Spring is here, we are having a few more visitors to our gallery, and I am making some new work to go on the shelves!
Yellow Cat (approx 7 x 4 inches 180 x 100mm) Well, it is that time of year again, spring has sprung and the chill of winter has mostly departed. Although, to be fair, there are some days where we are blasted by Southerly breezes that still bring a dash of air that has streamed up from the Antarctic. Our magnolia is in flower, and the petals of its white flowers, with their delicate pink underside, seem to dance and tumble like a late fall of snowflakes. I have been in the studio preparing clay and also making and firing some mugs and bowls in preparation for our summer season. I was pleased to start to replenish the shelves in our little gallery with new work. Some bowls are glazed simply and others are more complex with layered glazes or with majolica style decoration that I do directly on the unfired glaze before the work goes in the kiln. This bowl has my own clear glaze over it (my "One Over the Five" clear, you will find the recipe in the prev...
