I’m starting 2018 with a creative break, spending as much of January as possible in the studio, getting my creative batteries recharged. So instead of the standard ‘year in review’, I’ve decided to do a “Making Friday year in review’ post, taking stock of what happened during my behind-the-scenes studio practice, which I like to …
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A year of Making Fridays: 2017
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Making Friday: Keeping it Weird
I don’t know what’s up with me and ceramics these days. I’ve been making some things I really have mixed feelings about once they’re out of the kiln, but I have a total blast while making them. This one happened on Monday night, when I was shaping the largest pot I’ve ever built, and ended …
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Oddjects exhibition 3 – 5 March
Don’t miss the Oddjects exhibition of ceramics and drawings at the Skinny laMinx shop from 3 – 5 March.
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All the Oddjects
For two years, I’ve been making things from clay at morning classes with Louise Gelderblom, but haven’t really catalogued them anywhere, so today’s the day to show all the Oddjects (or the ones I remembered to photograph, at least) all at once.
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Making Friday: From Sketchbook to Oddject
Notebooks are very useful things to have with you. They’re good for recording fleeting ideas, and good to look back on to see where you’ve been. For two years, I’ve kept this little “Ceramics Ideas” notebook alongside my other general notebook, jotting down ideas for shapes I’d like to make in the Monday morning ceramics classes I’ve …
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Group ceramics show
Every year at this time, my ceramics teacher Louise Gelderblom has a show at which all her students can display some of their work. I’m going to be showing some of the peculiar Oddjects I’ve been making all year, which look something like this: Come to the show on Friday 13 November at 6pm. It’s …
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Making Friday – The Multipede
I’m still potting away on a Monday morning, and really enjoying it, making the oddest little pots. Out of the kiln most recently: The Multipede!
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Making Friday/Monday – the ceramics keep coming
I’ve been making so many funny little vase-shaped things in my Monday morning ceramics classes, and I’m quite enjoying being productive without having the faintest idea of the purpose of the enterprise (which is exactly what Making Friday is all about!). These two (remember Rooi en Blou on TV?) are the latest works in progress.
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Making Friday: Ceramics
I’m still loving my weekly ceramics class, and these guys are the first of the bunch to come out of the kiln. Fingers crossed the rest don’t explode so I can eventually line them up in more or less the way I painted them before I began 🙂
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