Monday, January 23, 2012

NEW OLD WORK






I have had these pieces made and lying around in the studio for ages and ages, not quite sure how to treat the surfaces. And then a while back I saw a plate made by British potter John Higgins which reminded me of some plates I made in the early nineties. I decided to re-visit that form of expression and hey!...here are the results which I am most excited about...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

FIRST COMMISSION OF 2012

GERTRUDE STEIN

GEORGIA O'KEEFE
SYLVIA BEACH

MAGGIE LAUBSER

IRMA STERN

VIRGINIA WOOLF

I was commissioned by a client to make some small plates with images of female creative icons. Here are some of the plates

Friday, January 6, 2012

AN HONORABLE START TO 2012



Clementina van der Walt, Margaret Woermann of The Curious Room, Papama Mnyakama of Heartworks with Rossana Orlandi

The first week back at work in the studio - we were delighted this afternoon to be visited by the 'Grande Dame' of design who stepped from Milan to Woodstock (accompanied by Kelly Berman , manager of the Design Indaba Expo)...what a privilege and what a wonderful person - Rossana Orlandi. She loved our joint space and the products of our creativity. Yippee! A great start to the year...