I’ve mentioned here and there that these days, I start my week with a couple of hours in a ceramics class with Louise Gelderblom, where I’m really having fun. A couple of weeks ago, after sketching lots of little footed pot-bellied little objects, I painted this row of interesting shapes, and decided that I’d spend …
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Making Friday – Monday Ceramics
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Making Friday… is now on Monday?
I started my Making Friday routine because I didn’t seem to have any time to spend in the studio, so I had to schedule it in. In particular, I needed time in which to tackle non work-related projects, as I find these “just for fun” things seem to inevitably provide the basis for future design …
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Making Friday: 15 November
Actually, after such a looooong break from my Making Friday routine, I’m planning to have an entire Making Week (or more!). I have an ‘away’ message on my email, and I’m doing my best to get my teeth into a new collection of prints. Of course, before I began, I first had to pull and push every …
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Making Friday – on a Sunday
I had a peaceful day catching up with things in the studio on Sunday while Shepherd wielded his paintbrush downstairs, but eventually found myself with time on my hands, and so I dug around on the prop shelves and lined up some interesting shapes for an Instagram moment. And suddenly, after trying to kill time, …
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Domestic Animals
During May this year, on one of my Making Fridays (one I didn’t post about here, but on Instagram instead), I had fun with my knife and some patternmakers’ card, cutting out lots of cute animal cards. Some of the results of this day well-spent are now available for sale, in the form of the Domestic …
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Coincidences & Pots
For a while I’ve been drawing lots and lots of pots. I’ve been pinning them to my Vessels board on Pinterest, I bought a lot of bowls and tea bowls from our friend Steve Shapiro a while back, and I really enjoyed my visit to the Potters’ Market earlier this year. It seems I’ve got …
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Making Friday – 18 May
I had a cracker of a Making Friday last week, tucking into an episode of bag-making in a way that bag-making requires, especially when there are recessed zips and other occasions for cussing and head-scratching involved. I started with some sketches, and then remembered that I’d made a little slingbag a few years back, and had …
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I’ve had a blast!
Wow, I really needed that. I’ve been feeling on the verge of burning out lately, with the tyranny of the To Do list looming far too large in my mind. A plan had to be made, so Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week were spent hiding behind an email ‘Away’ message while I mucked …
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Making Friday 19 April
Due to my studio revamp, I couldn’t wait for Making Friday to put all that workspace to use! I was cutting and stitching by Wednesday last week, whipping up some cute little fabric buckets as I think about what to put in the new catalogue this year.
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