We paid a studio visit* to Kelly Smith Mollins’ (Dancing Cat Clayworks) house today to pick up a pair of pottery dancing cats and to visit eight live ones. Smokey was feeling particularly photogenic: And he looks rather different from the side… In order to work in the very low light conditions I switched to…
Category: pottery
Clay Day
Yesterday evening was Katherine’s ninth birthday party and we celebrated at the Devon House Clay Studio, operated by the Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador. I wasn’t about to post all the photos here, so I made a collage. If you follow this link, you will see the full collection in greater detail. A few…
Of turtles and sheep
You may (or may not) recall the sheep: There are six. They have attitude. They were made by Maaike Charron of Blue Dragon Clay. I found them at the local Craft Council Seconds Sale and brought them home to live with us. They are also quite curious and charismatic sheep and they have wormed their…
Beach Firing
Each summer, the members of the Craft Council Clay Studio hold a beach firing, where they fire an astounding array of pottery pieces in a huge pit at Middle Cove Beach. Some are wrapped in seaweed and all are left to the amazing vagaries of smoke and fire for several hours. It’s a fabulous time…
Claymaille scupture: Testing
Claymaille scupture, originally uploaded by VickyTH. I’m testing the whole interconnected scheme of WordPress, Flickr, Twitter and Youtube. bear with me. To divert you, I send you to this video: Here you can see Jason Holley rearrange his modular clay raku sculpture, which is made up of 9072 rings, linked into blocks. Below is the…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 