Ceramics exploration

I've started a ceramics course at Maze studios and am excited about the possibilities of what I can explore on the course. There are a couple of things I'm interested in - decals, painting with slip, working with porcelain and building moulds. We did painting with slip on my first evening there, which was great. So much to do and so little time before baby comes! Everyone there was really friendly, and the tutors were helpful in sharing tips and techniques. I think I'm going to love every minute of being in that studio!
The picture on the left shows how to paint with thick slip to make sea urchins - I'd love to try this out.

Thank you hubby, carboot treasure x

Can you believe that Errol bought this gorgeous set of kitchenware from the Bristol carboot sale for £2! It was a cold day that day - the usual vintage bargain hunters must have been put off by the bad weather, as these were still here waiting to be bought an hour after the boot sale started.

Seriously, how could people walk past these beautiful ceramics?!

Another ceramic house

Here at last is a little ceramic house vase that I made at Pot Stop in Bristol. It isn't finished yet as I want to bake some flowers on it using ceramic paper, but I like it just plain too. It's a take on the Bristol terraced houses that I love - I made a similar one but bigger when I did a course there years ago. I'm currently working on a three terraced houses in a row vase. I though this vase could also be used for growing cress. :-)

Bristol house vase

 Things have been so busy at home with being ill and singing at an Enrio Morricone gig, and then the camera breaking too... so haven't had a chance to photograph new makes - so instead, here's an old one.

I made this vase on a pottery course years ago, inspired by the lovely terraced houses in Bristol. The vase is basically just flat rolled out clay stuck together carefully, then painted watercolour style with old colouring to make it look weathered. I loved the course at Bristol Potstop, highly recommend it.




The top part of the shelf that holds the vase was made from a piece of wood found on the beach in Clevedon, good find Errol. x