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I like him anyway!

St Marks Gallery

    Rented a small shelf in a Newark gallery just to test the market  so have left a mix of things......www.stmarksgallery.co.uk

Messing about with some porcelain.

Little porcelain jugs.

Porcelain spoons etc.

  Back in my studio after a long break in Greece and I am enjoying every minute, have loads of ideas and did'nt really know where to start so I have started small and will be going as big as my kiln will allow...so watch this space chaps ...

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Stavros museum, Ithaka, Greece

Our little boat is moored in far right hand corner of bay.

 All these artifacts were found in a cave near Polis Bay very near the spot that we moored the boat.

Love these wine cups, so elegant!

Kioni Ithaka, Greece.



Jewellers on Kioni harbour,beautiful things,beautiful building!



Outside display boxes.

View from shop/workshop.

Our sailing trip around the Greek isles is an amazing experience but apart from these beautiful old olive oil pots there is not much good studio pottery around, found a beautiful jewellers on Kioni harbour side, it was housed in an old winery  and was so beautiful, his display cases outside were great.

South Ionian ,Greece.

Lovely Olive/Olive oil pots scattered about everywhere!

David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - Exhibitions - Royal Academy of Arts

After seeing the TV preview and later discussions of his work and enthusing over it with my lovely friend Beth I agreed to try and see it for both of us. Would have been so wonderful to have seen it together as she would have absolutely loved it as indeed I did. Very powerful work especially the i-pad paintings, the colours and marks were amazing. Go if you have'nt been yet it finishes on the 9th April




David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - Exhibitions - Royal Academy of Arts

Sloe Gin bottles.

Heather's Clock...

Hugo the whacky clock!

New Year, New work..... New ideas.

Bird plate for hanging.

Porcelain spoon heads, driftwood handles to be added.

Large shallow bowls with impressed decoration around rim, as big as the kiln will allow ! 

Kirklington walk.... last day 2011.

Buzzard

Busy workshop.

Lucille

Think I'll make a teapot now!

Kate decorating her second bowl.

Bottles..

    Have been practicing bottle throwing... no not literally though I did feel like it while trying to make these....Steve is making his usual sloe gin and wanted me to make some stoneware bottles/flasks...not too bad but a tad too small, will try again tomorrow.... am enjoying the challenge!

Slab pots.

Chris and Till's Pot made 20+ years ago.

Landscape Pot "1"

Went to my cousin's wedding last september in Holland and found a lovely slab pot sitting pride of place with lovely red roses arranged in it, it turned out to be one of mine made many many years ago, I had'nt remembered it at all. So I decided there and then that I must make more, so this week over a year on I made one...love making them but really don't  like decorating them.  I hav'nt reached that stage yet so before I ruin it I'll show you some pics at it's leatherhard stage...

Jewellery

"  Red The Cat "   the lovely gallery shop at Belton  House garden centre have taken another lot of my jewellery and all of a sudden everyone ( bit of an exageration! )  is coming into the studio to buy pots, better get some more stuff made quick, some hope eh! how can pottery making be quick. Should have started months ago...!!!