Expect the expected, for a change...

There is a real satisfaction to be had when you pull that finished piece out of the kiln and it actually looks like you wanted it to be. In pottery, there is always the chance that things don't turn out the way you wanted, in fact it's a bloody miracle when you get it right, and I've learn't over the years to expect the unexpected. But no so the case with this urchin bowl.

I am so happy to have it just as I wanted. This bowl was a trick to make and then lost a spine in the bisque firing, actually I think someone knocked it off but no confessions have been forthcoming (thank goodness for PVA). I used 3 coats of a low fire turquoise glaze. Look at that stunning colour.

I get my inspiration from a potter far better than I am, Heather Knight from 

Element Clay Studio.  Heather, you are a ceramic goddess. I'm not worthy.

A good day for this little fish to blow some bubbles

Summer. I love the warm weather, had a delicious swim at Omaha beach and BBQ for dinner.....don't ya just love holidays.....and mine seems to have been a long time coming. And so a good day to start this blog, a little record of my journey with art. Today was the first day of the Summer Exhibition at A Fine Line gallery - the doors opened to the public this morning, and an early customer bought my ceramic installation. Yep, mine! Wooo bloody hoooo. 26 white butterflies flying up the wall, a piece I called Psycke Released. Psyche was the Greek goddess of the soul, and the Greek word for butterflies. This work is a metaphor for the souls I have cared for this year, and seen exit this world to where ever it is they go. 

Psycke Released