Christmas is coming!!!

I'm feeling festive now!!! The christmas fair at Bonington was good fun and now I've finished uni for a month!! I plan to get my business plan in good shape over the festive period but for the moment I'm enjoying the christmas cheer!

We bought a lovely fresh christmas tree today ready for our first christmas in our own little house which we've decorated with homemade decorations and lovely one offs we've collected or had given!! 

Hope your all feeling as excited and cheery as I am! :)

Come down to bonington christmas fair

Come down to Bonington christmas fair today!! My stalls all set up ready to go!! There's a great selection of handmade gifts for yourself or friends and family and we are here today only!!!

I'm selling hand built stoneware pieces from my current project for good prices!! 

Come check it out!!

Lots going on...

So it's end of term, final week before Christmas break and deadlines are looming, along with lots of fun festivities such as the Christmas Fair down in Bonington building, starting Tuesday 3rd, 5-8pm and Wednesday 4th 10-6pm! Check it out and come down, there's loads going on and so many lovely Christmas gifts...Bonington Christmas Fair.

I'm also in the process of setting up my studio space ready for marking and feedback...waiting for my latest pieces to come out the kiln and finishing off sketchbooks! Busy busy...

Once all is in order I will post some pictures of my work and stall!! 

A little help...

Throughout the Dec Arts course we have to write a business plan or dissertation on a topic of our choice! I've opted for the business plan as I aim to set up my own business somewhere down the line!

There is a lot of market research involved in writing the business plan and I have a survey which will only take 2 mins to complete! It's be a major help to my research...I need as many complete as poss so send this around! :)

Just click here to fill out the survey.

Thanks a lot guys!

Auction antics

Our course auction this week was a success! We managed to raise over £500 towards our degree show , selling our own piecess!!

Edin's Natural Kitchen in Hockley was the perfect venue...we had the top floor/room to ourselves which  had a great long wooden table, shelving and rustic walls! We decorated the space with fairy lights and bought  tasty drinks from the cafe downstairs. 

The piece I auctioned was from a project i completed  last year on the Dec Arts course, they we're slip cast,hand formed mussel shells which wer porcelain, decorated with a white glaze and sprinkles of oxides! I connected the two shell vessels with a small metal hoop and have a snap of these below along with a few other pictures from the night!!

Thanks to everyone that came!!! :)

These are the porcelain slip cast shells I donated towards the fundraising evening! Taken from my project last year based on natural life forms.

Decorative Arts Auction 29th Nov...

We're having a fundraising auction tomorrow for our Dec Arts degree show. The auction is open to everyone and there will be loads of handmade products and gifts all unique with materials such as ceramics, wood, jewellery, textiles, print etc. (all pieces are made by ourselves with the off staff contribution).

The auctions tomorrow night (29th), 6-9pm at Edins Natural Kitchen in Hockley, Notts.

Get yourself down...will be a good night, perfect for a bit of late night christmas shopping!

Heres a link to the facebook event, get involved!

https://www.facebook.com/events/770471629645845/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

current project...

My main inspiration for my current/final project is based around my images of old, ruined surfaces, derelict structures and naturally worn textures. I want to depict the natural damage and state within the old structures, walls and surfaces of the buildings I have captured, creating new pieces inspired by these forms. My aim is to create worn, fragile pinch and coiled pots, focusing mainly on their texture and surface, using different materials and glaze recipes to reflect my initial inspiration. I plan to incorporate wire into my work to act as a frame/structure, as well as providing a contrast in texture and surface, different to the clay. I plan to form a final collection, consisting of a range of scaled pieces which are all decorative home ware vessels, both functional and non-functional.

early days...

I'm currently in the process of getting my blog up and running so you can see all my latest ideas, pieces and what's going on! It's only early days at the moment but it shouldn't be long before everythings up and running!

Rosie.