RESTAURANT PRODUCTION

A few months ago I was commissioned to make 100 dinner plates and 100 side plates for The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek...it turned out to be somewhat stressful as there was a tight deadline to meet the re-launch date...very simple plates where the chef will become the decorator!

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...

WEDDINGS HEAT AND CRACKED PLATES

I received a fabulous order last week to make 25 large platters for a special function to be delivered this coming Friday.
A tall order..!! Possible if the weather is right - i.e. not too wet, and not too hot. As luck would have it, it is HOT(mid thirties today in Cape Town I think) and the platters are c r a c k i n g..very nerve wracking..but we WILL pull it off somehow..trying now to control the pace of drying more slowly yet quickly enough to finish the order...aaah ceramics!! What a teacher of patience and stoicism...

And this afternoon a bit later we are off to a wedding up the west coast - about 100 kms away.
The images posted here are the gifts I have made - a commemorative platter for the bridal couple and a 'christening' bowl for their tiny daughter Sophie. Should be fun!

NEW PLATES

LATEST PLATES OUT OF THE KILN YESTERDAY.

Images sent to Source who have a client who is interested.

Non-utilitarian, mainly for hanging on the wall,inspiration comes from traditional textiles like Kente cloth, and graphic marks from Afrikan Alphabets.