stacked some stoneware bowls to make more room on the bench, walked past this morning and saw them differently…the continuing studio juxtapositioning of clay shapes tools texture and glazing.

Fave jar out of the kiln yesterday/ stoneware and copper glaze… love the edges of glaze that meet raw clay with an iron blush !!

my favourite time of year…autumn and cyclamen time…and planter jars !!!

last weeks firing of stoneware bowls …slightly different shape of tiny bowls (pips, olives, chilly sauce…) to fit around large bowls for maximum use of kiln shelf space…

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.