a bisc firing tonight

I’ve been back making pots for a week now

newwork

and the hot weather has dried everything quickly,

grey pot

so I have packed most of it into the kiln and will be lighting up for a bisc tonight.

4pots

twenty five bags of clay arrived today, I have work to make for Nic’s woodfire workshop in later August

1pot

and for an exhibition in the Bath gallery, David Simon Contemporary in October.

top of pot

also the CPA slot system means I have to deliver some really good showcase work there at the end of November.

teasels

meanwhile the lanes are full of beautiful plants (including a hemlock, which I have not noticed round here before) like these teasels

hogweed buds

hogweed is in season now

morning hogweed

the lanes are full of it

tilda

walking best done really early while the shadows are still long

morningbracken

the bracken still not quite uncurled and about half its eventual height

field of barley

barley in this field still very green and upright, but some of the early or autumn sown looks ripe already

view

a great view from my garden since the hedge was tackled rather than tickled …

I was accused yesterday of not keeping my blog up regularly … well since no-one comments I got a bit fed up with doing my best for y’all and not knowing if anyone even reads it … so please do comment!

6 Comments

  1. Love your blog Jane and always read it! Will comment in future! Like you, my inspirations come from daily walks with my dog. Tend to post my photos on instagram as it’s so quick.

  2. I read and look at the pictures. Thoughtless not to comment I guess.
    Isn’t it strange to have passed midsummer while so much is yet to mature.
    I do love your flask / bottle forms and your spontaneity. Thank you for sharing your days.

  3. thank you! it makes a lot of difference. yes, I post on instagram and twitter too, it’s great, totally instant, the blog takes more thought, and I have to resize all the photos and then upload them etc …

  4. Superb blog and have read and loved your pots and plant observations. Very inspiring stuff, thank you

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