I decided to have a bash at doing a figurine today … Still a bit shiny and wet in this photo, but you’ll get the gist of it! Really enjoyed doing this, so I’ll definitely be making some more! First time I’ve hollowed out anything I’ve made before, which was a scary experience. Nothing more [...]
Have been playing a bit more with the clay today and have produced … a mushroom candle holder and a ‘rustic’ bowl … The foliage in the bowl will burn off during firing and hopefully leave a nice imprint behind! Am really still trying to get used to working with the terracotta clay, but I’m [...]
When I’m not crafting, I’m actually a freelance web developer. I’ve worked in web development for more than 10 years on everything from small online retailer websites to tourist information websites to large blue chip investment company websites. I like to spend time getting to know my clients and their businesses quite well, therefore I [...]
I came across the Red Tape Challenge today and think it looks interesting! The idea is that the Government is aiming to cut some red tape by getting views on what is and isn’t working in terms of regulations. They are tackling it one sector at a time and the current sector is Retail. [...]
My brother writes short stories and the latest stories he’s working on are based around a Green Man-inspired villain. So today I decided to have a go of making a Green Man from clay I’m quite pleased with it, for a first attempt! The leaves will burn off in the firing, [hopefully] leaving a nice [...]
Well the pottery was a partial success – more about that later! But in the meantime I’ve been making some encaustic cufflinks to complement the pendants and rings further down the page. They are available to purchase in the online shop – only one of each unique pair is available! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]
Well, we’ve had a productive day! We’ve built a basic storage area for drying wood and have dug out the pit kiln! The aim was to dig 60cm deep, but seemingly we have lots of rocks in our garden so we couldn’t get any deeper than 40cm. So, we put a layer of bricks around [...]
I was chuffed to bits today to get 250 red bricks for free via West Fife ReCycle, which were left over from someone’s building job. Absolutely brilliant, as it’ll let me make a storage area for drying wood out to use in my pottery pit kiln project! The other thing I really needed for the [...]
I seem to recall back in January I said I was going to try a bit harder to keep up with blogging …. now here I am two months after my last blog post finally getting round to doing my next one. Oops!! Must try harder Life has been hectic as always! As well as [...]
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