The dozen smallest plate bats have been used twice now. Learning the do’s and don’ts in the details of the process. Moving the clay against the plaster form feels different than moving it between your fingers. The plaster is absorbing […]
I love cats. I’ve been making cat themed work off and on since the mid 2000s. I’ve also spent years designing hand cut stencils on the computer, dreaming of the day when I could have a machine cut them for […]
Finished the plate bats on Friday. Dozen copies each of the three sizes. Heat and humidity in studio reached the extreme. Sixty litres of water recovered from the drying process after five days of running dehumidifier. My chance to lap […]
A client has ordered sixty plates. A daunting thought, throwing that many forms to match after not throwing any in sixteen years. A prime opportunity to try a method of forming I’ve never tried before, but wanted to for many […]
Russian Imperial porcelain cabinet plate. 1875. Imperial or Private Factory. The central medallion portrays Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov, later Nicholas II, at the age of seven, dressed in a sailor suit with straw hat, surrounded by a scrollwork frame […]
