The Daily Reviewer | Brampton Pottery

Kiln Opening

Mar 11, 2010 11:16am

Here are a few of the pots out of today's kiln opening. One of the bowls with Alice in Wonderland. I am really enjoying pursuing this theme and would like to do far more drawings around the story. It is such a wild and slightly sinister book.I am not so...

Present

Mar 6, 2010 12:58pm

Mark brought me a present home on Friday.(A very rare and unusual thing for him to do).It's such an odd and funny present as the bee sings a little fan wizzes away at the front. What could I say to such a gift- clearly every menopausal woman should have one!...

I'm reading....

Mar 4, 2010 1:42am

I've borrowed this book from the local library. The library is very small and only has restricted opening hours added to which they have no pottery books. However, they will get you any book you want! A wonderful service. This book is quite a hefty fella and has page after...

Friday-Again!

Feb 26, 2010 2:23pm

This week has flown by. John over at Imagine gallery mentioned that he has invited me to contribute some work to his 'Alice' exhibition. So I started on Monday with throwing bowls. Tuesday they were slipped and Wednesday they were turned. So Thursday they were ready for decorating.In the...

Half-term

Feb 18, 2010 11:52am

We've spent the first few days of half-term with my parents in Wales. They live quite close to the Botanical Gardens of Wales (that is as the crow flies). We once walked there but there is a dual carriage way between them and the gardens. My sons still have not...

Friday

Feb 12, 2010 9:42am

Whew!! It's Friday.A quick run through of the day goes like thike this-Make sandwiches for 3 chapsRun 2 boys to schoolSwim 20 lengths in the local poolFind parking space and dash to the shops for 1 bag of shopping.Unpack 5 plates from kiln and various other pots.Decorate last big shallow...

After-School Club

Feb 11, 2010 2:08pm

A local school for children with learning disabilities has asked me to run a pottery club after school for five weeks. Here are a few of their jolly figures. I think they reflect the fun the students had making them. I was told that the school invited students who were...

Aquamanilia

Feb 4, 2010 2:43pm

Today I picked up a wonderful book from the library on aquamanilia. These amazing objects were made from the 12th century through to the 15th century. Although all the vessels in the book are made of metal using the lost wax casting system there would have also been pottery aquamaniles....

Plates

Jan 28, 2010 9:38am

Can't quite get blogger to to what I want today!!I returned to the V and A yet again the other day as I was meeting someone for lunch in China Town. It was a Saturday and to my amazement it was even busier than on the previous Sundays. It's beginning...

Santa braves the snow !

Jan 14, 2010 6:41am

The snow has really persisted here and even yesterday the children were sent home from school! But never fear Santa made his way to our house! It's unheard of for any post to reach us before lunch time but Santa knocked on the door first thing in the morning. I...

Defeated?

Dec 31, 2009 5:55am

Defeated - by a birds nest! I found this birds' nest in a climbing passion flower right outside our front door. I was so taken with its delicacy and intricacy that I thought I would record it. But it has proved very difficult to capture its complexity.I've also recorded a...

Glazing today

Dec 14, 2009 1:52pm

I have been working with the Kent clay again. These jugs are thrown from the clay with out any processing. It's got all sorts of bits in it- some of them quite large. (When they sliced the clay up at Babylon tiles they took out a lizard! That would have...

Another pot!

Dec 8, 2009 3:08am

With all the pots in the ceramics gallery of the V and A I always feel like a child in a toy shop and almost want to run from one glass case to another! But this big pot attracted my attention, partly because Godstone is very near to where I...

The V and A

Dec 7, 2009 12:52pm

Yesterday we spent the day at The Temple of the Applied Arts (so named by Claudia Clare ). I was keen to see the new Medieval and Renaissance galleries.It is a homage of polished marble and shiney glass cabinets. It's a theatrical display of some of the most precious and...

Nov 23, 2009 12:47am

I'm just catching my breath this morning before launching into today's tasks.It's been a busy week-end in Farnham. I had intended to take lots of photographs of people's work but I must have been chatting too much and only took the few above. The ones at the top are of...

Something fishy

Nov 17, 2009 2:15pm

Here are some plates out of the kiln this week. I enjoyed playing around with these. I've used dots of wax resist on the bottom one which has produced a fun texture.Today I packed a glaze firing with some test pieces. I am trying out some Spencroft clay so it...

Half-term break

Nov 3, 2009 8:40am

Here are some pots from the last firing. I really enjoyed making the caseroles. They provide a good vertical surface to work on. I like having writing on the pots but I couldn't think what to put on the jugs - milk seemed a bit obvious!We did a quick dash...

Dinner?

Oct 9, 2009 2:02pm

Come to dinner- the table's laid and the food prepared. Friday evening is always a time to relax and unwind. I started the day with a swim. (Have to be in and out before the school children come for their lessons). A quick dash to the bank and the shops...

images

Oct 2, 2009 1:32pm

As much of my imagery in my current work has included bees and beetles I thought I would keep a look out for the images on other products. I thought it would be easy to find a number of items. I did find a beetle set in resin which has...

Brampton pots!

Sep 23, 2009 5:09am

My creationOriginally uploaded by sgraffito2003Thought I'd post these images that I have been using this year because I need to create a new set for the coming years applications....

Sunday Ceramics

Sep 22, 2009 12:25am

Sunday was a beautiful soft, warm Autumnal day. Perfect for a trip to London. First stop The Victoria and Albert Museum to see the newly re-opened ceramics galleries. It was a very quick visit so we only got the flavour of it. The two pots above are from Cyprus and...

Still working

Sep 18, 2009 2:28am

I'm having a late start this morning as a clean up operation was needed in the pottery. The boys are on an inset day (when they were small they used to call it an insect day!) I've had the vacuum out there to make sure there isn't too much build...

Back to work

Sep 3, 2009 2:38pm

Just sorting out my 'to do' list before I started work this morning. It's a pleasant way to start with a cup of coffee.I've been so keen to get back to work that I didn't tidy the studio before I started! Now there is stuff everywhere. Finished bowls drying and...

Events

Aug 21, 2009 1:36am

I bought the tankard on the right on ebay recently. I recognised it as being by the same potter who made the puzzle jug. I don't know any more about him now than I did before. His name was P.C. Brown and worked in Gloucestershire. I bought the tankard in...

Day trips

Aug 18, 2009 12:34am

On Friday my youngest son and I went to London. We had a meal in China Town before heading for the newly opened Medieval gallery in The British Museum. It was inspirational. It's almost like going into a church because it's somehow imbued with a sense of awe and sacredness....