sketching
a few pages in one of the sketchbooks,
two pots
Pot 1 felt honest, pot 2 became a bit contrived but I pushed through and got quite a few ideas outonto clay. But it led me to do what I was aiming for which is set up a piece either […]
a friend comes to paint
We visited the Pierra Della Francesca museum down the road in San Sepulcro. It was very inspiring to learn more about the local area and what great artists were working here four to six hundred years ago. We saw Leonardo […]
Winter into Spring 2017
Nearly all unfired clay. So oxides (mainly copper or cobalt) not showing yet, although I am preferring the simplicity of white form, and will use only oxides to define the marks and potential words (names of pears and apples) for […]
Things that still excite me
Natural materials, and processes reveal a truth in the physical properties of the materials. Clay has a tendency to become functional and decorative in the purpose which I like but sometimes I prefer just the sculptural form. and there are so […]
Recent work; continuing the fruit tree conservation display pieces.
Following the exhibition I agreed with Isabella Della Ragione (http://www.archeologiaarborea.org/en/) that I would make some work that she could use for her on-going displays. So I visited her orchard and house several times to draw and absorb, and it feels […]