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 […]
Tag Archives: porcelain
flatness
Flatness is one of the new big things in designing for the Internet. Flatness in art was one of the really big ideas in the 60s, championed by the critic […]
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 […]
more about mistakes
Opening the kiln is well-known to be the most traumatic moment in a potter’e studio. It’s the moment when your guesses about how a pot will look are finally resolved. […]
sea and cloud
I’ve been firing work for Kathrin Bohm to take to Leipzig, for the International Village Show she’s curating and showing work in. She brought me these Blackcurrent Sodas, made from […]
post-christmas wash-up?
I hope you all, dear readers, had an excellent Christmas and are looking forward to 2015. Thanks you all so much for coming to read my blog, I hope you […]
deferred gratification
Potters, more than some other artists, live in a world of deferred gratification. Especially with porcelain, you just don’t know what a pot will look like until it’s glaze fired. […]
