Ceramic Art London 2012

The Ceramic Art London fair is a fabulous yearly treat at the Royal College of Art.  77 stands of ceramics from simple functional pots to dynamic sculptures.  A show with work to appeal for everybody and prices that cross the board too.  It's also a great event for makers to take inspirations from others and to see a huge variety of techniques in one venue.  If only one would have enough money and space to accommodate all those gorgeous pieces.

Christiane Wilhelm

The fabulously tasty creations of Anna Barlow.

These two are from Ikuko Iwamoto.

Derek Wilson's tiny functional pots.

Colourful Home-knit Scarves

Tango by Woolcraft is a 'novelty' machine washable yarn in 7 shades.  Just one ball creates a wonderful ruffle scarf, ideal for presents.

Instructions for knitting this scarf are printed on the ball band.  It is suitable for beginners and is so easy to knit in less than a day.

  

These three rotini or potato chip scarves are easy to knit but more time consuming.  They can be knit for kids or adults in which ever yarn you fancy.  Peaches & Creme do a fabulous selection multi-coloured 100% cotton 4 ply yarns, of which the acid pink and green (colour 172 pink/lemonade) scarf is one.  The purple, orange multi-coloured wool scarf is a Fairytale Colour 4 Me 100% wool DK knitted on 4mm needles. 

And lastly the orange and purple Rotini below is Gedifra 88% cotton Fiorista.

Ceramics Batch Number 2

Job Done!  aqua glaze on coil pot

That'll Do!  aqua glaze on coil pot

matt blue glaze on coil bowl

slab pot with incisions, matt white glaze

matt black glaze wash with black/gold glaze wash on rim

lime green glaze on coil fruit bowl

Ceramics Number 1 Batch

Would have blogged about cakes last month, as I made five cakes for my daughter's birthday party and didn't think to photograph them.  I was so upset with myself, that I haven't stopped kicking myself!

Took up Ceramics in September.  The first course at Camden Arts Centre: excellent teaching, very creative, limited materials.  Second Course at Morley College: good teaching, professional ceramic students and a fantastic array of materials and endless glazes (not for the indecisive)!

The above piece is based on a Diarmuid Gavin's tropical Shark Fin garden in NW2.  It is full of verdant Dicksonia Antartica tree ferns, black grasses, Cannas and several hardy varieties of palms.



The bowl above is based on the absolutely splendiferous Mr Gum books by Andy Stanton.  Fabulous to read to the emerging reader or for independent readers.  LOL



For the person that has everything that you are hoping to inherit!

Gingerbread Men - Felt Christmas Tree Decorations

Design and cut out paper template for men.

Cut out two men from felt, ie, front and back of man.

On one piece, sew on eyes and shirt buttons.

Blanket stitch both front and back together using white embroidery thread.  Start on the side of the face, when you are at the other side of the face, fill man with toy stuffing, fold a piece of ribbon and place the cut edges in between the felt, sew through ribbon and blanket stitch to start.

Hang!