Salamanca Plaza Mayor

One of the most beautiful squares in Spain is the Baroque style Plaza Mayor and it i certainly one of the most lively and popular places in Salamanca. I could not resist this girl in red on the telephone standing high on the balcony, it made me think of My Castle in Spain and how much Lala would have loved this subject to photograph and so I dedicate it to her latest post on capturing the local personalities.







I arrived in England last night after a very long bike ride.

40 degrees in mid Spain

We are on the road to Santander in 40 degrees! This is too hot for the bike but we are stopping off a lot and there has been so much to see. Below in the streets in Merida jets of pressurised water are there to keep you cool.

Bird Tiles

This is one of the latest bird tiles, I am going to be selling these on my new web site in my shop. The site is coming along very nicely, I am driving my husband MAD with trixy requests and facilities that need hours of programming (wife's prerogative I feel).

The planning for the journey is underway, we need Harley D pannier liners for the bike to max out our packing space.The husband telephoned a shop in Escondidio California and left a message on their answer phone that went like this; Hello, I think it must be quite early in the morning there! I see on-line that you sell felt pannier liners, could you let me know if you can FedEx them to me for Monday? (Now this is the bit that I think will have had the mechanics in stitches) he continued, give me a bell, speak to you later; cheerio! He might as well have said toodle pip. He sounds like a matinee actor at the best of times. Anyway they are not coming, 4 weeks for delivery, so it's a Tesco plastic carrier bag, one in each side. How will I ever live it down, and we are staying in 4 star hotels on the way back!

You got to check out this Antonio Banderos chap here on Blipfoto

Bring on the Fish

Bring on the fish now. One big ray at the top with scrolled feet and three supporting juveniles.

The Kiln is OPEN

I am not going to bombard you as there isn't a huge amount but this oddity came out this afternoon, at first I wasn't sure about it at all, but it is growing on me. Very female species!

The Kiln is ON

This is photograph of the lake yesterday, it is still very hot here but down here there was a cooler wind from the waters surface. Pictures soon of the kiln load, I am preparing for the journey back to the future with the work, this time on a motorbike with a chase vehicle carrying the work.

My Daughter

This is by Jess my daughter, go and have a look at her blog, it is full of botanical illustrations that are wonderful.

New Web Site

I am getting a new web site! You know the way it goes....marry a plumber and you will be the last person in your neighbourhood to get a new boiler, well I married the web designer! He is pretty good at doing things for family but he is always so very busy.

This is the first page mock up, all the programming is being done now and I am even being allowed to have a contribute option so I can upload images myself. See the sales button????? Very exciting stuff. BTW, the gold did not work on the lid of the large bird jar, so I am abandoning that idea and hoping that lustre does indeed burn out above 900C.

The Last Pot

I always go right up to the line with work for an exhibition and this is the one that nearly got away. The owl is a bit distorted because of the bow of the jar, on the other side there is N O T H I N G yet! All has to be packed and sent in a week.

New Website

I am getting a new web site and I have to make some design decisions; how do I show my big studio pieces? I thought something like this with the whole pot and then some detail? I just can't decide. Pot above is from 2006 - how my work has changed, I really liked this vase but it got smashed in the gallery when huge painting fell off the wall and crashed into it. All was not lost though because someone glued all the pieces to gather again and filled every crack with gold leaf, it looked even better and now the gallery keeps it in their lavatory!
Gold lustre is on the lid only tonight in the kiln, that way if it is a disaster then I have time to make another lid!

The BIG One

I intended to fire this whopper again with gold lustre and fill in all the cream back ground, opinions welcome please on this?

Two new Birds

Ballet bird; I love him so much, right down to his balloon necklace to aid flight, is that called buoyancy?

Little green bird has no buoyancy problems at all for he is hovering like a Harrier Jump Jet here.

From the Kiln

All fired and finished. Measuring 16 centimeters across and 7 centimeters high and as it is as light as a feather it will not too expensive to post when it goes into the online shop.