Shino for Christmas at The Schaller Gallery

I am very pleased to have been asked to contribute to a group show at The Schaller Gallery, St Joseph, Michigan, USA. They are putting on a 'Shino for Christmas' exhibition.
Shino is such a diverse glaze.....metallic, crawling, satin-soft, carbon-trapped, pink, orange or white. I use it over slips, both red clay and white clay and over a very iron rich clay body(almost black/purple when fired to 1300'C) Shino can be very simple in its ingredients, but always has a surprise for you when the kiln is opened.
 
I have had pots with the Schaller Gallery for a few years and love their enthusiasm for pots and pottery and I'm looking forward to the show they put together to celebrate this fantastic glaze.

Here are a selection of pots that I am sending over.

 

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall

We were lucky enough to visit Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens today. It's a really fantastic place near Penzance in Cornwall. We had heard a lot of positive reports about the place and it exceeded all expectations. A really beautiful garden with some fantastic sculptures by David Nash, Richard Long, Tim Shaw. James Turrell and others. I was very pleased to be asked to have work in the Gallery/shop. The space is great and has some lovely work for sale including Peter Swanson's fantastic pots.

A selection of my pots on display in the gallery shop

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Peter Swanson Bottle vases

A selection of my pots on display in the gallery shop, plus a Mirana Smith assembled teapot

A selection of my pots on display in the gallery shop

A selection of my pots on display in the gallery shop

Ceramic Review article in this months issue.....

An issue of Ceramic Review dropped through the door last week....a much appreciated complimentary copy. I have a little article called 'the potters blog' included. It talks about my work and the use of social media. Very grateful to be ask to contribute. Also nice to see some friendly and familiar faces in the same issue.

New pots added to my selling site

I have added some fresh pots to my selling site.... http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/products
These are some of the last pots I fired at No13(the old workshop) Still waiting to finalise the new workshop's location, but itching to get firing soon.
Here are some of the pots

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-6

 http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/green-ash-lidded-caddy

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/little-shino-cups

 http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/little-cups

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/small-pocket-vase

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/lugged-jar-with-red-cord

 http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-bowl

 http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups

 http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-2

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-4

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-5

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-3

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/tea-cups-1

http://timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com/product/indented-lidded-caddy

Ceramics in the City

  
Back in Cornwall after a fantastic weekend in London at Ceramics in the City at the Geffrye Museum. A really great show in a lovely venue. A nightmare to drive to, but worth it once you get there! It was great to see old friends and meet lots of new customers. Around 50 pieces went off to new homes which made packing up after the show a lot quicker.

I will look forward to next years event.

Next events for me this year are Art in Clay at the Farnham Maltings in November.
A group show at both The Schaller Gallery, US and Gallery St.Ives, Tokyo
 

Ceramics in the City at The Geffrye Museum

Heading to London on Thursday for Ceramics in the City at the Geffrye Museum
Opening evening on Thursday 24th 6pm until 8.30pm. The show then runs through to Sunday 27th. See you there if you can make it.

Here are some of the pots that will be coming with me to the show.....

 

Little Cups for Tokyo

A selection of little cups from Mondays firing which I packed this morning.
I have to make a selection of 10 to send to Gallery St. Ives, Tokyo, Japan in October for a Guinomi Show in December. I have another 30 or so to fire to make the selection from. Two of these went straight out the door today with a happy visitor to the Workshop.