Flat out to deliver to the Blue Egg!

The day started with an egg. Having watched Giles Coren and Sue Perkins try their hand at self sufficiency we were inspired to have boiled eggs! Simon is concerned about the number of photos of him on this blog. Josie is miffed that she doesn't get cooked breakfast! You can't please everyone.























Matilda finds a new chair to sleep on! Well until Simon packs it.

So I have to do some marketing. At break neck speed I draw a logo and write some copy!

The wire heart frame I bought in Saffron Walden market works a treat to display my hearts.

Here is the finished look that I took to the Blue Egg. They seemed very happy with the look.

Here are my new kiln shelves which I have just put bat wash on them so that if any glaze falls on to them I can get it off.

Just Monday!

It's Monday. For those of you who think I just lounge about all day. This is what I have done (its about typical for me):

1) Made pancakes for breakfast
2)Tidied kitchen and cleaned sink
3)Tidied studio
4) Loaded new kiln for bisque firing
5) Slip decorated cups (see later picture)
6) Threw two largish bowl and large plate
7) Made Nigel Slaters Turkey/mushroom/pumkin dish (see photo below)
8)Made tea
9) Had a bath (a bit tired now)
10) Did my blog!!


Here is Simon's fantastic head which has now been fired and has pride of place on our bedroom wall.




Here are my french coffee cups - now decorated and drying.



















Here is the pumpkin which didn't managed to do! I am using it in tonights supper instead of a mash potato topping!

Here is the dish itself. It's like a shepherd's pie made with turkey and pumkin! Here it is waiting to be finished off in the oven.

Here is Simon hard at work wearing his wrist warmers I made him.

Her is Matilda who misses no opportunity to sit on a new arrived box!

Here is how we have tea (not always with a tablecloth but always tea at 4.10 when Josie gets home. Today there is no homemade cake. Just fruit bread or crumpets. Josie had hers with brandy butter!

Here are our tea plates. Guess who gets who.

Hearts and more Hearts!

So yesterday and today I have been working on some new hearts. Production has improved by the use of cutters and painting in blocks. With three outlets I need to be more efficient. Am waiting on kiln silts to arrive - at the moment I can only fire 16 at a time.

This picture show hearts unfired and unglazed.

Here are my new designs all fired. I am very pleased with them. Unfortunately my camera doesn't like to do closeups (they come up blurred) so I can only really do wider shots at present.






Heart production in the studio.



Finished items

Here are all my bowls I have produced. I put them together to decide what might go to the gallery.

Each one I have built a relationship with so it is hard to part with them. However as Simon's says I can always make more.

Here are my three "french" coffee mugs (still in production) as commissioned by the gallery. I was concerned how the handles might be but really enjoyed attaching them. I like them a lot.

He is my wonderful little kiln. He is so good and
works so hard for me!

Here is my wonderful wheel. Simon replaced the broken window (which is not horridly frosted like the others) so that light shines in and also the cat likes to watch. Actually Matilda likes to come in on a daily basis. She stands outside the door and mews until let in and then walks around and then scratches the carpet! At this point she is ask to leave!




Here is fantastic press my wonderful mother found for me!! I just love it and it works brilliantly.

Here is a rather poor photo of my first print. It is so much better in real life. Infact if you are reading this you will probably get one for Christmas.

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Autumn Wednesday

The sun was shinning so I wanted to take a picture of the trees displaying there wonderful autumn leaves but look what got in the way! Have you seen my studio!!!!!!!!!

Autumn is here. I just can't get enough of those autumn colours!

Simon and I took a lunch time walk up the alleyways of GB.

Spot the pig? He was sitting down but took a dislike to Simon and grunted and then started walking towards us.

Simon's sheep and black birds shot.

To prove its Autumn I made Simon hold a leaf!

Here are some of my latest bowls. This small one in front I love so much I can't sell or give it away.

This big bowl will go to the gallery in Lavenham.

So will this one.

This was the smallest bowl I have ever thrown. It was much bigger but did not behave and so it had to be reduced. It's very sweet!

Autumn Half Term 2010

I would kind of like to start with a rant about how amazingly hard and challenging it is in a technical way to put this blog together. The programme to just put pictures on is unbelievably hopeless so that I have to put all the pictures up first (each one takes 2mins to download) as it can't cope with text as well. Is it just me! There are millions of bloggers who blog everyday and never mention the trouble they have. So sorry to have a moan but really... its enough to put you off ever blogging again!!!

Now to the half term that has been. We started off Josie and I in Norfolk. Here is Isabelle learning to crochet! Doesn't she look the part!











A happy game of racing demon!

A very nice NT. With apple cheesecake!

Bailey's cafe

Lovely shop - snooty staff!!

Delicious chocolate cake and flapjack.

Russian Caravan Tea

Simon and his sister Carolyn and a flash of Josie!

Wendy who accepted my jewellery for Parkfields in Ross on Wye

A high tea!

Josie, Zak and George

It won't let me put text next to the next picture....Hmmmm! so the capture is here...

Josie's 1930's bag design.