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ray finch – potter
Ray Finch, potter.
Just that potter.
One of the last of the great potters who have helped to make the British pottery what it is today.
Ray died today peacefully at the age of 97.
I met him briefly at Winchcombe Pottery a few years ago and once met, how ever briefly, never forgotten.
He and his work will be so missed.
new look
I’ve had a change of theme in the past few days, just felt like changing the look and some of the clutter and letting the fresh air blow in.
I’ve not been around much, I seem to have had a whole week of migraines or headaches.
And as I’ve been in bed much of the time, often sleeping at weird hours it’s going to take a while to get my body clock back to where it should be.
So what has been happening?
Corey had his birthday as you saw from the last post, he’s now 4 and looks so grown up, I think he’s growing taller every time I see him.
Lynny, our daughter has just applied for university, and is quite apprehensive about what that will mean as she will be moving from home. Getting to even the local universities is a nightmare and she said that she could not do what I did which was spend 4 hours a day on a bus.
I’ve put some work on the shops, both the Etsy and the Storebeez shops, so have a look see.
I’ve been knitting and have most of a cardigan to show for it. Most of it has been just one row of plain stitch after the other so it’s been a bit mindless for part of the time, but it looks like it should be a lovely cardigan when it’s done.
Charlie #notmycat has been in quite a bit, especially now it’s turned cold he comes in for a feed and a warm. Honestly he has a home, but loves visiting.
And photographs to show what I’ve been doing these past 10 or so days.
Second to last photograph Charlie and Asher having a game of cat chess in the living room, and Asher does not have laser eyes, it just looks like it .
And the recent listings in Etsy, both brooches.
i know more buttons…………
……….. but I am so much in love with the wonderful stuff that has come out of my kiln that I have to share it with you all.
Isn’t it magic? I get this clay stuff, roll it out, do the bits and bobs on it, fire it, glaze it, fire it and the total magic happens and it comes out looking amazing.
Did I say I love my job?
I also love this little boy, when he first came to us he was 20 months old and a toddler, but toddler no more, he was 4 yesterday.
My darling Grandson, Corey.
good enough to eat
new stock
I have new stock that will be going on both shops later on today.
Some will be on the Storebeez shop and a different lot of stock on the Etsy shop so do come and look at both.
There are links to both shops in the side bar.
Off to upload lots of lovely photographs.
sad
Message on Twitter from MSF (Doctors without Borders)
Deeply shocked by the killing of MSF staff members, Kace & Philippe, in Somalia yesterday.
www.msf.org.uk/somalia_incident_301211_20111230.news
This is the charity that I design knitting items for them to raise money. This is the Uk branch.
www.p-hop.co.uk/
the glow within
Any ideas?
Kiln pictures.
What kiln I hear you ask?
The top photograph is of the kiln chimney and the cowling and flue that takes all the gasses outside. When the kiln gets really hot over 900°C in this case, the flames leap out of the top and into the cowling. They are most impressive in the dark when you turn the lights off in the garage.
The other photograph is of one of the burners underneath the kiln, it’s a gas kiln run on propane gas, and the two burners breathe fire right into the kiln. Again wonderful when it has gone dark outside and you turn the garage lights out.
For safety reasons we keep the garage door open to vent any stray fumes and gasses, it makes it a bit cold, but safer.
PS hubby just had to try out his new camera lens he got for Christmas and it’s not been the weather for walks and photographs.
This also means that there has been a glaze firing and there should be new pieces in the Etsy shop before too long.
glazing
Peach Bloom Red glaze day today.
I’ve glazed some round buttons, with patterns, in two sizes, small and medium.
They will go very nicely with a cardigan that I will be knitting as soon as I’ve finished the last Christmas sock.
I am allowed to make some buttons for myself aren’t I?
1000
This is what 1000 porcelain buttons look like.
And one sleepy Peter with his head on my lap
