Wednesday 28 November 2012

Small & Precious. 1st-22nd December. Oxford Ceramics Gallery


Small and precious starts on Saturday the 1st. I will be heading to the PV on Friday eve...will be nice to see some folks there!!

Tuesday 27 November 2012

More new shots of pots....

Again, Rick Davy has taken some great shots of some new work...... Keep up to date with his work too at http://rickdavy.co.uk/images/portrait/

Lidded Container. With brushed Red River silt, ash glaze and cobalt splashes. Brushed white slip lid 
Stoneware: 15cm x 11.5cm
£55.00

Lidded Container. With finger wiped white slip. Red River silt lid with firing scar from a whelk shell. 
Stoneware: 15cm x 11.5cm
£SOLD



Yunomi. Finger wiped white slip and cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze
Stoneware: 7cm x 8.5cm

Jug. With finger wiped white slip and cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze.
Stoneware: 15cm x 14cm
£SOLD (more to follow)





Rice bowls/Chawan. Various different surface treatments, including: Finger wiped and brushed white slip. Cobalt and Red River silt splashes. 
Stoneware: 14cm x 7.5cm 

Some of the bowls have had the slip drawn up vertically, some have had the slip wiped around the the bowl. All done with a vigour and an intended spontaneity. The foot rings on these bowls show a great chestnut colour where the clay body has been influenced by the sea shells that are used during firing. This common through the pieces I make.






Lidded caddies. Two small caddies with brushed and finger wiped white slip.
Finger wiped version has cobalt splashes and feldspar glaze.
The brushed version has cobalt and Red River silt splashes. The lid is covered in RRS and has a bamboo node handle, which is held in with a brass tack.

Stoneware: Approx: 9cm x 11cm
£55.00 each



If you require any info or would like to purchase any items, please email me at timlakeceramics@hotmail.com 
Thanks for looking!





Thursday 22 November 2012

Stormy Thursday

A couple of pics of Swanpool beach, a sheltered corner of Falmouth Bay.





Wednesday 21 November 2012

This week, Wednesday = new pots.

A selection of new pots from this weeks firing.....
Sorry for the quality of image, again struggling for light. Need to invest in some proper lighting.


Lidded Container. With finger wiped white slip, Red River silt lid. Covered in a matte ash-based glaze.
Stoneware: 16cm x 11cm
£70.00



Tea Caddy. With brushed wiped white slip, Red River silt lid with firing scares from whelk shell.  Cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze.
Turned and cut foot-ring.
Stoneware: 9cm x 8.5cm

Really happy with this little piece. Great contrast between the body colour and the brushed slip. Also the tip of the knob on the lid has a beautiful sparkle to it where the salts from the whelk shell has influenced the river silt.






Pouring Bowl. With finger wiped white slip and cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze.
Stoneware: 7.5cm x 14cm
£30.00








Jug. With finger wiped white slip and cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze.
Stoneware: 15cm x 14cm
£SOLD(more to follow)



Tea Caddy. With finger wiped white slip and copper splashes. Red River silt lid. 
Covered in a matte ash-based glaze.
Turned and cut foot-ring.
Stoneware: 8cm x 10cm
£55.00



If you require any info or would like to purchase any items, please email me at timlakeceramics@hotmail.com 
Thanks for looking!


Tuesday 20 November 2012

Small and Precious.


New work now online at Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford.
A sneaky single image from the website.
Looking forward to the show which starts on the 1st of December




Unloaded the kiln today with some pleasing pieces inside.....images to follow.


If you require any info or would like to purchase any items, please email me at timlakeceramics@hotmail.com 
Thanks for looking!


Friday 16 November 2012

Friday musical bit...

You've probably seen this before, but I bloody love this song and the video is great too.
enjoy............

Good beard Mr Oldam!!

Thursday 15 November 2012

A selection of new pots on their way to Oxford Ceramics

Posted out a selection of new work to The Oxford Ceramics Gallery today.

http://www.oxfordceramics.com/


The pots will be in their 'Small & Precious' show next month.

I have a sent a selection of Rice bowls, Yunomi and lidded caddies. Some new pieces that were fresh from the kiln yesterday, so yet to be photographed.

Fingers crossed that, a: the work arrives safe and sound and b: that they go down well with the Oxford crowd!!




If you require any info or would like to purchase any items, please email me at timlakeceramics@hotmail.com 
Thanks for looking!




Friday 9 November 2012

Monday 5 November 2012

A few pots and words for a Monday Morning........

A great a week. A couple of trips over to St.Ives. A mid-week visit to watch the firing of the Soda kiln. The kiln was packed with St.Ives standard-ware and work by Jeff Oestreich. Jeff is an American Potter who has been in St.Ives for a month long residency. Jeff trained at the St.Ives Pottery in the late 60's under the supervision of Bernard Leach and the great William Marshall. The residency culminated in an exhibition of 77 pieces of work. A mixture of pieces bought over from the States and new work created at the Pottery. The preview was great fun on Saturday night, with the pots flying out the door with happy punters!!
http://www.leachpottery.com/What-s-On/In-the-gallery.aspx have a look at the St.Ives pottery site for more info.



Jeff Oestreich Footed Tea Bowl



Original St.Ives Pottery Kiln.



New St.Ives Pottery Soda Kiln being fired.



A couple new pieces from last weeks firing.......




Low footed Teacup/Yunomi. With brushed Red River silt and cobalt splashes. Turned and cut footring. The inside has white slip and is covered in an ash based glaze.
Stoneware: 6.5cm x 9cm
£17.00





Rice Bowl/Chawan. With finger wiped white slip, Red River silt and cobalt splashes. Covered in a thin Feldspar glaze.
Stoneware: 8cm x 13.5cm
£30.00




If you require any info or would like to purchase any items, please email me at timlakeceramics@hotmail.com 
Thanks for looking!

Friday 2 November 2012

Present Makers 2012. Thelma Hulbert Gallery


Ten new pieces will be available at The Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton, Devon. The show starts next Saturday the 10th of November. Please pop along if you have some spare time. Its a  lovely space in beautiful old house in the market town of Honiton.