New Items Available Now!

There are new pieces for sale now in my Etsy store, please take a look.

I've been working hard exploring new techniques as I try to find my style.

I've always enjoyed working in the theme of wildlife but lately my local hedgehogs have really inspired me and it's become a theme!

Not all of the new items on offer are hedgehogs, I also have some raku pieces available.

If none of these takes your fancy we also have a lot of items at The Nest, Rugby and The Crafty Shack, Crick (next to the garden center) with lots of nice ceramic decorations available.

Be Part of the Art -Final Day

The last day of exhibition at The Grid Studios was very busy with lots of enthusiastic creators eager to get stuck in and be part of our collaborative artwork!

Look at the amazing final additions that were created!

A dragon named Chuff!


A shark named Trevor, and a fantastical wizards hat!


Albert the turtle


A different perspective on tile making


A lovely little plant holder


A zombie and an alien!


A brilliant bat!


And even Morph dropped by!


And a dashing horse


Thanks to everyone who took part, today and during the whole of the exhibition. We've had so much fun seeing your fabulous creations, and getting to chat with you!

All the sculptures will be photographed together in the near future!

I'll post pictures here and on fb.

Thanks for being a part of Our Place!

Part of the Art -Day 7 and 8

I didn't make it to the studio for day 7 but luckily my mum did and so did my aunt and uncle, they made these nice clay prints.



Sadly no one else wanted to join in that day. But today we had some lovely creations and a very young visitor had a go too!



This flower is beautiful!


And this bowl show that even something as simple as a thumbnail can be an effective tool for adding texture.


And check out this cute Lil mouse!


Tomorrow is your last chance to come and make something to be Part of the Art!

http://www.gridstudios.co.uk

Part of the Art - Day 6

It was a quiet day today, but we did get a fantastic lizard, and a ferocious dinosaur added to our collection!



Rawr~


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Part of the Art - Day 5

I wasn't able to make it to the studio yesterday, but today we had lots of creative people contributing to our growing collection of artworks!



A very comfy snoozy dog


A pair of curious characters


A musical instrument!


And a whole collection of fun creatures along with a very striking coil pot


There's still time to be part of the art at http://www.gridstudios.co.uk

Work in Progress - Hedgehog Pots

Being at the studio for the exhibition is proving useful for getting some work done too! Over the last 3 days I've thrown white earthenware pots, dipped them in terracotta slip, burnished them and then carved into them and added features to make hedgehog pots!







I'm still deciding which style I like best and have a few more pots to experiment with but I'm liking how they are turning out so far.

Day 3 - Be Part of the Art

It's been a much quieter day today, but we still found some enthusiastic visitors to help add to our artwork.
They were very creative, check out thier work!



Come and add your own creation.
http://www.gridstudios.co.uk.

Day 2 - Be Part of the Art

We had another busy day meeting lots of creative people at The Grid Studios yesterday, look at the brilliant things they made for our collaborative artwork;

There were hedgehogs, snakes, skulls, dogs and ammonites.


Some great tiles and rocks with fossils.


A very curious creature!


And a lovely poppy


Come and add your own creation, all this week during The Grid Studios exhibition.
http://www.gridstudios.co.uk

Be Part of the Art

The exhibition theme at our studios is 'Place'. We want you to become a part of our place by creating your own peice of artwork in the form of a small clay model when you visit.

You dont have to have anything in mind before you come, we just want you to revive the fun, freedom and creativity you had as a child.
The point is to have fun having a go!

Today we've already gathered a fantastic range, from cats, to trees, to snakes and tiles!


A mouse and a flower.


A streptococcus-saurus and a hedgehog


Fabulous tiles, cats, rats and mushrooms!


Ripp the elf


A smashing snake!


A striking tile


A snoozy cat.


We hope the experience of creating something for our place will create a place in your own memory of a fun experience.

We hope that over the week, more of your creations will appear in our place, making an evolving, interactive artwork made by all of you!



I'll post photos here as it evolves, so please come and add to our artwork!

Thank you to everyone who joined in with such enthusiasm today, it was brilliant meeting you all and seeing your creations!

www.gridstudios.co.uk

Studio Exhibition

There is an exhibition on at The Grid Studios which started last night!
Sorry for the late notice, but it is on all week and next weekend so there's still plenty of time to come along!





We've even tidied up for the exhibition, honest it was much messier before!

First Time Raku Fire

Yesterday I went to my first ever raku firing.
It was so much fun! X3
For the first firing they had trouble getting the kiln up to 1000 degrees, and so some of the glazes didn't mature properly, but I was still really pleased with the results.



My favourite is definitely Mr badger who I love!



The mushroom also came out really good! I forgot which glaze I used on it tho! >_<"






This is one of my Mum's pots, it has some lovely blues on it and inside some shiny gold!



I kept away from the burny hot fire n stuff and just took photos this time.




The second firing did get up to temperature and again I was pleased with my pot.



I can't wait to have another go, which is luckily hopefully going to be a couple of weeks time.