old and new
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 […]
Category Archives: making blogs
quills and serendipity
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 […]
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 […]
markets and MOOCs
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 […]
expansiveness before the Christmas rush
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, […]
making software, this time
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 […]
the division of labour
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 […]
more reasons to think carefully about making
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 […]
deferred again
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 […]
archiving and adding, images and stories
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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