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flatness

April 17, 2015by carys davies Leave a comment

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 […]

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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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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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hacking is the new making

November 28, 2014by carys davies 6 Comments

Last week’s MakeShift conference from the Crafts Council, which I talked about last week on the blog was all about the digital overlap with making. This week’s Peter Dormer lecture […]

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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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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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