Red The Cat

Plucked up courage yesterday to take some of my smoked raku jewellery bits to Red The Cat a lovely gallery/shop in a converted stable next to Belton House garden centre. She seemed to quite like them and took them on sale or return so am keeping my fingers crossed   www.redthecat.co.uk  Alison Couten the propriortor is an excellent figurative sculptural ceramicist herself and has some great pieces in the gallery along with her husband Stephen Faulkner's automata .....and lots of lovely contemporary crafts...  well worth a look on the way down the A.1.( there is also a lovely coffee/cake/lunch  shop next door to the gallery ) Turn off at Downtown and head for Great Gonnerby then there are signposts for Belton House,i think the garden centre and Red The Cat is on the other side of the main road to Belton House.

Pot smoking !

pierced/ burnished/ smoked.

Raku day again..

Slipped  and glazed a few pots in the studio on Friday ready for a session whenever the weather allowed. Today was so beautiful the sun was shining not alot of wind and  by the afternoon the neighbours had taken their washing in so it was Go Go Go.....Get the burner alight and my act together...The Naked Raku was ok as it did'nt need as high a temperature as pots with just glaze, the kiln obviously was'nt reaching 900 centigrade as glaze was'nt maturing I think the kiln had been rained on and was holding water in the ceramic fibre so maybe if I fire again this week i'll put those pots through again and hope for the best......

Holidays over...

Gareth enjoying the ride.

 

Me and my boys in Croyde.

Had a great week in Croyde, north Devon with the family.

Studio.

Straight back to studio to get my head around what I should now be doing, did some sketches made some notes and assembled some earrings from beads I made before going away.

Some silly toastracks to brighten up the window.

Ullswater sailing week.

Yet another fantastic week of sun, sailing, swimming and song, 25 Wayfarers arrived at the yacht club set up their tents cracked open their wine boxes and had a fantastic week.

Beer O'clock at 6 pm most days>

Had some great picnics.

Yes tis I at the helm......sailing by jib alone.

Cowes Week....

Boats everywhere!Stevie looking very cool sporting his new  beard!

Finish of day 7.....Phew!

Yet another week away supporting Steve at Cowes week, all had a fantastic week lots of sun and lots of wind thankfully. The 8 man British police team raced a  J 190 over 7 days and and came 10th overall in their class, a great result boys.
  
      Roll on next year ......