Wednesday 3 September 2014

GIVE AWAY at Cat's Ceramics ! !

How would you like to win a Leaf Bowl (your choice of colour, choose from Inky Blue, Ruby Red or Cool Turquoise) AND a Porcelain and Recycled Glass Necklace (see pic) made by my fair hands at Cat's Ceramics ??



To be in with a chance of winning head on over to my Facebook page -

www.facebook.com/CatsCeramics

'Like' the post pinned to the top of the page titled 'GIVEAWAY TIME' and comment with which colour Leaf Bowl you would like, should you win. 
Shares are not compulsory, though greatly appreciated and will be considered an additional entry to up your chance of winning!!

Entrances will close this Friday 5 th Sept at 8 pm and a winner will be announced on my Facebook page shortly after that.
(Entrances only open to UK residents sorry)

That's it, no strings attached, I just like you and want to give you something for being fab :)

Monday 18 August 2014

Southern Ceramic Group Summer Exhibition at the Bishop's Kitchen Chichester Cathedral

During late July/August my work was part of the Southern Ceramics Group annul exhibition at Chichester Cathedral. I just want to share with you some picture I took ( I'll try to credit the artist who's work it is but I'm not sure I can remember everyone unfortunately ) ;-


Edward Chamberlain


Richard Hollingbery


Nancy Thompson


Margaret Newton


Sandie Dixon





Ruth Smart


Cat Brown (Cat's Ceramics)


Bekky May


Ollie Chappell


Rosemarie James


Cat Brown (Cat's Ceramics)


Me again!


Harriet Wesley


Jan Griffiths


April Stephenson


Menear Ceramics


Heather Muir


Leo Deville


Tony Thompson


Ian Harris


Kat Sedlackova



Brian Tew



More info can be found at http://www.southernceramicgroup.co.uk/




Thursday 7 August 2014

Glazing Leaf Bowls in 5 Easy Steps


Step 1.
After making, leave to dry for approximately 1 week




Step 2.
Bisque Fire (approx. time till take out kiln 16 hours)

 

Step 3. 
Brush on glaze in 3 even coats


Step 4.
Wipe back glaze to reveal leaf veins



Step 5.
Stoneware Fire (approx. time till take out kiln 24 hours)


And VoilĂ !



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Tuesday 24 June 2014

Wanders

Thankfully things have calmed down a bit for me now, what with the Open Houses being over and Henfield Gardens & Arts now fully recovered from (seriously it took me about a week to feel normal again!)

So I'm just focusing on making for my next exhibition - The Southern Ceramics Group at Chichester Cathedral and stocking up galleries and keeping the online stores ticking along.

So with this much needed down time I have been able to enjoy alot more of my walks and wanders about.


There are perfect walks around where I live- downs, rivers, woods, fields, so I can pick where I go depending on my mood. 
I love times like this , I spend most my days in the studio making, going out for a walk and coming back home again to carry on with whatever it was I was doing. The weather has just been marvellous too but I wouldn't mind what the weather was like, I'll go in the rain too.

Here are some photos from a recent jaunt of things that caught my eye


Lilly pads on the local pond!


A rather interesting little critter


Dried out Seed heads (literally drooling....)


Splendidly chopped logs


Ahh bliss....


Hidden bridge


Red Campions and Nettles




What a view


Cows! (really beautiful cows as well)


Groovy seed pods



A huge and old Ash tree - with a hollow trunk


Mighty Oak


Bunny Heaven


And the most pom pom-y rose like poppies I've ever seen!