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more about mistakes

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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. […]

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sea and cloud

February 6, 2015by carys davies 3 Comments

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 […]

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post-christmas wash-up?

January 9, 2015by carys davies 5 Comments

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 […]

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deferred gratification

September 4, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

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. […]

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unreal objects, for a change

August 21, 2014by carys davies 3 Comments

I’ve been updating my website recently, with projects like imaginary tea sets. I try and say it with pictures over at my website, but I’ve been including more non-ceramic work […]

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grass, and green hills

August 14, 2014by carys davies 10 Comments

I’ve been scything in the Lee Valley – Walthamstow Marshes – recently, under the aegis of haystacks.net. Experienced scythers can cut faster than a strimmer: with the hay in its […]

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porcelain resist

shellac writing

August 8, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

I’ve finally got around to trying out shellac resist on raw clay. Shellac is made by the Lac beetle – she exudes it, and it has been used for a […]

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Contemporary Nantgarw/ Nantgarw gyfoes

June 13, 2014by carys davies 1 Comment

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 […]

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Pastry swatch

watch this.. craft in commerce

May 30, 2014by carys davies 1 Comment

I’ve been running ceramic workshops alongside Kathrin Bohm‘s Contraptions exhibition at Peckham Platform. We’ve been spinning colour onto bought china plates using a whirler contraption. The results were great – […]

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show season

May 16, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

Well, show season has started with a great first Artists’ Open House weekend for the Dulwich Festival! The virtual tour can now be supplemented by an image of me in […]

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