20th Century Decorative British Tiles

I always forget that my work is in this book. Chris Blanchett took some photographs of some of my fish tiles in 1999, the book is available from Amazon here.

Pie Birds

I have just put a new pie bird into my on-line shop, £20.00 including p&p to Europe and United Kingdom.
It is too cold in the workshop to get any work done on the big scary vase so it is tightly wrapped in cling film and waiting for a warm front to arrive. We had snow over the weekend!

Super Scary Vase with 3D Moths

Words can not express just how excited I am about this latest big pot. I have broken all the rules and made it out of the wrong type of clay (there is not a speck of grog in the body) Grog for those uninitiated in the art of ceramic building is a grit/sand addition that gives the clay a better chance of not exploding and is better for fixings (and so no, grog in this case is not whisky, mores the pity).

The moths are in various stages of take-off and I think that this is the frightening element and they are twice life size too. I am using clingfilm to handle the moths through and there is a lot of scoring and slip to fix, I hope they stay on. Maybe a bit more tomorrow if I get the chance to work on it. See earlier post for colour of the moths, the background however will be darker in every sense of the word.

Moth Bowl

A bit of pure slipware for today, this very small bowl is entirely slip-trailed and jeweled in white under a transparent glaze. The moth is the Mervielle du Jour.