amazing praying mantis on the verandah this morning

visited the provider store in Surry Hills last week… lovely bits of Japan have landed and this little bowl needed to come home with me!!

can’t stay away from adding to my fish series… porcelain and textiles… anchovies / sardines ?heading to #shervingallery #nationaltrustcafe this week. Cobalt oxide on porcelain under a gloss glaze.

ash glaze made last winter from ash left in our fire pit with a teaspoon of cobalt oxide still works for me, love it over stoneware like this blossom jar.

between 20 and 30cm D … stoneware