I’ve just sent off a selection of pieces to the Junction Art Gallery in Woodstock (Oxfordshire). It might be the name Woodstock making me feel wistful and reflective (and just a little bit cheesy), but I love having pieces at a new gallery, it makes me look at my work in a fresh light. In choosing […]
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I got back from Earth and Fire at Rufford in Nottinhamhsire this week and am just recovering from the experience! It was exhausting but also really rewarding. I had a lot of very positive feedback on my work, sold lots of pieces and made some great friends amongst my fellow potters. I shared a stand
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I’m getting my work ready for Earth and Fire at Rufford in Nottinhamhsire next week. I’ve got a fresh batch of pieces out of the kiln and I’m looking forward to displaying my pots alongside some of my ‘curious utensils’. If you’re in the neighbourhood, come along to see over 100 potters all in one
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Alongside making vessels, I have another side to my work; making curious utensils or ambiguous objects. I’ve recently created some more of these small and obscure things using my usual materials of porcelain and terracotta, as well as found objects including metals, wood, fibres and organic materials. When I show them to people they almost always
A selection of my work will shortly be available at the Bircham Gallery in Holt in Norfolk. The gallery has a fantastic selection of contemporary studio ceramics along with a wide range of crafts and artwork. The pieces I’m sending include some of my celadon vessels, my grouped compositions and the reduction fired terracotta vessels
I’ve now had two firings to cone 10 in my new kiln. The first one contained lots of pots that didn’t matter if things went wrong. Luckily, things went fairly well, but it got a bit exciting when the floor started to burn! I carried on firing to the end, and a friend said this
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Its taken some time to get my new gas kiln going but I’m finally getting close to doing my first firing in it. The bespoke swivelling flue is installed, the gas burners are attached, the pyrometer is working, and it gets hot inside! So it’s all systems go. I’m aiming to do my first firing
Being a bit of a Southern Jessie myself, its always great to have my work travel further afield! So, I’m very excited to have some of my ceramics in galleries in the North. The very lovely people from newly opened gallery Bils and Rye are now showing a few of my pieces. The owners are
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This week I fired another group in my series of celadon vessels. The firing went very smoothly, and the pots came out looking good. I’m still sharing space in a fellow potter’s kiln until I get my own one set up. But for now, with small batches of pots, this is working out very well.
Today was Kiln-day… My brand new shiny kiln arrived on the doorstep! It was pretty exciting, but the excitement was coupled with a box-load of nerves. Would it be damaged? Would we get it through the door? … I like to worry. But the delivery itself was fine, we unpackaged it on the street and
A selection of my pieces are now on show in the Bevere Gallery Graduate Show. The Bevere Gallery is a major centre for modern and contemporary studio ceramics and pottery, so I’m thrilled to have been selected to be part of their annual Graduate Show. My pieces are also available to buy through their online shop. The show
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I’ve just been to the beautiful Mottisfont Abbey to deliver some of my vessels for the upcoming show New Directions in Contemporary Crafts. The exhbition is being held at, Mottisfont Abbey – a lovely National Trust property in Hampshire. The show will feature work by new applied arts graduates like myself, alongside some amazing established makers.
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