3, 2015by carys davies Leave a comment

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 […]

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Volcanic oysters

markets and MOOCs

December 12, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

Well, the last few pots have been sent off through the Post Office, and that’s it for 2014! This year, a few galleries are already asking for more work in […]

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rain in shetland

expansiveness before the Christmas rush

November 13, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

I’ve sent most of my Christmas show work out, so I’m coasting now, for a while, and thinking about what I’m making or getting for Christmas. (Shows and stockists here, […]

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clay people

making software, this time

October 31, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

In the aftermath of MADE London I’m spending time online. One of the most frequent questions at MADE was ‘Do you sell online?’. The short answer is no: directly selling […]

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the division of labour

October 10, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

This week I’ve been an electrician, a stone-cutter, a photographer, an illustrator, a gardener, a marketer, a critic, and an entrepreneur. Well, sort of.   Mending my kiln was the […]

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Materials Library

more reasons to think carefully about making

September 26, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

There are disadvantages to reading the many excellent online newsletters I’ve written about here. You get interesting ideas, as in the first part of Tim Maly’s essay on artists making […]

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workshop

deferred again

September 12, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

I’m stuck in a cycle of deferring at the moment – last week’s post was about deferred gratification, and this week my work is still stuck. At least it forces […]

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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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