The Bird know as Rudolf Nureyev

This is very last minute but here is the bird know as Rudolf Nureyev fluffing up his pink ballet legs as though they were tights. He strikes a great pose here but then he would do, his stock is that of the long legged waders famed for standing so still. That said, I feel his aplomb is slightly lacking here, captured as he is, in the famous Sauté position, Rudy just about carries it off.
Unfired and late for the kiln he may not make it to England this time!

The Kiln is ON

This is the one that almost got away, actually there are two of these. 8 inches square black slip on top of white. The kiln is full to the gunnel's so expect more pictures in a few days! By the way - all the birds have four feet in Spain.

Another Bird Finsihed

All these plates and pots are going to the Zimmer Stewart Gallery in Arundel West Sussex England. They will arrive there for the 6th May and go on to general exhibition form the 8th May for three weeks. The plate above is small at only 22 cm's.

Two more form the kiln

The Snow Queen Bird

The Bird Known as Lucille Ball

Two more form the kiln

The Drawings

I am nearly finished with this little collection. The last pots are still in process and no, I haven’t forgotten the Bird Cage jar, it still needs a lid, and that is why I haven’t finished it yet. But it does have to go in the next firing so I need to get on with it.

This little jar here is only 12 inches tall, I have put all the drawings on it from the bird plates, it is interesting to see how they change when they go into colour and paint mode. No lavish tail feathers here, rather it is all about the beaks. I love they way things develop depending on their execution. Black slip over cream slip; I might put some gold or silver lustre on too.

Introducing the Bird known as Bridget Jones

Bridget is a bit of a flirty bird. She eats all the wrong sorts of food and tweets the mantras over and over again that she learns by heart from self-help books. She has got a much firmer grip on her nastiest habit and has cut down to only a couple of cigarette butts a day of her favourite brand, the shiny banded St Moritz menthol's. So BJ (as she is known to other finches) does not actually consider she is a serious smoker so therefore in her own beady eyes, definitely not all bad. She does in fact consider herself to be a bit of a catch for any bird, but despite this, she still hasn’t mated for life yet.


Seen here in the raw, unfired and damp.

Vivien Westwood

There is my Vivien Westwood telling you all about my next exhibition. See you there.

From the Kiln

I have been potting, but it was quite a challenging week that followed Easter, I lost my telephone line and also the Internet for a few days, I went nearly mad with the lack of radio and resorted to talking to myself in the end. The bird cage pot is in cling film for now, I was too fractious to work on it to be honest. Then to make matters worse I lost all connections with the outside world again on Sunday, I have no idea why, but needless to say I am back on now. We also had a 6.2 earthquake last night, but I felt nothing and most importantly neither did the pots.

In my most lonely moment I rigged up my camera and did a couple of short films in the workshop. Sadly they play back on my camera but not on the download as I need a faster memory card. Ever so funny though, for the UK readers; it's like Delia Smith with slip! I will get a better card and share these with you soon though.

Jess, is you can see this, the long plate top right is for your table. And the swifts are back in the light well so the nest cam will be back!

Samana Santa Granada

Samana Santa where everybody looks up. A wondrous site indeed, every procession you can think of from the crucifixion to the glass coffin. And every person in Granada was doing the same thing.