Making Mini Maria, and Maria Canova Vases

Mini Maria, taking shape 

Filled with pitch, ready for melting.

Working outside, warming the pitch

Chasing on pitch

Chasing the fabric around the neck

MADE in Clerkenwell

MADE in Clerkenwell

A little reminder as the clock is ticking....MADE in Clerkenwell is open NOW...

I'm delighted to be able to invite you to this show. I will be showing a selection of my work this weekend and unveiling new pieces, including some enamelled bowls that I have been working on since my last show; Goldsmiths' Fair last month. These have been inspired by my recent trip to the rural Isle of Arran.

This year MADE in Clerkenwell is 3 days and 3 venues. I shall be in the Gallery at Craft Central - St. John's Square, venue No.2 on the map.

Address

33 - 35 St. John's Square, 

London
EC1M 4DS

Opening Times & Admission
Thursday 27th November 5-8pm
Friday 28th November 12-8pm
Saturday 29th November 12-5pm
Sunday 30th November 12-5pm
Admission: £3

For more information go to Craft Central's website here

Colours of India

PAN Amsterdam (Opening night)

The Zilvergalerie de Watertoren have taken their show to the Amsterdam RAI, where they will show and sell at the Arts and Antiques fair - 'PAN Amsterdam' until 29th November 2009. What a vibrant, exciting and inspiring show it is. Quite unlike anything I have seen before. In true welcoming, Dutch style the conversation, wine, canapés and of course the coffees were flowing and the hall was full of with a warm and buzzing atmosphere. There truly is something for everyone who visits no matter his or her style or taste.
The hall is packed with history and stories - your imagination can run free and wild. I found myself transported from drinking wine with Greek Goddesses, to bathing with the Roman athletes, from dancing in Dutch fields surrounded by livestock, to lazing about in Parisian cafes, and then I was arm around shipmate as I crossed the old seas to discover new treasures and lands. As I turned the next corner I found myself dining under sparkling crystal, rotating stars and golden eyes. Shots of soup and chandeliers of hand blow glass, I sipped on champagne and oysters. I travelled through the ages and around the world. I saw new and old, plump and fat, hollow and decaying, young and inspired, fresh faces and scared barnacles, smooth and rickety, contemporary, furniture, silver, gold, diamonds, books, pottery, glass, paintings, photography and more. As I walked I ventured to India, Africa, Japan, S.Korea, to the Aboriginal tribes of Australia, Persia, through Europe and on. I can't capture it all in one memory and I will have to return but for now I look forward to my dreams and I hope you get a chance to go and see it for yourself.

Good night and visit soon.


Showing with the Silver Gallery of the water tower, Schoonhoven are the participants of last years Silver in Motion alongside, Paul de Vries, Titiaan de Geer and A. There work and the gallery website can be found at http://www.zilvergalerie.nl, where there are also pictures of the water tower.