Blue Sky Thinking & Work in Progress

This picture is for me as much as anyone else.

It seems so long since I've seen a sky as clear and blue as this one this morning.

I think this must be the cloudiest year ever that I can remember.

This small bowl came out of last weeks firing,

but as much as I tried I could not get a picture that showed the colour at it's best.

so I took advantage of the sunshine and took this.

It's a bit of a departure for me it's what I would call a modern design,

just drizzling the slip over the bowl.

I seem to be trying out all sorts of new things since I came back from holiday.

I think it did me more good than I first thought.

While I was away I Read the

Winchcombe Pottery the Cardew - Finch tradition ,

book that Doug Fitch had lent me.

Doug's Copy is Signed by all sorts of people, and I couldn't risk taking it on the holiday with me, so I bought myself a copy that arrived in the post the day before we set off.

We took Doug's one back on Tuesday night.

He lent me another,

I hadn't seen this book since I was 17, I used to get it from the library all the time.

and I found a copy on Amazon for £15.00

I seem to have found a nice balance of working at the moment that I am really happy with.

I've got orders for 26 pots at the moment, but in amongst them I am making some nice pieces just for myself.

This being one of those pieces.

I've been struggling with these at the moment, 13lbs of clay.

and yes these are some mugs in the Blue slip.!!!!!
One has to make a living you know.