Sunny September

After a lovely week walking in the South Downs 

in glorious sunny September weather, 

I came back to find that the Christmas puds 

were on the shelves in the supermarkets, 

which kind of shocked me into thinking about 

designs for Christmas decorations!

sketches for Santas and Angels

Trying to be original 

when designing Santas and Angels

is a bit like trying to re-invent the wheel,

but I did a few sketches and eventually

came up with some ideas, 

which I then transferred into clay.

Detailed patterning on Christmas Decs

As ever, they will be incredibly detailed

and super-faffy to glaze, but hopefully

that will make them a bit special when finished.

Sneek peek at finished samples

A couple of samples

have made it out of the kiln so far,

which I will learn from when making the full batch.

Hexie patchwork patterns 

Other pieces in the making 

are these tiny hexagon dishes, 

to replace those sold out of my Etsy shop,

and some messing around with Autumn themed pieces

- all bare trees and leaves.

Autumn leaves, bare trees - wet clay slab

And speaking of my Etsy shop,

I have now introduced overseas shipping,

which is improving my pathetic knowledge of Geography no end.

Every time I post a parcel, I look it up on a map.

I now know where Durham is - it's in North Carolina!

And I also know where Bradford is - it's in Rhode Island!

Which is where this little lot headed off to today.

Safe journey across the pond, little pots!

So that's me for this month.

Apologies for not getting round to visiting your blogs

- which I am looking forward to catching up on this weekend!

x Cathy