Student Work Ards Art Class is a favourite part of my week, and this class was no exception. I had the most wonderful class of people starting and continuing their cosy journey with the amazing facilities in Newtownards. My joy is seeing someone elseās idea come to reality.
Floating pots are back in stock at the @wwtcastleespie shop.
Floating Pot
This little pot was born from conversations with women wild swimming in Strangford Lough. Moments of shared breath, cold water, and quiet resilience.
We all carry the marks of life in our emotional makeup, some etched deeper than others. Each stoneware jar is hand-thrown on the wheel, its form shaped by touch and intuition. I then paint its surface with marks inspired by water, seaweed, and the liminal spaces we drift through, between memory and presence, surface and depth.
The final glaze is splashed with cobalt, echoing the shock of cold salt water as how life can strike us suddenly, stealing our breath and leaving clarity in its wake.
Before each floating pot is sold, it returns to the Lough for a swim, a ritual of release and reconnection.
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Approaching 2 years working in Partnership with @wwtcastleespie .
I have a working studio in a hay bail house in the sensory garden, which is behind the cafe and past the gallery.
You can view my work in the shop
Mudfest is on this week in @wwtcastleespie for mid term and I working with mud too in the potters Bothy making ploughed field mugs called āFurrowā.
Things I did in 2025 that I am going to keep on doing.
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2 more sets of classes with 27 new students all in a clay journey - āTrust me you will be fineā
Also exciting opportunities for 2026 bringing your clay experience a whole new direction.
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2025 was challenging and I need to@have a serious talk with myself about 2026. Letās Go!
Happy New Year to all your lovely followers who keep encouraging me with your likes and comments and to all my students and of course my family.
Thank you God for Christmas - the rescue plan unfolds through a little baby.
Above is historic Maiolica work by the Robbia brothers. Itās a fascinating history of how Maiolica came into being. Today, I use a Maiolica type of glaze on some of my work (The Narrows; Furrow and Trasnagh)
May everyone understand the real focus of Christmas is not about the presents or day of eating but about life.
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No idea why itās taken me so long to do this.
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