I Spent the Last Two Nights Glazing

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I have over two terms worth of work that I glazed on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Looking at it on the shelves I have forgotten making some of it and would question now why I put it through the system. Still, that’s the way it has been since September.

I have used the spay gun to create mixed surfaces with the glaze blending tenmoku and celadon over each other. With luck and the alchemy of the gas kiln the two colours should interact effectively. I have used some of Jack’s ash glaze as a base on some of the larger pieces, with a dusting of tenmoku on top. The matt of the ash and the high gloss of the tenmoku should interact and create  interesting surfaces.

From now on I will try to make, consider and recycle, I have to produce lighter pots with more refined forms and experiment with surface texture and glaze decoration. I have one small piece by James Hake, a good potter to look at for all these elements

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The Contemporary Craft Festival Bovey Tracey Devon 2012

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We went to the opening of the The Contemporary Craft Festival and as you can see from the only picture I managed to take outside it poured with rain. The work this year is however some of the best yet, (I’ve been for the last seven years). The two small pots I bought are by James Hake, lovely little pieces with a very fine ash type glaze. I really like the way he has incorporated his finger marks on the base of the pot, a deliberate feature that the glaze runs into and turns into those characteristic dribbles. I met Jo Downs the glass maker, Wish Sticks and all that. She welcomes visits to her factory in Launceston so that definitely on my list for next year. Rachel Darbourne’s clinical waste sack jewellery was selling very well, such a beautiful simple idea, Annie bought a pair of yellow earrings with gold centres. Said hello to Nic Harrison, his stand was great, high fired temoku domestic ware. He has moved inside this year and is not giving throwing demonstrations, he told me that he got very wet last year! Good move if this weekends weather is anything to go by. I had a long chat to Helen Noakes, tiny people set into resin, we discussed Tiny Man and were I could find some friend for him, she does a line in tiny tennis players. Peter Archer’s wooden turned forms are some of the most refined turned wood that I have ever seen. The turning process involves using a hook to hollow out the inside, all judged by feel using a hook tool. Super light and finished with stain and wax which is then over worked. Adam Buick’s work speaks for itself, refined technically excellent and just out there. One day I will be able to afford a piece.

jameshake.co.uk

http://www.jodowns.com/About.html

http://www.racheldarbourne.com/

Jewellery by Helen Noakes

http://www.nicharrison.com/

http://www.turned-wood.co.uk/  Peter Archer

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