Work in the kiln for Hatfield

Images of work in progress for Bradford on Avon Sculpture Garden and Hatfield 'Art in Clay'

A few images from my workshop

2 New Dates

I am pleased to be given the chance to exhibit at Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Hatfield

July 5th, 6th & 7th

www.artinclay.co.uk



Also my work will be in the Sculpture Garden at Bradford on Avon's Art Festival

opening party July 6th

Garden open July 7th,
then 10th-14th

Made in Bradford ceramic Saturday update

Lots of work done setting this up, a few more pieces to come in but looking good.

If you have not yet explored the Made in Bradford shop in Lamb's Yard, Bradford on Avon, you are missing a treat. It is full of glorious corners packed with treasures, all regional and original, and being local, very affordable.
This Saturday, May 4th, it will be focusing on the work of its diverse group of ceramicists, everything from the functional through the decorative, and the sculptural,  to the completely silly.

Ceramic Art Exhibition - Saturday 4th May 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

Made in Bradford, Lambs Yard, Bradford on Avon
I

will have some work here.

Strength and Fragility A short film of me talking about my work

 Below is a link to a film made by Karen Hoy of Gilded Lily productions about my work.

A short film of me talking about my work

The Silkie finds her Skin

 2 The Silkie Finds Her Skin

The Celtic legend of the Silkie tells of the incredibly beautiful seal women who would sometimes come ashore, shed their skins and take human form. Men, coming across them would fall in love and steal and hide their skins. A seal woman would then be under the power of a man that stole her skin and stranded on the land, would marry him and become his wife and the mother of his children.

  This relationship could last many years.

If the woman ever found her skin she would be drawn irresistibly back to the sea and abandon her husband and children and return to the ocean.

Where do the roots of this legend lie? As an explanation for women doing the unpardonable and breaking the bond with their children, a bond of such strength breaking it is inconceivable to many women. Or perhaps the roots are more sinister and the legend was used to cover the unexplained disappearance of a wife and mother.