My Tahitian lime tree is busy fruiting
and after a special request here is my
favourite way of using them.
It is a family favourite in our house
Friday, 23 August 2013
Always in a Pickle,me.
My Tahitian lime tree is busy fruiting
and after a special request here is my
favourite way of using them.
It is a family favourite in our house
Thursday, 22 August 2013
Frustrations,Creations and Festivities
Frustrations,Creations and Festivities Make an Interesting Life
Life has been big as usual over the last fortnight.
We have had my eldest sons wedding in the preparation
and I wanted so much for the day to be perfect for them.
As the caterer for the 70 guests I had my work cut out.
I had decided to make some ceramics bowls and platters
to contain the large amounts of food.
So of course, as Murphy's Law would have it,
when it came to the final glaze firing my kiln decided
that it was in need of some help.
Fortunately I have some wonderful friends
and after almost giving up on having the pots
for the wedding our friend Kath,who is also
the art teacher at the school that my daughter
goes to, said she would be happy to help me
out with a firing in return for a firing I had done
for one of her HSC students a couple of years
ago when they had no kiln.
PHEW!
So the pots were fired,
the food was made
and the wedding was had.
.
Though it was just a little crrrrrrrazy in the kitchen!!!
It was a delightful ceremony
The cake had been hand painted by their friends
Toni and Karena
It was stunning!
Smiles of love filled the air
The littlies had a lovely time :)
A creative and happy wedding
and delightful memories were made.
all the wedding photos were taken by my brother Chris
But that is not all that has been happening....
My daughter has been sculpting in paper clay
a school project that she brought home
to complete
I think she is BRILLIANT!
and I now have a nice PIT..... for a firing!
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!
and now that I can take a breath
I will have a look at what the Mud Colony
potters have been up to.
Friday, 9 August 2013
Slow roast and braised leaves
My wonderful husband bought me this treasure
as a late birthday prezzie and now I am putting it
to good use.
I did a workshop with the gorgeous and
charismatic India Flint a few years ago and I
have so much respect for her work and her way
of living in the world.
I learnt so much in the four days I spent
in her workshop and her two books
http://www.indiaflint.com/page3.htm
ECO COLOUR and SECOND SKIN are a brilliant
addition to the workshop and give me constant joy.
Meanwhile the kiln is cooking a bisque
of large bowls and platters.
I need these for next week and I only
finished the two big bowls a few days ago!
So I nervously put the semi wet pots into a
low slow kiln and cooked them to 100˚ for
about 5 hours and they dried out beautifully.
(not very energy efficient I know but I am
a desperate woman this week!)
So the full bisque is now running and we
will see how they go.
Come back next week to see what comes out
of the oven and the cauldron!
"Hehehehe" she cackled to her self ;)
In the mean time you could check out
my web site if you haven't seen it before.
http://sadhanapeterson.com.au/
Or for more ceramic stories,
you could have a look at the Mud Colony
http://mudcolony.blogspot.com.au/
as a late birthday prezzie and now I am putting it
to good use.
I did a workshop with the gorgeous and
charismatic India Flint a few years ago and I
have so much respect for her work and her way
of living in the world.
I learnt so much in the four days I spent
in her workshop and her two books
http://www.indiaflint.com/page3.htm
ECO COLOUR and SECOND SKIN are a brilliant
addition to the workshop and give me constant joy.
So I went for a walk this morning and found
some wind fall leaves together with a few
tip prunings from the garden and have bundled
up a lovely Merino wool shirt that I bought last
week and it is on a slow cook in the dye pot.
Meanwhile the kiln is cooking a bisque
of large bowls and platters.
I need these for next week and I only
finished the two big bowls a few days ago!
So I nervously put the semi wet pots into a
low slow kiln and cooked them to 100˚ for
about 5 hours and they dried out beautifully.
(not very energy efficient I know but I am
a desperate woman this week!)
So the full bisque is now running and we
will see how they go.
Come back next week to see what comes out
of the oven and the cauldron!
"Hehehehe" she cackled to her self ;)
In the mean time you could check out
my web site if you haven't seen it before.
http://sadhanapeterson.com.au/
Or for more ceramic stories,
you could have a look at the Mud Colony
http://mudcolony.blogspot.com.au/
Thursday, 1 August 2013
The making and picking of marks.
I have been making beads.
It is one of those things you can do
on the dining room table when your
energy is low or the kids are sick,
or both, as was my case this week.
I have been dreaming about a few designs
for jewellery and they have been
waking me up at night.
Time they got out of my head
and into the kiln.
This was the perfect week for it.
Some of the Mud Colony potters
have been talking about tools and
I have to say that I do have lots of tools.
I love them.
I use many that are not always seen
or regarded as tools.
This week my favourite
is the humble tooth pick.
hole punch, engraver, piercer
and so much more.
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