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This week has been a busy week in my studio. I have started creating towards the Festive season. This week I made and turned medium sized bowls for future happy faces. The challenge of throwing 50 pieces after the inactivity of Lockdown was a pleasure. Over the last 20 years I have built up a…
Making Clay in Bathurst
This last week I made clay. It’s sticky, messy and super exciting to do if you happen to make things from clay! It has a curious ring to it. Where does it come from? Isn’t it just lying around waiting to be dug up? Every clay has a set of characteristics unique to it… but…
Opening My Ceramics Studio Under Level 3 Lockdown
Hey, how are you doing? Well this week has been really exciting over here! One of my happy places over the lockdown has been my vegetable garden. Although hard work to establish, the rewards are now arriving. My gardening buddy Lucy has decided to hunt moles and is a surprisingly enthusiastic digger. I can see…
Birthing the Bathurst Birds
I recently received a small commission for one of my Black and White Bird Plates. It was novel to work on this as I have largely moved on from using only crows as a motif. It got me thinking about the origin of birds in my art pieces. It’s a bit of a journey how we…
Day 127 of National Lockdown as a Father, Artist and Gardener
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Ceramics in the time of Covid-19 : What would you like to see more of from me?
As with most of you, Covid-19 has changed the shape of my life. Before the pandemic came to town, I was working towards The Hermanus Clay Exhibition and the National Arts Festival. I was preparing for 2 Throwing Workshops with different Ceramics South Africa Regional bodies. I worked to keep my studio sales room full….