EXPERIMENTAL...

'All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.'

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In between all sorts of regular studio activities, I am always searching for new directions...these pots were made in one of Hennie Meyer's workshops when we spent the weekend at Millstone Studio in MacGregor. I am quite excited about the possibilities of taking this further...

WINTER SUNSET

“Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.”

Bearing in mind the above quotation by Oscar Wilde, I clearly have a distinctly provincial temperament...but who wouldn't, witnessing this from my studio window on an autumn/winter May evening...?

Pottery Exhibition to Feature 120 Ken Matsuzaki Pots That Narrowly Escaped Japan Earthquake

'Ken Matsuzaki - An upcoming exhibition that features pottery that narrowly escaped the devastating March earthquakes in Japan. Fortunately, Ken and his family were not harmed physically in the earthquakes, but his kilns and five kiln loads of greenware were destroyed. By a twist of fate, Ken had shipped out 120 pots for an exhibition at Goldmark Gallery in England just before the earthquake hit. These pots will be on display at Goldmark from June 4-26. If you are in England, anywhere near Uppingham, don’t miss this exhibition!'
See Ceramic Arts Daily latest post for more info on the destruction and rebuilding of the potteries of Mashiko

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ~T.S. Eliot

Coffee mugs on show in The Cube at The Clay Museum, Rust-en-Vrede

'Over second and third cups flow matters of high finance, high state, common gossip and low comedy. Coffee is a social binder, a warmer of tongues, a soberer of minds, a stimulant of wit, a foiler of sleep if you want it so. From roadside mugs to the classic demi-tasse, it is the perfect democrat. ' ~Author Unknown

ARTIST IN THE GARDEN

My work is currently coming up on a group show curated by The Art Shop in Abergavenny, Wales...info follows here

Festival of the Arts

St. Mary’s Priory Church. 2nd-5th June

For the first time The Art Shop is curating a small exhibition in the hall of the Priory Centre, as part of a new annual arts festival.

Featured artists will include painter, Andrea Mclean, illustrator, Rachel Tudor Best and ceramic artist, Jacqueline Leighton Boyce. This show will continue at The Art Shop and is part of our extended summer exhibition, 'Artist in the Garden'.

Artist in the Garden- Mixed Summer Show

28th May – 3rd Sept

Bringing together artworks by painters, printmakers, sculptors, ceramicists and jewellers, including new, exciting contributions by...

Clementina van der Walt - ceramics

A new departure by the South African maker. ’Irregular earthenware forms work to restore a sense of soul to dining rituals, rebelling against the coldness of much industrial tableware on the market. Her work is designed to encourage contemplation, conscious aesthetic awareness and meaning’

PORTRAITS AFTER IRMA..

At my exhibition at The Irma Stern Museum last year I exhibited a dinner service on her dining room table, with side plates featuring portraits 'after Irma Stern'. I subsequently received a further commission to make several dinner services which I am in the process of making. These are some of the portrait plates.

MUGS IN THE CUBE

These are our studio mugs submitted for a group Mugs in the Cube show opening next week at The Clay Museum at Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery in Durbanville (just outside Cape Town)