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A dramatic ending
Post by Kay We have been in Shetland for the last week installing the exhibition. It has not exactly been a breeze! But it all worked out well in the end, as these things always do. We have been staying […]
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Drama in the studio, disaster in the kiln room!
(Post by Kay) The drama of the week occurred on Monday morning upon arriving in a state of high expectation with 4 kilns to open after glaze firings. This is the moment most ceramists anticipate above all else. Also I have never […]
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Funding Cash Dollar
<post by Joseph> A short supplementary post to say that we exceeded our funding target last week on indiegogo, so a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have contributed. If you’re thinking, damn I missed the deadline, you […]
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Composing with Sound
<post by Joseph> Into the final week… I’ve been holed up in my studio for the last few weeks trying to figure out how to organise my large archive of recorded material to make the final piece(s) of work. It’s […]
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Glazing
Post by Kay It’s been full on in the studio for weeks now. Therefore zero time for blogging! But I have been documenting the making process. It’s got to that critical time: one week to go! Can hardly believe it. […]
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Slip casting
I have been up to my ankles (literally!) in porcelain slip for the last 10 days. My studio has turned white and everything in it is covered in a white residue left over from the slip that abounds. This is […]
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Making the work (finally!!!)
(post by Joseph) It’s a sad fact of an artist’s life that at least 80% of what you do to earn a living is something other than actually making work. So it is with great relief that I finally […]
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Plaster casting
Check out our crowdfunding campaign link here Post by Kay I have been working long hours in the studio for the last week, having realised that time is now very pressed to get the work made in time! So that […]
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Day ??? or STOP THE CLOCK
(Post by Kay) It’s been difficult trying to blog daily about the crowdfunding campaign as we actually haven’t got time to do it! Hence today’s title “stop the clock”. Another reason for that is that we won’t be blogging until […]
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Day 6/7
Post by Kay The a-n site was down last night, so here are two days in one. Every day right now this is what I am doing: I have been beavering away in the studio making the prototypes for the […]
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Day 5
Post by Kay I have been busy in the studio for the past few weeks designing the new Shetland flora series for the exhibition. My first action was to go through all the microscope photographs I took whilst in residency […]
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Day 3/4
My first thought is that I have already broken my self-imposed rule for blogging every day. The good news is we gained an extra 3 (significant) pledges yesterday and are now up to 8 % of our target – which […]