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Night of fire and smoke…

so this time I trashed my ceramic tiles… A smoke firing usually takes about 24 hours from start to finish. Not all the ceramic plaques made it, but I think I can work with these two; ‘Whistling for Snow’ This … Continue reading

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Sold, Ceramic plaque

This is a smoke fired ceramic plaque appx 25 x 20 cm, showing the view from my studio window in Hastings. I have been lucky with my last few Airbnb guests in that they have all liked my work and … Continue reading

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Weather Shamanism

Now, I am not a Shaman. But I enjoy going on inner journeys in a directed manner; call it Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Journeys, Active Imagination; the techniques are many and startingly similar. My preferred technique is to listen to drums or … Continue reading

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Ceramic plaques

I have just updated my website with some ceramic plaques that has not previously been available for sale.Because I liked them that much. It is all the same view, and it is what I see from my studio window. I … Continue reading

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Ceramic plaques

This is one of the ceramic tiles I showed in my last post. I have cleaned away excess soot and tar deposits after the smoke firing. I am still paring down the details of the view I look at every … Continue reading

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View. Snow storm. Hastings.

The first snow storm of the winter is approaching from the sea. This plaque is about 20 cm x 16 cm. I am happy with the way the white spots were formed in the black clouds. I think it is … Continue reading

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Ceramic Plaques

So I am looking at the view from my studio window. Again. And I just cannot see it. I can see my thoughts about it, all right. It is beautiful. The cherry tree is in full bloom/it is autumn and … Continue reading

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Studio view and Ceramic Plaques

So in love with the view from my studio window, and the worship continues. I stare at the walls, I dance round the floor, I talk to the parrots – sometimes I make plaques. Sometimes I smoke fire them in my … Continue reading

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New parrot roosting site; my ceramic plaque

I used to quite like this ceramic plaque ‘Pellitur Paternos’ (it means ‘expel the parents’ – graffiti seen on a wall in old Pompei, or perhapsit is a phrase from a poem by Horace) But now that it is being colonised by … Continue reading

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Studio view, ceramic plaques

I feel as bleak as the weather; a mean cold spring is chasing the warmth from my hands and from my eyes; I can see only grey and white these days. I seem to wake up in a rush; excited … Continue reading

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