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Flit from Studio to Studio this October!
Local Artists Lyn Kirkland and Tiffany Scull are opening their Studios to Visitors on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13th October. Complementing the Annual Photographic Competition in St George’s Centre, the ladies are offering a rare glimpse into their inspirations and techniques. Whilst their finished artwork is quite different, they share a passion for nature and […]
Contemporary Centre for Ceramics
I was excited to be invited to show case some of my ceramics at the start of July with The Contemporary Ceramics Centre in London. Only selected members of the Craft Potters Association are invited to show on a rotation which happens alongside curated exhibitions. As part of my show case I was also asked […]
New Butterflies
It’s always nice to be able to start to create a series of new works and I have wanted to explore further my insects. Here I have started on two new pieces using a Red Admiral butterfly with a Hollyhock flower. I just love the movement and colour on these pretty flowers. To carry on […]
Challenging Commission
I was recently asked to create what is probably my most challenging commission so far. A customer had already purchased my Lorikeets and flowering gum tree vessel at an art fair last year. I was contacted by the John Nootts Galleries and asked if I was able to make a second piece in the same […]
New cards
For quite some time I have been creating my own hand made cards showing close up images of my sgraffito decoration. These are split into six themes of birds, fish, flowers, insect’s, reptiles & watercolours and somehow I have created forty six different designs. Just recently I decided to start to have these printed professionally […]
New Forms
I have recently started to explore further some ideas of more sculptural forms as well as background colour. I have a fascination with the vessel but wanted to develop and manipulate this further to give the feeling of movement and growth. Also I wanted the forms to start to fully interact with the applied decoration. […]
New Giclée Prints & Watercolours
I have started to create some new ink drawings and watercolours. The Red eyed tree frog and a heaven lotus tree will have a watercolour wash added. I have been playing around with new ideas and have been enjoying spending time creating new watercolours which will become a series of Giclée prints. I will be […]
New birds
I have been thinking ahead to creating some new pieces with a background colour to make the whites and main themes really jump out of the design. I have a design planned with Japanese white eyes and Cherry blossom which I hope will work really well with the new colours as the birds are a […]
Inspiration
Thinking about colour and its relationship to form design and background has filled my mind a lot lately. I went up to visit some galleries in London including the National Gallery last year and was struck by several of the paintings there. I am fascinated by the female Dutch painters of the 18th century and […]