Back from Art in Clay, Farnham

Back in the a wet and windy Cornwall after an enjoyable weekend in Farnham, Surrey. A great time seeing friends and family and meeting new customers and returning ones. It's always nice to get a positive response to the work and and sell plenty to happy people.

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