Men and Whales

October 14, 2009

The current exhibition at Whitby Museum is called Men and Whales and is on the history of whaling. It is an interesting and thought provoking exhibition and, as usual has a huge number of stunning artefacts from the museum collection. It also has a number of artefacts borrowed from Hull’s Maritime Museum. There are historic […]

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Paper textures

October 14, 2009

At the recent Art Clay Conference I ran a very relaxed workshop showing how I use thick watercolour paper to create re-usable textures for rolling out clay. I will post more details when I get a bit of free time but in the meantime here are the three pieces of work made by my students. […]

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More work from the Art Clay conference

October 8, 2009

Aida Corporation launched a new copper clay at the Art Clay Conference in Jersey. It can be fired directly in the kiln (without the need for an additional firing box and charcoal). Here is my first piece, a combination of the copper with art clay silver. This flower pendant was created under the direction of […]

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Art Clay World UK Guild Conference in Jersey

October 8, 2009

I have just returned from the Art Clay conference in Jersey and had a fantastic time. It was lovely to meet up with friends and as always, the exchange of ideas was great. There were a whole series of workshops and the first one I attended was called ‘Enamelled Accents’ and run by my good […]

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More lovely vivid work

September 30, 2009

These pieces are by my good friend Margaret Hopley. They are currently being exhibited at the North York Moors National Park Office, Moors Centre, Danby, North Yorkshire. The exhibition runs until 5th October. As you can see she works in a wide variety of media. These images are a leaded glass and a mosaic panel, […]

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Introduction to art clay silver

September 29, 2009

On Saturday I ran a class for eleven friends over in a really pretty village near Thirsk. This was their first introduction to art clay silver and a very creative bunch of people they were. I gave them a short talk about the possibilities and showed them a few examples then they were straight into […]

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Exhibition at the North Yorkshire Moors Centre, Danby

September 24, 2009

My friend Margaret Hopley and I are exhibiting (and hopefully selling) work at the North Yorkshire Moors Centre, Danby until the 4th October. Today was our first day and it took us until around 2pm just to set up. It does look lovely now it is all set up though, I hope you agree? I […]

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Preparation for the ACWUK Conference 2009

September 22, 2009

I am beginning to sort out my tools and materials ready for the Art Clay World UK Guild Conference due to be held on Jersey. I will be running a workshop making unique paper texture sheets but also participating in all sorts of other wonderful workshops. I will try and remember to take plenty of […]

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More Museum

September 22, 2009

I have spent another interesting day at the museum. It is always a bit of a luxury being able to spend time just looking at objects and I tell myself it is an essential part of my research and development for my Inspired by Heritage project. Out of the many thousands of objects I could […]

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Work in progress

September 19, 2009

The week has flown by in a bit of a blur. I have been concentrating on finishing work ready for Christmas exhibitions and also working on a series of charms. Some of the charms relate to my residency at Whitby Museum and others are for the themed exhibition at the Art Clay Conference over on […]

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