An edited digital image of a pair of my ceramic shoes. Like many of us during the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ I have been tidying, sorting and revisiting past work as well as doing a spot of ‘housekeeping’ on my digital files. This has meant sifting through, reviewing and deleting thousands of images that have accrued in recent years. I have … Read More
‘A Leaping Hare’
‘A Leaping Hare’ – a curation / assemblage from mud-larking finds I am passionate about the countryside and the animals and birds with whom we share our rural habitat. We see numerous rabbits but in all the time I have lived in this area of North Kent I have never seen a hare. So whenever we take a trip … Read More
Isobel
Isobel – an ‘art doll’ by Johanna Flanagan It was by pure chance that I discovered Johanna Flanagan’s Instagram account, ‘The Pale Rook’, a few weeks ago and immediately started ‘following’ her. I was intrigued by her work. The next day she posted an image of Isobel – an ‘art doll’ – the central character in an exhibition entitled … Read More
Phoebe Cummings and ‘Truth to Materials’
‘Triumph of the Immaterial’ (detail) – installation in raw clay by Phoebe Cummings I was delighted to see that Phoebe Cummings has recently won the inaugural Women’s Hour Craft Prize (8 November 2017) with ‘Triumph of the Immaterial’ – a installation piece in raw clay which took 5 weeks to create and is currently on display at the V&A. … Read More
Ceramic Shoes
‘Reap only what you sow’ – Ceramic Shoes (Stoneware clay with oxides and glaze). Those of you who have visited my website before will know that I have labelled myself a ‘ceramist’ in recent years as, since completing a two year Ceramic Diploma in 2007, this has been my primary discipline. I am known best for ceramic shoes although I … Read More