With life being a bit busy of late, last week I realised I hadn’t been out walking with my phone camera and sketchbook for a while. So in pursuit of recording the changing environment and invoking some summery inspiration, I ventured into the local countryside.The idea was to find some big skies, golden fields, atmospheric …
We’re at the end of one big life journey, and very much at the start of another one. This new journey will carve out our future selves, and what we leave behind as a legacy, long after we’re gone.
Strange Times and PaintingI remember when it started hitting home about the Covid-19 situation escalating.17th March 2020 (St. Patrick’s day) was my personal pivotal moment.I’ve part-time jobbed at a local farm shop restaurant for the last year or so, and on that particular shift I actually asked to work in pot-wash.No-one wants to work in …
A couple of weeks ago I found myself crying over a box of oil paints. I love oil painting. There’s something so voluptuous and immersive in the texture of the buttery paint, the heady, intoxicating aroma of linseed oil and turpentine, and the way the colours mix and sit together.There’s a curious little bounce as you apply …
Here’s a blow-by-blow account of our mammoth glazing weekend —so if you’re trying it for the first time you can get some tips.
And if you have absolutely no intention of ever going near ceramics and you’re just wondering why on earth I am, you can just read it and chuckle to yourself.
As a complete ceramics novice, this post is the first instalment of our messy and exciting crash course in clay, glazing and all things pottery. This one’s about our first ever kiln firing!
