Contemporary handmade studio jewellery combining metalwork and ephemera featuring handwriting. A b o u t . It starts this Saturday 17 March and continues until Saturday 23 June 2018. The exhibition illustrates the diverse styles of individual makers from various disciplines, concentrating on surface texture and pattern.

How to build a kiln by Joe Finch. How to mix pottery glazes. Why its a pottery blog for me. New wood firing Kiln roof. Manor Stokes Wood Firing Group Membership. Merry Xmas and a safe new year. Merry Xmas to one and all and those potters too. Enjoy watching your progress over the last year and look forward to your new post. Big thank you to all my followers. Here is my new kiln.

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Earlier this week, Monday, my partner, Claire, and I went on an overnight stay to London. Amongst a few things we wanted to do on the trip was visit the Agnes Martin. Exhibition, which is currently on at Tate Modern. We have both known of Agnes Martin for sometime, knowing a little of her painting and being especially taken with her writing. Exhibition, also at Tate Modern, and the Richard Serra. Richard Serra I know a lot more about.

Wood firing and raku firing ceramics on the Isle of Skye. I meant to start writing this with the laying of the first course of bricks but I put it on Facebook instead. I found it hard to picture the whole build so drip feeding into FB was easier. First wood kiln, Phoenix type design and so easy to fire. Trying to decide upon the best kiln for this exposed site on the Isle of Skye took a long time.

Debbie Barber, Raku and Sawdust Fired Ceramics. Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness. I took my camera for a walk along the hedgerow this week.

From abstract expressionism to weaving and back again.