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8 August 2011
It was fantastic to arrive at the Eisteddfod to find I had won £1500.
Robyn Tomos from Y Lle Celf had told me, but in Welsh, so I thought I must have misheard.
I celebrated by buying Clogiau Goffa Wrecsam - the Eisteddfod Memorial Clogs - from
Trefor Owen. I reckon they will be great for the studio.
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My first year at Art in Action, at Waterperry near Oxford... It's a beautiful and calm
environment, I would pick up a cup of tea on my way to look at the flowering magnolia grandiflora,
before a quick turn among the roses. I showed more of RS Thomas' crockery in the 'best of the best' tent.
About eighty people got to make their own installations at my stand, in the 'Theatre of Pots':
here's just one.
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10 July 2011
I'm absolutely delighted to have been selected for the
National Eisteddfod 2011 exhibition. Taking part in this cultural
festival of music, performance, and visual arts is the absolute
pinnacle of achievement for Welsh speakers. This year it is in Wrexham, in the first week of August.
Gwych!
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20 June 2011
The contemporary craft fair at Bovey Tracey was fantastic again for my third visit. Full of interesting
people and work, although I must say I enjoyed most the fabulous knitting wool shop
Spin a Yarn as well a most interesting tour of handlooms at
Bovey Hand Weavers nearby. You can really see how mechanisation changed the
craft of weaving across the looms in the weaving shed. Instructive.
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22 May 2011
It was great to contribute to
FOUND - a garage sale raising money for the
wonderful Kettle's yard in Cambridge. Many thanks to
a gifted existence blog for the image.
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3 April 2011talk in cambridge - 4 May 2011
I'll be talking about my work at Contemporary Craft in Cambridge in the first week of May - the gallery is in
bene't street near the centre of Cambridge. Although we can't fit a wheel in there I will show
some of the stages of making the work, as well as sources of inspiration. It would be great to see you.
From 6-8pm on Wednesday 4th May - for more details contact Rhiannon at
Cambridge Contemporary Craft.
I work for the potter Edmund de Waal - much of the work in the left hand picture above is his. I'll also talk about this briefly - we are working on an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam nearby, for example - and can answer some questions on his book, 'the hare with amber eyes'. Open Studio in London, 7-8 May 2011
If you are in London, come to our Open Studio on the 7th and 8th May at the studio in Tulse Hill.
This shot shows us in ordinary mode - we'll get the bunting out for the actual day. We will be open 11-6 on Saturday 7th May and sunday 8th May 2011. Hannah James and Barry Stedman will also be open, as will Melissa's pottery around the corner.
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31 January 2011
Here's a taster of some new work with both writing and stacking. This stack includes an RS Thomas poem "The Bright Field". I like the idea that the poem gets re-written when the plates are re-stacked, and the idea of different people having different plates, and different parts of the poem. |
17 November 2010
Pullens yards in Kennington have a fantastic Winter open studios full of wine, food,
artists, craftsmen, designers, and, this year, including me! I will be at no 8 Iliffe Yard, the guest of DSDHA, 2010 architects of the year, sharing with the wonderful jeweller Claire Stratton. Friday 3 December 6-9pm Saturday 4 December 11-6pm Sunday 5 December 11-6pm 8 Iliffe Yard, off Walworth Road, SE17 3LH Street parking available from 6:30 Friday Tube: Kennington or Elephant and Castle
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15 September 2010
Please do come to our Open Studio! 10-6 Sat and Sun, 2 and 3 October 2010 We are opening as part of 'Open Lambeth' - you will find us under 'Parade Mews' - or pick up a leaflet from the studio.
Other galleries who've recently started stocking my work include: (click on name to go to the website) atelier in Barnstaple New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham Cambridge Contemporary Crafts in Cambridge
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I've been looking at old tea and coffee cans recently - the Ashmolean's re-opened with
amazing gallery of old Worcester china. You used to get one saucer, a coffee cup, and a tea cup
- called a trio. I've added a jug - and am making them in multiple glazes - these are just two.
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15 June 2010
We had great weather at Bovey Tracey for the contemporary craft show - great camping, with viennoiserie from the French Saturday market as a bonus! As usual there was all kinds of great work at the show, I was tempted into buying some wonderful earrings from Becky Crow.
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07 June 2010Please visit me if you can at the Contemporary Craft Fair in Bovey Tracey in Devon. It's on from the 11-13th June, for full details click on the name above and their website will open in a new tab or window.I'm on stand C21, near the entrance to Marquee C. I love going there - the Fair is run alongside The Devon Guild of Craftsmen and shares their great mix of great work and a relaxed atmosphere.
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29 May 2010Thank you to all who came to the Dulwich Festival - we were very busy, though not too busy to eat cake - and it was great to see many of you again as well as welcome new people to the studio.
