My 100th posting! There have been many things to do to get ready for the show. Online profiles, blog posts, posters, sketchbooks,...

Although the boat build will finish after I have completed my degree, the main frame is now complete. It has been useful to go back to...

We got an early indication of what it is like to show our work in a group exhibition in the PR1 Gallery. The ground floor exhibition...

As well as perfecting my form I have spent time exploring various methods of how to connect the viewer to my story. As well as embedding...

First of all, working with ceramic transfers is not easy. If they are not right for the piece you can not change them to make them fit...

In early April a few of us went to London for four days to be immersed in ceramics. We spent a full day at the V&A, only in their ceramic...

I had a tutorial a few weeks ago about expanding the type of work I produce. As well as producing outdoor sculptural work I intend on...

Using a big dustbin as a big mixing bowl has been an experience. First port of call is to turn the solid clay into a slip so that I can...

I went on a course to learn how to stage photographs, consider lighting, positioning, backdrops and angles. So of course I had to put...

For nearly two years I have been using a Janice Tchalenko base glaze which I have been battling with to get consistent results. In the...

Given that I only have a few months left on the course I thought I would make the biggest pieces I could given the size of the kilns on...

Over the last few weeks I have been exhibiting my new degree work to see how it is received. I showed four pieces at Ceramic Wales and...

10 -12 June 2022 came round very quickly! That was the date for the Ceramic Wales weekend. Although I have been involved in exhibitions...

I feel there is one piece that I have made that was doomed for the start, but they do say that our greatest learning comes from our...

Lofting is an incredibly complicated element in boat building. The shapes seen on the lofting board have greatly influenced my forms. I...

The art of boat and ship building is on a similiar footing to ceramics as these skilled hand made crafts are becoming lost to mechanical...

I have visited a number of local exhibitions by Lakeland Arts in the last few months. Blackwell Arts and Crafts were showing "Class,...

Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4 (l-r) Having made 1kg of my clay body I needed to try different techniques to increase production. I started with an...

I have been exhibiting for a number of years already but this is the first time I have shown my developing new work outside of the safe...

After all the preparation has been complete, construction on the shell of the boat can begin. Pictures have been taken showing key...