continuing with porcelain thrown forms and cobalt oxide brushwork…. this week pushing to try these ideas on a canvas with acrylic paints…. loving the physical energy of making marks.

studio still life today

love a pile of cups, blue and white, porcelain, spots and clouds…..some lovely versions of

happy birthday sung a few days ago by biggies and littlies have given

my batteries a charge ….

the kiln is on and i’m ready to go!!!

platters and plates, stoneware gives such lovely surfaces to present food, the texture and colour of the clay gives an earthy ‘stoneyness’ that adds and reflects all the deliciousness of shared food platters from cheese to fruit to seafood or meats….mmmm what time is it?

porcelain bowls and cobalt markings, glazed inside, some outside,wax resist.

enjoying so much the interaction between clay body and glaze …the earthiness/stoniness of the surface….oxidised mattwhite glaze over Keanes stoneware 33.

stoneware cups out of last weeks firing…am enjoying the ‘stone-ness’ of the body and the way the white matt glaze works over it, satisfies a need for ‘earthiness’ visually apparent. my porcelain is fired to the same temperature, a different delishess ness !!

love a morning when its time to use my brushes and cobalt washes to paint some of my pieces!!!

plates and bowls out of the kiln on the weekend…am enjoying the stoneware clay body, colour and texture.  the whole process of ceramics, of earth, clay, forming and firing processes, resulting in usable objects, never ceases to be a pleasure.