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15 April 2010Coming up soon is the Dulwich Festival - we will be taking part, opening the studio onSaturday 8th and Sunday 9th May 2010 11am-6pm We'll have copies of the Artist's Open House booklet, which includes maps and details of other artists, as well as tea, coffee and cake so you can have a rest! You might want to also visit the Dulwich Picture Gallery - it will be the last two days of their Paul Nash exhibition, opening 11-5. They also have a great cafe, which opens at 10am both days. Our address is: 6 Parade Mews Norwood Road London SE27 9AX We are about 5 mins from Tulse Hill rail station, there's no parking at the studio - I recommend nearby Palace Road, and the tfl website for buses - the P13, 2, 432, 196, 68 and 468 are just a few of the buses that stop nearby. top
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9 March 2010Do come to see my work at Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park, London. I shall be showing with Shirley Crowther Contemporary Art stand K3. The times and dates are:Thursday 11-Sunday 14 March 2010 Drinks reception Thursday 5:30-9:30pm (call me for tickets) 11-6pm daily top
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16 February 2010If you want to see what I look like, then the Contemporary Craft Fair have a video of the 2009 Fair in which I appear - it's about 3 minutes in to the 5 minute clip, I'm the one with glasses and a black cardigan on.Clip of 2009 Craft Fair top
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13 December 2009Many thanks to all who came to the Open Studio, despite the torrential rain! We really appreciate the effort, and hope you enjoyed the parkin and banana cake. Here's some of the work that was on show:top
I've been making a lot of jugs - small and large - which seemed very popular. I'm also making 'stacks' - a jug, inside a mug, inside a bowl, inside a dish - inspired by the old 'solitaire' breakfast sets made in Stoke in the nineteenth century. 
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01 November 2009topIt seems a long time to Christmas but I know many of you like to get ready early! We will be having a Christmas Open Studio in Tulse Hill on the first weekend in December. 11-5 Saturday 5th December 2009 11-5 Sunday 6th December 2009 Hannah James and Barry Stedman have joined the studio since last Christmas and will also be showing work. I will also have work at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen's Christmas show All Wrapped Up , 21st November - 3 Jan 2010 and at the Cambridge Contemporary Art gallery 's Christmas show, from 14 November to 24th December 2009. |
21 September 2009
I am extremely pleased to be included in a great show of work at
Shirley Crowther Art.
The show starts in Ditchling, in a fantastic building where Frank Brangwyn lived and worked. Huge, light rooms
hide behind a secret ivy street front.. We are also part of Lambeth Open - a new initiative - where artists across the borough are opening their studios. We will be open 11-6pm on Sat 3rd and Sun 4th October. top
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18 July 2009
It's been a while since I updated the website - the reason is shown in the image below...
We have just finished installing a huge installation for Edmund de Waal: pots on a red shelf high in the dome
above the entrance hall of the Victoria and Albert Museum, in the new Ceramics Galleries.
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9 June 2009
I had a great time at the Bovey Tracey Contemporary Craft Fair - The Devon Guild of
Craftsmen were really fabulous. We had a month's worth of rain on the Saturday, but
spirits were not really dampened at all. I camped by a little stream a stone's throw from
the Fair, with a hot water bottle filled at the cafe at the Guild!top
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20 May 2009
The CUP exhibition at Bovey Tracey has started. I've made a big
conglomerate - a heap - of cups for them, as though excavated from the wreck of
a china clipper ship... Luckily it also got there in one piece! It's a great exhibition,
with huge felt pictures of cups - wonderful Elspeth Owen cups - lots to look at and think about. top
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11 May 2009
Dulwich Festival 'Artists At Home' was very enjoyable - it was great to meet other local artists
as well as inviting people in the local community into the studio.top
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02 April 2009
Coast magazine has included some of my work in its April issue - both
volcanic bowls and some of the sea-change series.
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10 January 2009We are going to be part of 'Artists At Home' during the Dulwich Festival The studio will be open on the 9th and 10th May 2009, from 11-5pm. The Festival publish a booklet with details of all the places open, so let me know if you want one and I shall send it on once it is published!top
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23 December 2008
I have been accepted for the exhibition CUP at the
Devon Guild of Craftsmen's
new exhibition space in Bovey Tracey. The exhibition will have work from established and new makers,
exploring this theme. I am planning to make some work inspired by my 'heaps' in the sea-change
series. I'm not sure how cup-like the vessels need to be so I hope to use the exhibition as a
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12 December 2008I had an Open Studio on the 9th December 2008 as part of the Parade Mews Open Studios. Many thanks to all who came. We drank Pimm's Winter Warmer and ate fruit cake as an early Christmas celebration.top
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22 November 2008Pictures of my work appeared in three magazines in the run up to the Brighton Craft Fair - November Homes and Gardens, BBC Homes and Antiques, and Coast magazine.
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